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    The document compares and contrasts the roles of a Warehouse Management System (WMS) and Warehouse Control System (WCS) in supply chain operations. It provides two examples: 1) A WCS allows for faster carton processing and higher throughput than a WMS for in-line barcode printing and application. 2) For automated picking systems, a WCS executes storage management, equipment control, and optimized sequencing, while a WMS provides interfaces and maintains inventory. The document concludes by recommending WCS solutions from HK Systems for integrating automated material handling systems.

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    The document compares and contrasts the roles of a Warehouse Management System (WMS) and Warehouse Control System (WCS) in supply chain operations. It provides two examples: 1) A WCS allows for faster carton processing and higher throughput than a WMS for in-line barcode printing and application. 2) For automated picking systems, a WCS executes storage management, equipment control, and optimized sequencing, while a WMS provides interfaces and maintains inventory. The document concludes by recommending WCS solutions from HK Systems for integrating automated material handling systems.

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    The document compares and contrasts the roles of a Warehouse Management System (WMS) and Warehouse Control System (WCS) in supply chain operations. It provides two examples: 1) A WCS allows for faster carton processing and higher throughput than a WMS for in-line barcode printing and application. 2) For automated picking systems, a WCS executes storage management, equipment control, and optimized sequencing, while a WMS provides interfaces and maintains inventory. The document concludes by recommending WCS solutions from HK Systems for integrating automated material handling systems.

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    The document compares and contrasts the roles of a Warehouse Management System (WMS) and Warehouse Control System (WCS) in supply chain operations. It provides two examples: 1) A WCS allows for faster carton processing and higher throughput than a WMS for in-line barcode printing and application. 2) For automated picking systems, a WCS executes storage management, equipment control, and optimized sequencing, while a WMS provides interfaces and maintains inventory. The document concludes by recommending WCS solutions from HK Systems for integrating automated material handling systems.

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    Maximum Experience . . . M i n i m a l R i s k .

    vol.09 issue.02
    AN EDUCATIONAL SERIES DEVELOPED BY HK SYSTEMS

    WMS vs. WCS

    IN SUPPLY CHAIN CONTROL

    WCS vs. WMS Typical 2009 Functional Boundaries

    An order fulfillment centers Warehouse Management System (WMS) is an enormously valuable


    workhorse, but one that is not easily adaptable to new Supply Chain automated technologies.
    Typically, a separate supervisory control system is provided to manage and control a case
    conveyor/sorter system or a basic picking subsystem. Likewise, changes and upgrades to WMS
    implementations new and old have proven to be extremely costly and worrisome due to the
    issues of long term one-off supportability and the risk of tampering with legacy WMS applications.
    Thus, the Warehouse Control System (WCS) evolved from the industrys need for a new breed of
    bolt-on WMS software functions for the management of real-time communication and the
    integrated control for many types of automated equipment.
    The speed and nimbleness of the WCS is attributed largely to the fact that it isnt burdened with a huge database of orders and inventory management functions or
    the heavy processing tasks of matching demand with other software products and labor. The WCS is uniquely designed to intently focus on the exchange of real-time
    communications, command processing, discrete equipment signals, and the optimization of material movement and traffic control tasks where response is measured
    in milliseconds.
    Example #1 A real-world comparison
    between WMS and WCS is an in-line barcode label
    print-and-apply application, as shown in the
    diagram on the right. Although there is only a one
    second difference in WMS vs. WCS print processing
    time, the elimination of that WMS delay creates a
    50% increase in the Carton rate Per Minute (CPM)
    or 20 CPM for WMS vs. 30 CPM for WCS.
    Tech Tip: The Best Practices solutions for
    continuous carton flow with in-line print and
    application functionality applies when the WMS
    provides label data or image files in advance to
    the WCS. When the Carton ID license plate is
    scanned by the WCS, it is processed and passed to
    the label printer, printed, applied, and verified
    with no interruption or stop to the continuous
    carton flow.

    WCS and WMS Print/Apply Time Comparison and Affect on Carton Rates

    Example #2 - Automated Picking Systems (APS) are add-on order picking solutions that
    come in a variety of different technologies and configurations. All basically offer Automated
    Storage/Retrieval System (AS/RS) features for case and tote handling with hyper-drive pick
    performance (500-1000 pick lines per hour per operator). High speed case handling
    Storage/Retrieve Machines (SRM) for APS applications are the latest in break-through thinking
    at automated material handling shows. These new APS systems feature multiple SRMs in a
    single aisle, multiple carriages, multiple shuttles, single and double deep carton accessibility,
    rack optimization software, dynamic pick face product changes, outbound carton sequencing,
    and SRMs motion at double the speeds of those from the previous decade (horizontal speed can
    exceed 1000 fpm and acceleration at 10+ fps2).
    For small carton APS applications, the WMS typically maintains the overall facility inventory
    while the WCS provides storage management algorithms, location level inventory and the
    execution of the highly mechanized carton putaway process using product attributes associated
    with each load/carton. For order processing, the WMS downloads a pick order while the WCS
    executes carton selection and delivery, including the real-time interface to SRMs and all
    overlooked tasks associated with managing automated equipment. SRMs can be out of service
    and require special error recovery, which is best performed by a WCS. At pick stations, the WMS
    provides the User Interfaces for picking dialogs and quality functions while the lean WCS
    prioritizes, optimizes and sequences. The typical component-based systems architecture
    diagramed below should look familiar to those who currently use WMS and WCS.
    A WCS will provide integration architecture and pre-built move and storage management
    functions to allow Order Fulfillment Centers to add new automation. Look to system integrators
    like HK Systems for the best in time-proven WCS integration solutions. HK Systems is North
    Americas leading integrator for interfacing and controlling large, complex automated material
    handling systems. The HKEMS software products family offers productized WCS Supply Chain
    Control solutions for the most challenging of automation including a variety of interface
    options for WMS integration.

    HK75/x Microload SRM for High Speed


    APS Applications

    TYPICAL COMPONENT-BASED SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE FOR


    ORDER FULFILLMENT OPERATIONS
    Enterprise Wide Decisions

    Facility Level Inventory Tracking &


    Movement
    Facility Level Equipment Traffic
    Management & Move Execution
    Monitor, Control & Drive Movements
    of a Single Piece of Equipment
    Sensors, Switches, Motors etc.

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