The new trends in the WMS storage systems

       Foreign warehousing system in the year to enter the Chinese market, standardization, intelligence, indeed, the concept can be configured on the entire logistics software market played a certain role in educational, such as a system to guide the shelves and picking logic can be formulated, in the year It seems fashionable is advanced in the warehouse logistics center which operating systems can be used to guide, which work with manual processing, KPI key points which should be monitored by the import of foreign software slowly spread to the entire market, but also to a professional storage mystery management system slowly being opened to.

       A, WMS China development

       Began to develop in 1980 compared to overseas logistics software, compared the concept of mature products and warehouse management systems at around 2000 to enter China, after ten years of vigorous development and positioning people for cognitive storage system is also increasingly more clearly, to understand the scope of warehouse management system and focus on the target and wher from "warehouse management system is to manage all the things inside the warehouse," "All business is about stocks belong to the warehouse management system" gradually clear positioning Warehouse Management System It is focused on the "objects", "entity within the warehouse inventory" and "efficient operating out stored" on. Foreign warehousing system in the year to enter the Chinese market, standardization, intelligence, indeed, the concept can be configured on the entire logistics software market played a certain role in educational, such as a system to guide the shelves and picking logic can be formulated, in the year It seems fashionable is advanced in the warehouse logistics center which operating systems can be used to guide, which work with manual processing, KPI key points which should be monitored by the import of foreign software slowly spread to the entire market, but also to a professional storage mystery management system slowly being opened to.

       Domestic manufacturers developed warehouse management system, after years of replacement of old and iterative, library of standard features from the receipt, inspection, shelves, wave, picking, packing, loading, a library to library management, basic By increasing the customer's on-line functions are becoming increasingly complete, slowly on the basis of these features has narrowed the gap with foreign software, if it is superficial observation, we can say no very special feature some foreign systems Large foreign and domestic system does not solve, not to mention in a localized implementation and support of some of the special features is not unable to develop it, so why would rather give up why today there are still one million yuan within the program away millions choice program? The main reason can be summarized in a few :( a) purely functional richness, the current top foreign storage systems eloquent lists hundreds of sub-functions, such as complex functions like hieroglyphics to make people believe that we can cover the present and future needs, and therefore should be able to spend more to avoid future costs is continuously changing values, in turn, said some of the arguments that the big money only use 30% of the functionality and worthwhile, and the future is not able to directly apply these functions; ( b) global and heavily built extensive customer research and development team, particularly in the positive ambitions for Bo Bo place among the international first-tier suppliers of the company, using a similar business internationally renowned company equal to the seleced system closer to a competitive advantage is a large one incentives; this idea of ​​the most common negative comments is to emphasize China's logistics center operating environment is a big difference with other countries, can not be applied; (iii) using the world's number one Two software for IT leaders responsible for the selection can be a aspects of reducing political risk: We are the world's first election, the project in question was certainly not the choice of products. The remaining factors in the selection often considered as company size, customer base amount, consult advisers strength, manufacturers and history, in addition to globalization outside this point, WMS vendors gap is indeed shrinking at home and abroad, including large complex logistics Center is also the case for the increasing number of domestic manufacturers. Simply put, domestic packaged software, custom development and other different WMS boundaries become blurred, foreign companies no longer always the price, domestic manufacturers do not always small and medium sized logistics center system.
   
       Second, the impact of the Internet era of logistics
  
       This is more than ten years of logistics and warehousing industry in addition to the popular demand for third party logistics minor changes outside (except cold chain), warehouse management system consists of medicine, food retail, apparel pioneering turns to the past two years, the general perception should be most important B2C Internet industry, as well as cross-border and other derivatives to O2O fields, especially in Taobao and Jingdong listed, BAT's Central Plains as well as mergers and acquisitions war, for IT information so that people's daily consumption and entertainment, and gradually transferred to the mobile Internet, mobile phone APP is now the focus of venture capital of Peoples, by delay by delay, fearing to miss the opportunity. So great influence in the field of logistics? Of course also subject to the distribution system (TMS) mobile public platform, mobile push delivery of information, online orders shipping orders, real-time delivery status and location broadcasting, it is Internet in full swing product. ? But in the field of storage management using a cell phone management is not a good idea in the logistics center, at most, the real-time job status compartment managers pushed to the phone; however, these electric providers related industries does make more people pay attention to recognize to know the importance of storage management, demand is also showing high growth trend, the electricity supplier's warehouse management system also brings a number of no small influence :( a) participate in the storage system, more and more users, many users a deep understanding of the software suite functionality, the operation is not as publicized agreement; (ii) competition in the electricity business, business needs are changing every day, competition is speed, competition is who can be achieved more quickly, are wrong and then change , changed to try, each requirement in this environment have difficulty meeting just to find manufacturers, so the domestic large-scale electricity supplier's main products are self-developed strategies to take (except non-core business may find vendors), such as Jingdong , One store, Dangdang, etc; (iii) IT team, rich, domestic medium and large electricity providers have gradually established their own huge IT team, so the logistics aspects of functional requirements, increasingly want to be able to take care of by their own team; ( d) introductory many electricity supplier companies, there is no way the expected business growth, the Internet's explosive than the traditional retail and other industries have been able to match, so for example, three years after the logistics center should be used or what system function, heart each IT Director does not have a very definite answer, some business executives to take "a cheap available before the election, and so the bigger the system back to a good point" strategy, but the growing pains and uncertainty switching system is a recognized problem.

