Software

Warehouse Management System

Inventory, picking, put-away and yard control built for high-throughput logistics - integrated with ERP, MES and the floor.

Aptean

Software we deliver

Objective powered by Aptean

We implement WMS on Objective by Aptean - a proven, modular platform for warehouse operations.

Where WMS sits

WMS owns Level 3 warehouse operations

In ISA-95, WMS sits alongside the MES on Level 3 and integrates downward via WES/WCS to the physical floor.

Level 4
ERP

Business planning, sales orders, procurement.

Level 3
MES - WMS - MOMs - QMS

Operations management - WMS owns warehouse and logistics execution.

Level 2
SCADA - WCS

Supervisory control of conveyors, sorters and PTL/DTL/LTL.

Level 1
PLC, scanners, I/O

Field devices, RF, AGV/AMR controllers.

Our gate-to-gate solution

WMS owns inbound, storage and outbound

One end-to-end picture - from goods receipt to customer. WMS handles every warehouse zone and hands material to the MES for production.

Gate-to-Gate

Inbound, storage and outbound flow

WMS scopeMES scope
Inbound - Warehouse (raw)
Goods receipt
Receiving
Raw material receipt
Inspection
Put-away
Warehouse (raw)
WMSMES
Production order

Picking & re-locate run continuously between warehouse and production.

Production
OEE
IIoT
Production center
ABC
Quality
Paperless
Warehouse (outbound) - Shipping
Warehouse (finished)
Outbound
Loading
Customer

Highlighted zones show where WMS owns the flow - greyed steps belong to the other system.

Capabilities

What WMS delivers in the warehouse

Inbound & put-away

Goods receipt, inspection, directed put-away and cross-docking.

Inventory & cycle count

Real-time stock by location, lot, serial and license plate.

Wave & order picking

Wave planning, batch, zone and discrete picking with task interleaving.

Yard & dock management

Appointment scheduling, dock door allocation and yard moves.

Mobile, voice & RF

Operator UX on RF guns, voice picking and wearable scanners.

Carrier & TMS integration

Shipping, manifesting and seamless hand-off to transport.

KPIs that matter

WMS KPIs commonly cited by Gartner

Benchmarks observed across Gartner supply-chain studies and industry WMS deployments. Actual results depend on baseline maturity, scope and adoption.

Inventory accuracy≥ 99.5%

Gartner-benchmarked target for mature WMS deployments.

Order fill rate≥ 98%

On-time, in-full order completion.

Picking productivity+15–30%

Driven by directed tasks, RF/voice and interleaving.

Dock-to-stock time−25–50%

Faster put-away cycle from receipt to available.

Perfect order rate≥ 95%

On time, complete, undamaged, correctly invoiced.

Labor cost / line−10–20%

Workload balancing and task interleaving.

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