TWD
complex warehouse logistics management | WMS
The aim of the project was to introduce a comprehensive warehouse logistics management for the company twd operating in the furniture business including e-commerce. The Smart Industry system EMANS provides picking management of customer orders and their subsequent completion for dispatch and distribution within 24 hours (Slovakia) and 48 hours (international orders) from a catalog of 18,000 items stored in a warehouse of 7,000 m2.
Project Assignment:
- Assure effective slotting process
- Assure quick and error-free process of order dispatching
- Assure precise and timely data in the company´s ERP system
- Optimization of warehouse capacity
Implementation:
- Implementation of Warehouse Management System (WMS) module of the Smart Industry system EMANS
- Deployment of an in-house network of internet of things (IoT) and internet of services (IoS)
- Implementation of digital twin technology
- Integration of WMS module to already utilized company´s ERP system
- Standardization and formalization of warehouse operations
- Dynamic order picking strategies
- Deployment of autonomous algorithms (AI) for intelligent inventory slotting and positioning based on actual item turnover
Result:
- Optimization of order-picking processes
- Increase in customer order volume
- Effective utilization of available human resources and labor performance
- Elimination of non-productive time and downtimes
- Reduction of order-picking cycles
- Elimination of errors in the process of order completion
- Effective utilization of warehouse space
- Fast inventory check
- Real-time reporting - turnover tracking and overall labor effectiveness