       The rise of the Internet, for domestic logistics software vendors, especially a good opportunity, the fact that indeed foster nourish many domestic warehouse management software, make entry a storage system is reduced, which is also associated with a number had large foreign logistics software company consultation consultation and technical talent into the domestic manufacturers are not unrelated, but the main reason is still the points above Internet impact on the logistics software: for example Taobao sellers increased demand self storage derived electricity supplier beginners urgent need of low-cost logistics software, Fast on-line for the traditional difficulty of systems of foreign large storage, warehousing and logistics software to help the waves of today's universal, more re-enable professionals to ponder what is the best warehouse management system mode.
   
       Three, WMS trends and meet the demand mode
   
       The initial demand warehouse system development model development, risk, development aging, best practices and other factors that make people eye focused on mature suite of software systems, leaving aside the manner in which this is the best, some people believe it should be "seven eight standard features, two-thirds custom ordered, "if we have electricity supplier industry logistics center features an angle to explore, then compare several traditional ways warehousing system :( a) Contract Development: completely developed according to the needs of users , mentioning the need to avoid falling into the user requirements are not always right, we need to have any experience to judge whether a requirement is reasonable and will have a negative impact. This mode is especially when business needs change the most commonly encountered bottlenecks, such as the logistics center suddenly dominated by the apparel inventory recently to add food business, some basic batch management and valid for Control Manager may become a bottleneck; (b) Foreign software suite: a very rich functionality, particularly in the configuration parameters of large systems-oriented, able to complex parameter adjustment to meet demand, but in the years of experience in the domestic market point of view, a way to configure complex parameters First, optical test time may be close to the cost of development, and second, there is always a special needs can not be satisfied with the parameters, then the original code modification cost is considerable, even if the three parameters can be configured out, often because they can not completely consistent actual operating habits or needs, and are still sacrificing scene needs to go along with the system functions; (c) Domestic software suite: Usually in day and night to develop a programmer to make up any shortfall elastic parameters, for the user sometimes is expensive than the foreign software Economic consultant costs, but manufacturers are also required to be profitable to survive, and therefore still have to pay for long-term modification costs, domestic warehousing system market, some manufacturers of low-cost approach is first to enter the project and then slowly two modifications to the high cost earn profits, or the project can not be too many immediate response, but also many of the current warehousing software outsourcing companies employ minds pain points, and even limit the impact of business development; (iv) research and development team to develop its own : invest a lot of manpower, such as a large domestic electricity suppliers to invest more than twenty people to form a team to develop eight months after initial storage systems, the advantage is naturally full control, the future seems to reduce costs, but if the development of the concept and the main designer not very rich, will still fall within the manufacturers custom development dilemma: for example, another well-known large-scale platform electricity supplier of self-developed system is difficult to support the rapid transformation of B2B or cross-border mode, still seek out the assistance of so-called professional firms.
 
       based on the above said, it seems that the world is not always perfect, and each approach has its pros and cons, then whether there is a compromise to avoid the re-ordered structure both stiff and difficult to master suite and high maintenance costs ?, the plight of the kidnapped manufacturers even it affect the comprehensive logistics of the Internet economy, the only way is: In the traditional information architecture-based operating system layer, database layer above, demand for logistics enterprises, then a layer of logistics infrastructure platform architecture layer, the platform, not the current number of logistics software company claims can be secondary development platform, because the secondary development platform typically only modify some fur, and can not really let the owners of ownership and control, but regardless of the amount of the maturity of Bug . based on this logistics platform, logistics and related components using their common owners can quickly be familiar with, and more importantly, can develop so fast and stable framework warehousing, transportation, manufacturing and other related systems, interrelated but relatively independent of the conventional manufacturers mention needs - Manufacturer Discussion - offer - counteroffer - development - repairing long chain shortening, both interests quickly modify the function of independent development, but also by means of the platform to avoid falling into a stalemate developed dilemma.
   
       IV Conclusion
 
       Logistics software industry in the country, because their point of view and there are many descriptions for logistics and warehousing systems: for example, "after the implementation of the warehouse management system less likely to change, how the scene might have been different practices change?", "Future demand or let Manufacturer consultation to design changes more able to consider global factors "," Our company is not a software company, do not need to modify, "In the past, these views should have no errors, but the age of the Internet has shown a strong momentum hundred schools of thought contend driven industry, any industry Thoughts are required in this industry IT information into the 4.0 era and how the response from the Department, a subversion of the traditional industries are likely to maintain long-term market share and benefits, strategic thinking and logistics strategy Never again stuck in the past students years, so for logistics, warehousing software industry, the original or a copy of the code as a future fear geese are swans paraphernalia of traditional practices is bound to be phased out, hundreds of millions of consultation costs are slowly does not fit this rapidly changing environment often consulted to half business has been altered beyond recognition, will depend on the results of the manufacturer it is to sacrifice themselves in order to cover the real needs of the design of the consultation process. In summary, the "open source", "Tools" and "Internet" of the real trend of the future of the logistics supply chain software, but also is really a model for long-term logistics support system development.