What To Look For In Warehouse Management System Software, WMS (Plastic Comb)

by Philip Obal (Illustrator) "The mission of this report is to substantially reduce the cost of the Warehouse Management System (WMS) search while locating the best WMS..." (more)
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Editorial Reviews

Review
It is not easy to write about warehouse software without getting into a substantial amount of technical jargon. Therefore, we were delighted to find a study of warehouse management systems written in plain English. Phil Obal's writing represents a no-nonsense approach to the search for a new warehouse management system. KBA -- Warehousing Forum, December, 1998

Product Description
This research report educates the reader into a higher level of WMS knowledge, so that the reader is prepared to seriously search and evaluate WMS software. Three goals are targeted in the research report. First, educating the reader on what are common functional differences between WMS solutions, which covers 20 functional areas. Second, educating the reader on common functional deficiencies (missing functions), which covers about 20 functional areas. Thirdly, the reader is taught on how to write an RFP and tips on evaluating solutions are provided. A list of North America WMS solutions is provided.

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Product Details

• Plastic Comb: 88 pages
• Publisher: Industrial Data & Information Inc.; 1 edition (January 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0966934504
• ISBN-13: 978-0966934502
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,584,781 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars a simple checklist, April 18, 2001

By A Customer

The text is simplistic. It names the names but doesn't go into depth about the pros and cons of various system features. If you're new to the world of WMS and looking to purchase one from a third-party vendor, this pamphlet provides a convenient checklist of features to ask potential vendors about. If you're already familiar with the terrain, don't waste your money. I purchased the book hoping to find a couple of ideas that would help me improve the WMS in my company. It took me an hour to read, during which time I got one new idea I might use, someday. For that reason only, I'm not going to ask for a refund.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very good book to get WMS knowledge FAST!!!, May 25, 2002

By A Customer

This book assisted us to understand the WMS space in a fast clip. We did -not- understand the WMS software vertical prior to this and by using this book, it helped us to get an experienced consultant's mindset.

Now we can tell the "boys from the men" and the "pretenders from the contenders" based on what functionality the WMS package has or has not! Obal goes into 45 functional areas and labels these as "common differentiators" (differences) and "common deficiences" (missing items). Bravo for a brave person to point out what items to look for, during the search process!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Failure Avoidance, June 20, 2000

By	Dale Carlile (Oregon) - See all my reviews

The book is so good that someone actually stole it before we could finish following the process it describes. I have never before tried to find a WMS to fill a given need. Before ordering this book I had spent several months trying to match up our needs with an appropriate WMS. It wasn't going well. Then we stumbled upon the tool we needed. The RFI is very complete and easy to customize to your specific needs. We read the book, customized the RFI and shipped it out to 100 companies. We received 19 responses back, narrowed the search to three companies and were ready to continue the process in the book only to discover that someone had "borrowed" it. Because of the price we elected to not replace it.