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1、键入公司名称Best Practice Series for Inventory and Warehouse ManagementSmart Turn WMSWinkins liu2011/4/252Best Practices for Selecting a SaaS Warehouse Management System .3Best Practices for Warehouse Safety .10Best Practices for Setting up a Warehouse RF Network .23Best Practices for RF Mobile in 3PL and
2、 Warehousing Operations.18Collaboration Best Practices .28Best Practices for Kitting and Sub-Assembly.34Best Practices for Warehouse Receiving.39Annual/Physical Inventory Best Practices .44Best Practices for Picking: Selecting the Right Systems, Methods and Technologies .50Inventory and Warehouse Ma
3、nagement Best Practices: Slotting for Dollars.55Inventory and Warehouse Management Best Practices: Cycle Counting.59Best Practices: Comparing SaaS to On-Premise Warehouse Management System Software.66Best Practices for Putaway.72Best Practices for Picking in Warehouses and Distribution Centers .763B
4、est Practices for Selecting a SaaS Warehouse Management SystemCustomer successes using SaaS (Software as a Service) applications from vendors such as Salesforce, NetSuite and SmartTurn have proven that the benefits of the SaaS model are real and measurable. If you count yourself ready to move forwar
5、d, this chapter is for you. Best Practices for Selecting a SaaS Warehouse Management System (WMS) is designed to help you reduce mistakes when selecting a vendor, increasing the likelihood that your SaaS migration will be a positive and profitable experience. Its a Different World The old experience
6、s you may have had previously selecting and implementing on-premise software no longer apply with the SaaS model. In the former world, your relationship usually didnt linger much longer than the time it took to pay the PO. In contrast, the SaaS vendor-customer relationship is very different; the rel
7、ationship extends for the length of time that you will use the application. By entrusting your business data (sensitive or not) to a third party, you become dependent on that vendor for training, application availability, upgrades, and on-going support. Therefore, vendor selection should follow a ca
8、reful and methodical evaluation process. Below is a list of some of the issues and questions you should investigate and answer during your courting period with potential SaaS vendors. The vendor you ultimately choose should be the one best able to support your business needs day after day, month aft
9、er month.Before getting to our list, however, it is time for that characteristic of all good lists the caveat. Depending on your unique priorities, the relative importance of one issue may be greater or less than another. For example, Fort Knox-level security access may not be that important to you
10、if your data isnt critical. Mobile access may be a low priority for you, yet may be very important for someone else. You need to decide where you can be flexible and where the absence of something is a deal killer. The VendorIf youve seen the TV series Deadwood (a fictionalized portrayal of an 1870s
11、 South Dakota boomtown), you know what happens when a bandwagon materializes. Everyone rushes in to make a buck. The contemporary SaaS field isnt much different. Youll find a lot of hungry wannabes. Interest yourself more in a vendors staying power than its website or slick sales pitch. Look 4for a
12、vendor that has been around for while (balancing its track record against the inescapable fact that the SaaS marketplace is a relatively new market). The number of paying customers is one indicator of the quality of the SaaS solution and service. These are customers that, happy with the service, hav
13、e continued to pay month after month. Experience counts for something. If you were going to have laser eye surgery, would you opt for the newly-graduated surgeon with a dozen operations on his resume or a surgeon with several hundred or even thousands? Look for a vendor whose SaaS offerings have kep
14、t customers happy long enough to suggest that you, too, will be able to depend on the technology, service availability, and customer support. Industry ExpertiseUnderstanding how to develop and host a remotely-access application is just one part of being successful as a SaaS vendor to warehouses and 3PLs. Does the vendor understand your marketplace? Look for
