Ensure Your Future Warehousing Success with Software for Warehouse Management

July 17th 2018 15:00:00 PM

Each week, journalists publish brand-new reports about all the sea changes happening in the logistics and distribution industry. The rapid pace of change is brought about by the recent increase in affordable, highly effective warehouse technologies, including new software for warehouse management and the myriad devices that form the backbone of Industry 4.0.

Experts assure us that Industry 4.0 is the wave of the future, but for all but the largest Amazons and Alibabas of the world, those high-tech solutions are out of reach.

Or are they?

Read this article to learn how SMB distributors can achieve massive efficiencies in the warehouse with Sage 100 mobile apps—or get immediate information about how you can benefit your warehouse’s future when you contact Scanco online or at (330) 645-9959.

The Future of the Distribution Industry: The Amazon Method

According to the experts, Industry 4.0 promises total freedom from administration hassles in both manufacturing and the warehouse by combining advanced digital tools and hard-working humans into a seamless synergy.

Amazon, that distribution giant, has already achieved many of the efficiencies that this combination offers by using robot-driven picking in its massive warehouses, wearable and VR tech in its smaller warehouses, and, of course, those very particular EDI rules of theirs. EDI is also a form of technology because it relies on machine-to-machine communication.

Considering how advanced they are in their methods, Amazon is probably considering hyper-loops and drones in the warehouse at this point. Maybe they even have those technologies already!

However, as we said, Amazon is a giant. For most distributors, Amazon’s futuristic efficiencies and technologies are just that: futuristic. SMB distributors don’t have the money or time to implement these types of advanced technologies, so they say “Oh well, I guess we’ll just keep doing what we’ve been doing all along. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”

YOUR Future in the Distribution Industry: A New Method … Or the Same Old?

We’re going to be brutally honest here and admit to you that, actually, your old, well-known paper-based systems are broken. The ever-thinning margins and intense competition in the industry place your business in a “survival of the fittest” situation—and these days the “fittest” warehouses are those that are the most efficient.

True warehouse efficiency comes from software for warehouse management.

Consider these two facts:

• The average company loses $390,000+ annually because of mis-picks in the warehouse.
• Efficient work practices have been deemed the most important factor to determine ongoing success in the warehousing and distribution industry.

Then, consider that mis-picks in the warehouse can be easily countered by real-time warehouse management software that updates orders instantaneously and that implementing new, efficient workflows and practices in today’s business landscape pretty much requires effective software for warehouse management.

When you look at it that way, it becomes clear that adopting better software and better integrated tech solutions is the key to warehouse success because speed and accuracy (the hallmarks of digital solutions) are the key to modern distribution survival.

Plan Your Business Future with Leading Software for Warehouse Management

If you’re ready to pull ahead of your competition, it’s time to embrace the next stage of your business evolution. It’s time to advance past the paper-based systems that have been holding you back and move forward into your new digital future. 

For nearly 30 years, Scanco has been helping distributors expand their businesses with high-tech solutions that solve warehousing problems the easy way. Learn more about Scanco’s wide range of warehouse management software for Sage 100 when you contact a warehouse expert online or at (330) 645-9959.