SOA

We are living in a struggling economy where companies are searching for methods to save money, which includes cutbacks in labor, technology, and business processes. The warehouse industry is facing similar challenges and an enormous area of expenditure is their warehouse management system, which needs to be updated or replaced regularly.

As of the past few years, an important innovation has become quite popular; the service oriented architecture (SOA). The best of two worlds encompasses the service-oriented architecture of your warehouse management system. Warehouse clients want a better method for upgrading and customizing warehouse management systems that do not involve as much time or capital expenditure to implement and upgrade. A strong emerging trend is the SOA system, which allows for an easier integration of a hybrid unit by using both scanners and voice picking hardware and software. The SOA system allows greater flexibility in customization by modularizing components allowing you to select components necessary for the warehouse management system WMS function based on your warehouse flow and business process.

This system allows for upgrades and changes where and when needed along with current web-based applications that permit for real-time information. This web-based tracking system enables supervisors to have the capability of tracking the product and labor as well as easier information technology upgrades.

Source:
Time to automate: from labor savings to just-in-time inventory, automation is the wave of warehousing's future. Software Services & Applications (301) from AllBusiness.com
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