Published: 22 August 2017
Summary
Organizations refining their warehouse management system strategies must understand their warehouse complexity before defining requirements. Supply chain leaders responsible for warehousing should encourage their project teams to use this research when quantifying warehouse complexity.
Included in Full Research
- 10 Dimensions That Define Warehouse Complexity
- No. 1: Warehouse Size
- No. 2: Warehouse Layout and Location Matrix
- No. 3: Volume of Work
- No. 4: Types of Work
- No. 5: Product Characteristics
- No. 6: Process Cycle Time and Throughput Requirements
- No. 7: Warehouse Constraints
- No. 8: Number and Variability of Process Stages
- No. 9 Degree of Automation
- No. 10: Process Variability and Adaptability
- Supply Chain Execution Convergence Increases Complexity
- Select the Appropriate WMS for Your Company