Market research on Warehouse Management System solutions for medium wholesale companies with 3 Party Logistics opportunities.
Savin, Andrei (2017)
Savin, Andrei
Jyväskylän ammattikorkeakoulu
2017
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2017060312209
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2017060312209
Tiivistelmä
Due to the absence of the already-existing works on the field of the market research concerning the warehousing management systems the need of such work has been clear. The main specific need for the systems was possibility to keep several warehouses at the same time with different manager personnel. This is the reason why third-party logistics has been chosen as one of the main criteria for the search and filtering.
The task has been set as search the list of ten most suitable solutions with the description of their advantages, disadvantages and area of application. Due to the “100:10:3:1 rule” the number of the systems has been limited to the amount of 10.
The systems have been gathered through the internet databases using available filters and then analyzed manually. Main filters chosen were: web-based solutions, access to the information from outside (SQL bridge, API or other solution), barcodes handling, multi linguistic opportunities, trial version availability, and the pricing.
Result have been presented as the list of 12 solutions that can be applied to the situation that host company might has in the future, with the description of advantages, disadvantages and limitations of their usage.
The research can be counted as a success. Suitable systems have been found and described. The weighted ranking has been applied in order to highlight the most perspective solutions.
The task has been set as search the list of ten most suitable solutions with the description of their advantages, disadvantages and area of application. Due to the “100:10:3:1 rule” the number of the systems has been limited to the amount of 10.
The systems have been gathered through the internet databases using available filters and then analyzed manually. Main filters chosen were: web-based solutions, access to the information from outside (SQL bridge, API or other solution), barcodes handling, multi linguistic opportunities, trial version availability, and the pricing.
Result have been presented as the list of 12 solutions that can be applied to the situation that host company might has in the future, with the description of advantages, disadvantages and limitations of their usage.
The research can be counted as a success. Suitable systems have been found and described. The weighted ranking has been applied in order to highlight the most perspective solutions.