A custom WMS for how your warehouse really works
You ship from your own warehouse. Pickers work from printed lists, stock lives in a spreadsheet or a WMS that does not fit, and the counts drift every month. A custom WMS guides each job with a barcode scan and updates stock in your stores from those scans.
Signs you have outgrown spreadsheets or your WMS
- Wrong items or wrong quantities go out, and you hear about it from the customer.
- Counts are off after every physical inventory.
- Only one or two people know where everything is.
- Orders are printed, picked from paper and marked shipped by hand.
What it covers, from receiving to returns
Each job gets a simple screen on a handheld or a desktop computer.
- Receiving: deliveries scanned against the purchase order, with lot numbers or expiration dates where you need them.
- Putaway and locations: every item has a bin, and the screen suggests where to put it.
- Picking: pick lists sorted by walking route, with a scan to confirm each item.
- Packing: a scan checks that the order is complete before the box is closed.
- Labels: shipping labels from your carrier accounts or shipping software, plus product and bin labels.
- Counts: cycle counts by area or by item, scanned bin by bin.
- Returns: checked in, then restocked or written off.
Connected to your stores, marketplaces and carriers
Orders come in and tracking goes back on their own, so nobody copies between screens. Here is one order from start to finish.
- Automatic
An Amazon order for 3 items arrives in the WMS as a pick task.
Shopify and other channels come in the same way.
- Person
A picker follows the route on a handheld and scans each item off the shelf.
- Person
At the packing table, a scan confirms that all 3 items are in the box.
- Automatic
The label prints from your carrier account or from ShipStation.
- Automatic
Tracking goes back to Amazon, and the new stock count goes out to every channel.
Stock held at a 3PL or an overseas warehouse can be counted in as well.
- Automatic
- The system does it
- Person
- A person checks or acts
Switching over, one area at a time
- 01
Plan
We walk through each job with your team, label the bins and pick a quiet week to start.
- 02
Run alongside
The new system takes one job or one area first, such as receiving, while the rest runs the old way.
- 03
Switch
When an area runs cleanly, it moves over for good, and the next one follows.
Questions about a custom WMS
Do we need new scanners or devices?
Often not. Most USB and Bluetooth scanners and thermal label printers work as they are.
Will shipping stop while we switch over?
The switch runs one area at a time, so the rest of the warehouse keeps shipping.
Does it work with our shipping software and carriers?
Yes. Shipping software such as ShipStation and the main carriers can be connected.
Next step
Contact us about your warehouse
Tell us where mistakes happen today and what devices you use.