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Q: Lastly, did your business reap any
other significant benefits in the
shipping department from the
flexibility of your WMS's
manifest and shipping system?
A: "Having the ability to quote
shipping prices to customers
upfront through our online store
was game-changing for us." – Kyle
Sutter, VP of Operations for
Fisheries Supply
"Increased visibility lets our
shipping department look at in-
progress orders and alert carriers if
any orders are remaining — before
they shut that truck door and pull
away." – Dave Campbell, VP of
Operations at Cascade Orthopedic
"When we ship orders on behalf of
web-based companies, the
products go straight from us to the
customer. We strive to be
anonymous in the transaction. We
want the consumer to assume the
product came from the internet
retailer's own warehouse. Without a
WMS, there's no way we could have
been in e-fulfillment. You have to
have a level of speed and accuracy
that's just not possible in a manual
paper-based warehouse." – Tom
Lorenz, Operations Manager at
Lorenz & Jones
"Even with our small e-Commerce
engine driving line orders out all day,
we're experiencing better receiving
and shipping with a 99.75 percent
accuracy rate on our shipping line
count. This level of accuracy would not
have been possible without the tools
provided in our WMS." – Jim
Hostetter, President of PaulB
Wholesale
As a general
rule
Whether printing hazmat or e-
Commerce labels, bills of lading or
third-party shipping papers, each of
the distributors we spoke with
requires a WMS in which all data is
automatically transmitted to the
appropriate carrier for billing. Each
relies on a WMS flexible enough to
accommodate their unique business
practices that can also automate all
operations from manifesting and
pre-manifesting to truck route and
stop management with delivery
confirmation.
PathGuide Technologies,
Inc., a privately held company
founded in 1989, is a leading
provider of warehouse
management solutions for
industrial and retail
distributors across North
America. PathGuide's
software and services help
suppliers increase
productivity and order
accuracy, improve customer
service and lower labor costs,
ultimately driving greater
profitability. Click here to
learn how distributors of all
sizes can benefit from
improved warehouse
management.
