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Setting Up A Warehouse On The Fly: When An Epidemic Strikes Is No Time To Test Out A Warehouse Management System

Source: Logistics Today
Written by: Perry A. Trunick
 
Horror stories abound of warehouse management system (WMS) implementations that don't go as planned. From small functional breakdowns to full-blown failure, warehouse managers have had to cope with the unexpected when implementing or upgrading new technology.

If such failures can happen when it's your warehouse... imagine setting up an ad hoc field operation responding to an outbreak of bird flu or a bioterror attack when lives are at stake, the goods coming in are controlled pharmaceuticals and there isn't a single trained warehouse worker or inventory control manager in sight...

Read Article: Logistics Today, October 2006

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