Warehouse Software Suite - MHIreal-time response, advanced algorithms for first available picking in automated zones, streamlined operational flow, and synchronization of automated

Warehouse Software Suite

WES,WMS & WCS

The Order Picking & Fulfillment Experts800-523-9464 | www.sihs.com | [email protected]

Equipment Controllers

Material Handling Devices

Carousel Pick-to-Light Conveyor Packing Consolidation Sorter

ERP / Warehouse Management System

Multiple Interfaces

Traditional Solution

VWareVersatile Warehouse Solutions

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Equipment Controllers

Material Handling Devices

Single Interface

ERP / Warehouse Management System

SI Systems Solution

WES, WMS & WCS Warehouse Software Suite

For more information, contact us today at 800-523-9464 or [email protected]

VWare Warehouse Management & Control System (WES,WMS and WCS) is a real-time,

user-friendly standard software package designed to meet project and customer-specific

requirements across a broad range of manual and automated warehouse configurations.

Its modular design provides unsurpassed flexibility and robust features that ensure a smooth

integration with multi-vendor automated material handling equipment. VWare software works

as a standalone application to control a single type of equipment or as a fully integrated system

to manage a variety of devices throughout your warehouse.

Islands of Automation Orchestrated Automation

No real-time WCS coordination Advanced WES coordination

Expensive equipment and software Less equipment with higher performance

Multiple custom interfaces Single, direct and configurable interface

Complex system with risky ROI Simple, cost-efficient with good ROI



Today’s warehouses are gauged on the ability to ship orders accurately, efficiently and cost

effectively. For distribution centers focused on high throughput and where proper integration

and management of automated material handling systems is required, advanced warehouse

control software is essential. With a wide variety of warehouse control applications and

a modular, configurable design, the VWare suite allows you to add modules in phases or

implement large scale automation as a whole for maximum cost savings.

VWare software is designed to interface natively with automated material handling equipment

like conveyors, sorters, automated storage and retrieval systems, order picking technologies,

and print/apply and weighing systems from a variety of vendors. When multiple types of

equipment are included in one system, VWare software synchronizes inventory movement

throughout the warehouse, saving time, resources and expense.

Reduces Labor Costs. Advanced process automation maximizes efficiency of operator

activities, optimizes order batching and picking, and minimizes process redundancy.

Increases Performance. VWare has a guaranteed

real-time response, advanced algorithms for first

available picking in automated zones, streamlined

operational flow, and synchronization of

automated material handling equipment.

Improves Accuracy & Customer Service.

Orders are verified throughout the fulfillment

process with light and/or voice directed

picking, putaway and inventory validation,

unit scan verifications and automated order

weight validation.



Reliable & Cost Effective Solution. VWare software provides the best reliability and

maintainability in the industry. Its modular architecture and use of object-oriented design

and implementation methodologies allow you to add modules and expand feature sets with

minimum cost and risk.

Configurable Host System & Equipment Interfaces.

The VWare suite can easily accommodate

your system’s requirements with highly

configurable interfaces for both host

systems and a multitude of standard and

custom-designed material handling device

controllers. It includes an extensive set of

built-in message definitions, field types,

formats, connectivity methods and

business rules.

The burden of integrating the activities of

multiple automated material handling subsystems

is no longer with the host system; VWare software

coordinates those activities and devices through

native modules that interface directly with device

controllers and existing subsystems.

The VWare suite can also accommodate situations in which order fulfillment processes are

shared with tasks that are under the control of the host system. For example, if your RF-picking

operations are directly controlled by your host system, VWare software can coordinate those

RF-picking tasks with locally controlled carousels, pick-to-light, and conveyor activities to

ensure optimized order consolidation and shipping.

Rapid Deployment. With the ability to easily configure objects, rules, and feature sets, VWare

software is implemented quickly and cost effectively in almost any environment.



Advanced Inventory Control (optional). VWare provides both basic and advanced inventory

control features focused on accuracy and picking efficiency. Inventory management features

can be configured to provide as much or as little control as you need, from simple schemes to

advanced management by individual storage zone.

