Warehouse Management
Easily Meet Complex Demands
End-to-End Warehouse Visibility
Today's businesses and consumers have increasingly complex demands—which means you need more than a WMS for your logistics operations. The Osa Warehouse Management Hub optimizes efficiency, increases accuracy, reduces time, and decreases the cost of warehouse operations.
Power your supply chain from a single Collaborative Visibility Platform.
Break the Data Silos with A Single Dashboard
Track every item in any warehouse from the cloud with our warehouse management system. Automate orders from any shopping cart or API/EDI integration, improve inventory visibility, accuracy and forecasting—while minimizing out-of-stocks and overstock and reducing shipping time and costs.
Automate Your Operation. Decrease Costs, and Improve Inventory Accuracy.
Create a powerful network utilizing artificial intelligence and machine learning to grow your business and satisfy customers. As part of the Osa Collaborative Visibility Platform, our warehouse management system helps manage all back-end e-commerce operations and integrations from a single platform backed by a network of tech-enabled warehouses.
How Can Osa Solve Your Supply Chain Chaos?
Learn how our cloud-based WMS offers complete warehouse functionality and fulfillment.
Warehouse Management Benefits
Inventory Forecasting
Omnichannel Selling
Process Automation
Robotics Integration
Wave Management
Flexible UoM
Returns Management
Parcel Management
Value Added Services
Reporting Analytics
Machine Learning
FAQs: Warehouse Management
A Warehouse Management System, or WMS, is a type of software solution used to support and manage the day to day operations of warehouses or distribution centers. WMS software facilitates efficiency and optimizes operations—from receiving to storage—including picking, packing, shipping. WMS technology helps brands, retailers, and third-party logistics (3PL) warehouses collaborate processes, drive greater visibility and transparency, and enhance overall supply chain management and performance.
WMS can be categorized into four commonly used systems including Standalone System, ERP Inventory, Cloud-Based or Supply Chain module.
Standalone WMS: Standalone systems are dedicated systems focused solely on limited warehouse management functions. These work for smaller warehouse operations that are not looking to integrate with outside technologies. Standalone systems offer basic functionality including picking, packaging, and shipping.
ERP Inventory Modules: ERP or Enterprise Resource Planning systems can help expand supply chain operations for brands and 3PLs. Core warehouse functionality is not usually included but ERP systems can integrate with most cloud-based WMS software. These systems work best for enterprise organizations as implementations can be long and system costs are more expensive.
Cloud-Based WMS: Cloud-based WMS offers complete warehouse functionality that is accessible online, offering flexibility and scalability. These systems work well for e-commerce and omnichannel businesses looking to quickly implement integrations. Many cloud-based systems, or SaaS (Software as a Service), offer increased flexibility, data security, scalability and can be used by 3PLs with limited IT resources.
Supply Chain Modules: Supply chain modules are parts of supply chain management software or platform—enhancing overall supply chain efficiency. For example, a cloud-based WMS may also be a part of collaborative technology with modules to help with integrations, order management, unified commerce, fulfillment, or last mile.
The Osa Collaborative Visibility Platform offers a cloud-based WMS accessed through a web-interface. Any data entry device supported by the browser is supported. There is a fully functional middle system API layer, which allows for direct integration to system processes, automation, and robotics systems. The platform also includes a fully functional middleware system to manage integrations between other supply chain systems and end user customized automation flows through javascript coding.
Key capabilities include:
- Inventory Tracking
- Process Management
- Inbound and Outbound Order Processing
- Appointment Scheduling
- Work Order Management
- Operations Tracking and Tasking
Warehouse Management System (WMS) software is used most commonly by distributors, e-commerce and omnichannel fulfillment centers, third-party logistics (3PLs) providers, and fourth-party logistics (4PL) networks. Almost all industries who require warehouse processes to pick, pack, and ship orders will use a WMS to optimize processes, improve accuracy, and streamline efficiencies including integrations to marketplaces, shopping carts, or other supply chain management technologies.