{"id":808,"date":"2017-10-21T10:35:45","date_gmt":"2017-10-21T09:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.argonandco.com\/?post_type=article&#038;p=808"},"modified":"2021-09-01T12:24:08","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T11:24:08","slug":"real-time-labor-balancing-and-other-new-warehouse-software-features-that-matter","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.argonandco.com\/en\/news-insights\/articles\/real-time-labor-balancing-and-other-new-warehouse-software-features-that-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"Real time labor balancing and other new warehouse software features that matter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"intro\">I have been doing WMS selection projects and watching the WMS space for almost 30 years.\u00a0Alas it is like watching the grass grow. Change happens slowly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>However, I just got a copy of our internal 2017 review of the WMS marketplace.\u00a0<strong>If you are about to buy a new Tier 1 WMS, I urge you to pause for a moment.<\/strong>\u00a0If you are about to upgrade an existing Tier 1 WMS, slow down and read the following paragraphs.<\/p>\n<p>Why wait? I genuinely feel some new, important options have emerged that few are aware of and most should\u00a0probably\u00a0investigate \u2013 especially if you are a larger company. These will likely surprise you. They surprised me for reasons I didn\u2019t expect.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s new and worth looking at?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Crimson &amp; Co\u00a0just completed\u00a0our annual research into the capabilities of the WMS \/ WES vendor community of 2017.\u00a0What we thought was going to be a run-of-the-mill marketing piece, ha<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-809 alignright\" style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 16px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.argonandco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Steve-article-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"279\" height=\"159\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 0.9375rem;\">s delivered some startling observations about your choices. These insights gleaned from actual customers are especially important to those of you at larger companies with mechanized sites, multiple sites or multi-channel operations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Historically vertical specialization dictated who you would use as a warehouse software provider.\u00a0But that may not be as important now. Two\u00a0new architectural innovations have changed the game:<\/p>\n<p>1 \u2013 the rise of \u201cpersonalized systems\u201d which allow you to close functional gaps very quickly and continue to innovate\u00a0on your own after installation AND<\/p>\n<p>2 \u2013 the advent of systems premised on \u201creal-time labor balancing,\u201d i.e. features that direct your workforce and order flow using advanced math in a way that exceeds the aptitude of your own management team \u2013 finally you can buy a WMS that really \u201cmanages\u201d your DC!<\/p>\n<p>If you just scratched your head and muttered, \u201cWhat is he talking about?\u201d\u00a0then I am not surprised because this is all new and no one is generally talking about it\u2026 but we are.\u00a0We have scheduled an invitation only discussion of our research on October 4th at 12 noon EST.\u00a0If you would like to attend, send Cris Maddox an email at cris.maddox@crimsonandco.com and we will send you an invite to join the webinar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15019,"template":"","categories":[],"region":[158,159,160,161,162,240],"class_list":["post-808","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Real time labor balancing and other new warehouse software features that matter - Argon &amp; Co<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.argonandco.com\/en\/news-insights\/articles\/real-time-labor-balancing-and-other-new-warehouse-software-features-that-matter\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Real time labor balancing and other new warehouse software features that matter - Argon &amp; Co\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I have been doing WMS selection projects and watching the WMS space for almost 30 years.\u00a0Alas it is like watching the grass grow. 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