• Source: Distribution center management system

      • Distribution Center Management System (DCMS) is a proprietary end-user warehouse management system, designed to track the activities performed in a distribution center or warehouse. It is created and owned by a private company, Eclipse Systems Pvt Ltd. It automates the entire process flow of receiving, managing, and shipping goods to customers from the warehouse. DCMS solutions are designed for both large and small-scale businesses. In January 2015, the product went open source.


      Features


      DCMS uses a modular design featuring the following modules:

      receiving
      putaway
      order processing
      replenishment
      pulling
      restocking
      picking
      validation
      sorting
      shipping
      Features of a DCMS also include:

      crate management
      supervisory control
      reports
      works in both RF-based and paper-based environments
      third party software integration


      Benefits


      DCMS helps warehouses to remove the risk of stock pile-up, stock-outs, pending orders and loss of sales due to customer dissatisfaction. It dramatically improves warehouse productivity, helps strengthen customer relationships, reduces operating expenses, and increases warehouse and distribution efficiencies. Due to its modular design, DCMS can be easily customized for various clients as per their requirements. WMS is an intelligent investment that will instantly boost accuracy in the warehouse operations and yields long term financial benefits.


      ERP systems


      Contemporary inventory management strategies such as JIT (Just In Time), ECR (Efficient Customer Response), and QR (Quick Response) demonstrate potential applications for DCMS. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems can be replaced by DCMS due to its functionality fit, knowledge base, frequent updates, integration, and adaptive capacities.


      System architecture


      DCMS is based on Microsoft technology with Oracle as a database. It uses web-based three tier architecture that provides a standard suite of warehousing applications. DCMS can also be installed on cloud servers and used as SaaS. DCMS provides web-based multi-department reporting.


      See also


      Manufacturing resource planning
      Shipping list
      Pick and pack
      Cycle count
      Voice-directed warehousing
      Automated storage and retrieval system
      Wave picking


      External links


      Maida Napolitano (1 Apr 2008). "Warehousing and Distribution Center Management: The cross-dock revolution—are you in or out?". Logistics Management. Archived from the original on 30 Mar 2010.


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