WES Inside of WMS

It’s Unified WMS and WES

Manhattan’s unified WMS and WES approach offers the most robust and future-proof strategy for robotics and automation in the warehouse.  Proper orchestration of human labor, robotics, and automation technologies is a mission critical requirement to maximize the return on investment into warehouse modernization. As the warehouse automation market continues to grow, adopting a unified system will position organizations for long-term success, ensuring they can adapt to evolving demands. 

Flexibility and Agility: 

A unified system is vendor and equipment agnostic, allowing warehouses to integrate various types of automation and robotics from different vendors. This flexibility is crucial as new technologies emerge, and business needs evolve over time.

• Grow automation landscape with vendor / equipment agnostic connectivity
• Fuels end-to-end optimization and orchestration
• Greater flexibility and more options
• Augment or automate labor
• Drive higher utilization

Comprehensive Visibility and Control:

By combining WMS and WES functionalities, warehouses can achieve unparalleled visibility into all aspects of operations. This holistic view enables better decision-making, optimized resource utilization, and proactive problem-solving.

• Surface KPIs across all resources in the warehouse for overarching warehouse productivity.
• Machine learning predicts optimal outcomes and becomes more intelligent with greater insights across previously disparate systems
• Automate interconnected workflows
• Flexibility to simultaneously communicate with multiple automation styles
• Alerts/notifications for proactive monitoring and real-time decision making.

Orchestration at Scale:

The unified approach supports easy scalability, accommodating growth in automation capabilities and business expansion. This scalability ensures that the system can adapt to increasing order volumes and complexity without significant disruptions.

• Orchestration across all resources results in increased asset utilization and higher throughput.
• Intelligent order prioritization ensures right orders processed at right time
• Prioritizes orders based on a combination of customer business rules and AI
• Real-time pick path optimization with perfect harmony with replenishment
• Dynamic work release balances pick efficiency with on time shipping

Continuous Innovation:

Unified systems, especially those built on cloud-native architectures, benefit from regular updates and enhancements that are delivered seamlessly, requiring no downtime or extensive testing. This continuous innovation ensures that the warehouse management system remains state-of-the-art, incorporating the latest advancements in automation and robotics. The long-term cost savings from reduced integration complexities, lower maintenance requirements, and improved operational efficiency make a WMS with a built-in WES a cost-effective solution.