| The solutions provided by QC Software ( | | | | provide real-time access of a common |
| enables companies to streamline their | | | | database, continually apprising the |
| warehouse operations with the lowest total | | | | operations staff of the status of order |
| cost of ownership in the industry ensuring | | | | processing, enabling compression of the |
| increased corporate profitability. With a | | | | customer order cycle. Scheduling of staff, |
| commitment to total customer satisfaction QC | | | | loading docks and equipment are optimized by |
| Software is the obvious choice for warehouse | | | | the on-line capabilities and comprehensive |
| control, order management, and inventory | | | | reporting offered in most WCS shipping |
| management needs. | | | | control modules." |
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| According to Jerry List, vice-president of | | | | A leading distributor of food and foodservice |
| Cincinnati-based QC Software, "The WCS | | | | products uses the QC Enterprise WCS which |
| evolved for food distribution because the | | | | provides case and pallet routing for the |
| warehouse management system was just trying | | | | state-of-the-art distribution system. The |
| to do too much and technology just couldn't | | | | pallet system consists of 9 aisles of |
| keep up. Routing, sorting and processing | | | | high-rise (100 feet high); double-deep |
| cartons through a conveyor system are very | | | | Automated Storage/Retrieval System (AS/RS) |
| different than tracking inventory and | | | | cranes interconnected with a pallet handling |
| orders." | | | | conveyor system. The WCS automatically |
| | | | routes pallets to the designated aisle for |
| According to manufacturing journalist Thomas | | | | put-away. The WCS also receives other |
| R. Cutler in a recent issue DC Velocity, "WCS | | | | commands from the WMS including stock |
| technology solutions provide information used | | | | rotation, pick aisle replenishment, and full |
| to ensure efficient operation of scheduling, | | | | pallet shipping transactions. The WCS is |
| picking, loading and delivery, thereby | | | | responsible for managing the overall activity |
| reducing costs and increasing customer | | | | of the cranes to obtain the highest level of |
| satisfaction levels. Many WCS systems | | | | utilization. |