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IDII Software Newsletter Volume 1 No. 12 September 8th 2000 |
To assist the professional dealing with software in Warehousing Distribution, Logistics,
and the Supply Chain.
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| Techniques, Vision, & Educational Thoughts "FISH - What To Do With Excess Inventory" FISH stands for "First In STILL HERE"! There are good ways to dispose of excess inventory. These slow movers have taken inventory costs, handling costs to receive & putaway, and storage costs. It is money tied up and not going anywhere. Here are some ideas: * Return Inventory to Vendor - Preferred avenue of choice. If vendor hesitates - go for an "exchange" on fast moving products. * Tax Write-Offs:
* Walmart Clearance Model - When it's time to move it, prices are slashed and will continue to be slashed until sold. In conclusion - Explore options on a financial basis. Use one or methods, but BE DECISIVE - as FISH inventory can be UNLOCKED and money re-invested in more productive products & services. Philip Obal, President of IDII) |
 (Article by Philip Obal, President of IDII) Feel free to notify us on companies that take inventory - we will build an useful resource page listing these companies on our website. Impact In Software Design Software designers should permit parts to be flagged that operations/purchasing now has this item marked for auction, charity, and/or clearance pricing. Reports, picking generation, and return/order generation should select these flagged items. |
Software Company FOR SALE
"WMS Company is For Sale"
An established WMS vendor is selling the company and their WMS solution. Current solution uses object orientated programming (Latest Technology) and has a good installation base. If interested, contact Philip Obal of IDII at 918-464-2222 and we will provide more details & put you into contact with the seller's representative.. Serious inquiries only.
IDII News
- Phil Obal will be speaking at the HK Systems annual conference.
- Lilly Software (ERP, WMS, 3PL) - Releases New WMS Version - Visual DCMS 2.0 that expands lot, serial number, and expiration
date control. Release 2.0 also offers
extensive
support for 3PL providers with features
that
allow them to:
- Manage multi-customer inventory within a warehouse
- Accumulate activity and storage by customer within a warehouse to support 3PL billing
- Use rules-based formulas in the new Rate Maintenance application to automate customer billing for any mix of activity and storage in the Distribution Center
- Executive Performance Systems (WMS, SMS) - Releases Savant WMS Release 2.5 adds kitting features and supports Windows
CE, RF-based Pocket PCs.
- Interlink Technologies (WMS, Web-Enabled) - Releases New WMS Release adds e-Commerce with web-enablement and
directs enterprise - wide warehouse operations
using real-time RF-based technology. "Our
new Web Access Module, web enables the entire
WHSe-LINK® 4.0 package, securely. Our customers' administrators
can now decide how much or how little of
the system they want their system to be available
via the web," said Tim Granatir, Vice
President of Technical Services.
Corporations requiring web access to their enterprises are increasing and WHSe-LINK® 4.0 is web enabled to meet their needs. For example:
- View customer-specific, building-specific, and/or enterprise inventory levels in real-time.
- View customer-specific, building specific, and/or enterprise order demand and fulfillment status in real-time.
- Enter customer orders in real-time.
- E-Mail order entry or entry receipt confirmation
and fulfillment status.
- The release also incorporates other new features, including scalable allocation processes, easily maintained item attributes between multiple buildings, an integrated program that will enable the user to configure compliance labels and a user-friendly system configurator.
- LIS (UK, US, Europe, TMS, YM, WMS, Unix,
NT) - Rapid international growth of 70+ percent during 1999 and good growth this year as
well.
- Logility (WMS, TMS, B2B, NT) - Partnership with Great Plains Software-
Great Plains will sell Logility's WMS and
TMS software to it's 7,000 customer base. Editor's Note: Logility's stock price is
currently low.
- OMI International (WMS, OMS) and Voxware, Inc. (NASDAQ: VOXW), a provider of voice-based solutions for
e-logistics, partnered together to
provide
a speech-based interface to the OMI TRICEPS
Warehouse Management System (WMS) using the
Voxware VoiceLogistics™ system.
Voxware and OMI have just completed a joint development effort that integrates the Voxware VoiceLogistics system to the OMI TRICEPS WMS, using a standard application programming interface developed for using speech with TRICEPS. The VoiceLogistics interface to TRICEPS provides current and future OMI customers options to streamline many of their logistics and fulfillment operations using a web-based interactive speech solution.
- Provia (WMS, TMS) - Releases OVE Visibility & Notification
Tool "ViaView". Order Visibility Exchange (OVE) tool is
now available. This is the latest
addition
to Provia's VIAWARE products. It collects the real-time information from
warehousing (WMS), transportation
(TMS),
small parcel shipping (SPS), yard
management
(YMS), and other systems.
Users, their partners, and their customers use ViaView to monitor the real-time status of orders, shipments and inventory availability via the Internet, and can be instantly notified when selected fulfillment events occur or fail to occur within parameters.
- Retek (e-Fulfillment, WMS) and IBM expand alliance. IBM invests into
Retek. The companies will jointly
sell and
service Retek applications and IBM
technologies.
IBM will promote Retek's products
for retail
and e-commerce solutions. In July,
a B2B
Alliance comprised of IBM, i2, and
Ariba
to develop the new technology platform
for
the WorldWide Retail Exchange consisting
of $450 billion in sales.
- ShipXact (TMS) - Launches TrackXact system, providing clients
with real-time receipts, inventory and shipment
information. The system integrates hand-held
bar-code scanners with ShipXact's Distribution
Center systems, which are connected with
services provided by FedEx, UPS and other
delivery services. For more information,
see ShipXact.com.
Quotes to Ponder
- "You begin by always expecting good
things to happen." -- Tom Hopkins
- "Fear nothing, for every renewed effort
raises all former failures into lessons,
all sins into experience."
--Katherine Tingley
The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:
for attaining wisdom and discipline;
for understanding words of insight;
for acquiring a disciplined and prudent life,
doing what is right and fair;
for giving prudence to the simple,
knowledge and discretion to the young -
let the wise listen and add to their learning,
and let the discerning get guidance -
for understanding proverbs and parables,
the sayings and riddles of the wise.
Proverbs 1:1-6 - The Purposes of Proverbs - Learn Them - Use Them
Good Book
| "Computerized Shipping Systems: Increasing
Profit & Productivity Through Technology (New Millennium Edition)" |
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| Taylor, Mark A. | See reviews and more information on this book at Amazon.com |
Another Good Book
| "What To Look For In Warehouse Management System Software" |  |
| Obal, Philip | See reviews and more information on this book at Amazon.com |
Valuable Future Events - October
September 12 - LogicTools with academic
and
industry leaders from Logistics.com
and MIT
present "New Tools for Reinventing The Supply
Chain". Rosemont Convention Center, Chicago. Very valuable 1 full day seminar - low cost.
For more information, contact seminar@logictools.com or call 888-265-4706.
October 3-5--Frontline Solutions Expo. Rosemont
Convention Center, Chicago.
Sponsored by: Frontline Solutions magazine.
Contact:
http://www.frontlineonline.net
October 3-5--Parcel Logistics Expo. Rosemont
Convention Center, Chicago.
Sponsored by/contact: Advanstar Communications,
Contact 800-331-5706 or
http://www.parcelexpo.com.
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