So you work in retail or provide services for a retailer, manage a manual warehouse requiring lots of individual or low volume items to be picked regularly and have a warehouse management system that manages warehouse tasks.  What else is left to automate, speed up though put and lower cost? (more…)

Choosing the right warehouse management system for your manual warehouse is an important job and rightly so, as it can bring significant benefits.  From faster goods receipt and putaway, to aiding more accurate picking and packing, improvements in stock flow through to better stock control.  Get the choice wrong however and it can lead to goods receipt delays, stock movement congestion, out of stocks in picking and late despatches.  So what are 5 essential tips for making sure you pick the right system?

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This is a general question we’ve been asked concerning warehouse management system (WMS) software in the marketplace today.  Here are some thoughts… (more…)

Juniper Innovations’ consultants co-wrote part of ISRetail’s warehouse management system, which is a best of breed solution ISRetail sells and promotes.  This system is installed in Staples, Portugal.

Staples is a multinational retailer selling office supplies, technology, paper, ink and toners.  It has a presence in 16 European countries, China, Canada, USA, Brazil and Argentina.  Staples have been in Portugal since 1996, when they opened their first store specialising in stationery, furniture, office supplies and computers.

In Portugal Staples restructured their supply chain in order to increase the level of customer service, improve supply chain efficiencies, flexibility and responsiveness.  Part of this project included managing the logistics from online sales from their national distribution centre in Azambuja, near Lisbon. (more…)

Juniper Innovations’ consultants co-wrote part of ISRetail’s warehouse management system, which is a best of breed solution ISRetail sells and promotes.  This system is installed in Manuel Mata, Portugal.

Founded in 1987, Manuel Mata is a company that markets and supplies building materials.  They work from Madeira however operate nationally all over Portugal.

Manuel Mata focuses on high standards on both its brand and internal infrastructure including new technologies and its people.  They wanted a best of breed warehouse management system in line with their strategic technology focus, to use in their new central distribution centre.

The system needed to cope with a complex mix of local island, national store and direct customer deliveries. Their requirements were made more complex since they needed to manage 30,000 products arranged across 2 warehouse floors with a high  density of SKUs per m2.

Manuel Mata chose ISRetail’s warehouse management system since it was a proven platform, has a track record of managing complex environments, has proven delivery consultants and integrates with a wide variety of hardware.  Hardware integration was a key component of the Manuel Mata implementation to help manage and coordinate worker activities.

Manuel Mata commented “It is with satisfaction that your warehouse management system is recognised as it was selected as an important element in pursuing Manuel Mata’s technology strategy.”

Juniper Innovations’ consultants co-wrote part of ISRetail’s warehouse management system, which is a best of breed solution ISRetail sells and promotes.  This system was installed in Pingo Doce (2005), located on the islands of Madeira and Porto Santo, Portugal. (more…)

We’re often asked about warehousing technology and labour tracking methods that goes beyond the traditional stock control and warehouse managment software solutions. Performance and budgets are a key driver so how do you make major improvements using technology if you have no intention of changing your warehouse system?

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