Popular inventory control features include:

v Management of dynamic storage locations by size, ergonomic position, velocity

and/or volume

v Inventory storage, tracking and picking by batch number, lot, serial number, vendor and/or

receipt timestamp

v Unlimited UOMs by item per zone

v Dynamic allocation across UOMs

v Configurable zone pick sequences by UOM and/or item

v Min/max replenishment settings by zone and/or location

v Replenishment between any list of zones

v Automatic balancing of inventory across storage units

v Cycle counting by part/category or user criteria

v Location counting by individual or range of locations



Seamless Scalability…A Solution That Grows With You

When it comes to warehouse automation systems, you can start simply and build on that

foundation as required, following performance and budgetary guidelines. Companies that

choose to start with a smaller, lower-cost solution typically outgrow it within a relatively short

period of time due to its limited ability to adapt to expanding requirements (e.g., some

solutions have a maximum number of transactions that can be processed during a production

cycle). On the other hand, higher performance systems are often overly complex and

expensive to implement.

VWare software suite was developed to bridge this gap and eliminate concerns of scalability.

Robust, modular, and extensible, it grows and changes along with your business requirements

and performs across an array of configurations for a fraction of the cost of traditional systems.

“Truly-Versioned” Product Platform

Medium and large scale WES, WMS annd WCS implementations frequently involve unique

“spin offs,” pieced together to force the base software to meet the customer’s requirements.

Although this approach may sound reasonable on the surface, these custom-coded systems

have several downsides: prolonged product delivery and integration, lack of backward

compatibility, slower problem resolution, reliance on specific vendors for ongoing support and

changes, and lack of long-term support.

The VWare suite is - and always will be - fully compatible with any previous system installation.

When upgrading an existing customer site to a newer version of the software, there is no need

for additional code-level changes, so the risk is lowered and upgrades are simplified.

While VWare software provides an extensive set of configuration capabilities, new features

are added directly to the most recent system release so that they are an integral option within

all future versions of the product. This ensures quick and cost-effective implementation and

provides a clear upgrade path without the cost and risks associated with customized

software systems.



Configurability & Design Highlights

v Database resident configuration for all object types: zones, storage units, business

rules, material handling equipment controller interfaces, host systems and third party

WMS and WCS applications

v Highly configurable host interface supports FTP batch, peer-to-peer (TCP/IP), message

queuing (MQ-Series, MS), terminal emulation and more

v Object-oriented material handling equipment interfaces support a variety of OEMs

for automated storage and retrieval systems (including carousels), lights, and

conveyor controllers

v Individual configuration settings for system level, zone level, and/or zone groups

v Independent business rules for each kind and type of work

v True object-oriented core product model (OOD)

v Intuitive graphical user interface (GUI)

v Client-server architecture

v Runs on all Windows® platforms

(XP, 7, Server 200X, etc.)

The VWare software suite was created to meet the demand for organizations to turn

their warehouse and distribution operations into profit centers. SI Systems leverages

its decades of experience as a leader in order fulfillment and material flow towards its

VWare WES, WMS and WCS solution. Designed to utilize an organization’s processes

without the need for custom or special coding, the VWare software suite is unique in

the industry.

The VWare suite allows organizations to use most of their current methodologies

while always maintaining a supportable software package in every installation.

As a 100% true-versioned software, every installation is backwards compatible and

future upgrades are simplified with no additional code-level changes. VWare never

uses “one off” or custom coding, which solves an immediate need but creates a

future support problem; all changes are adopted into the core code and versioned

into the next generation of product, keeping every installation free from future

headaches.

The days of operations being an overhead expense are dead! Let us show you

how SI Systems’ VWare software solutions will meet and exceed your expectations

for your manual, semi-automated and automated warehouse order picking and

distribution operations.

The Order Picking & Fulfillment Experts800-523-9464 | www.sihs.com | [email protected]

http://www.sihs.com/warehouse-execution-systems/

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