Modular system caters for every customer need

CompuClearing has assembled a set of software tools designed to offer a customised solution to any company’s warehousing needs, according to commercial consultant Alex Ribi. “We believe in delivering tangible value to our clients and believe that the true value of information technology (IT) is as an enabler of business,” he told FTW. “Our CargoWise One gives you a scalable and comprehensive warehouse management system for effective, productive and accurate third-party logistics (3PL) and fourthparty (4PL) warehousing operations.” According to marketing and training executive, Moshe Zulberg, the essence of this system is that it handles every element of warehousing – from stock control and packing to accounting and distribution. “CargoWise One works just as effectively for small warehouses with few orders and bulk product through to large-scale operations with multiple warehouses, multiple clients, high activity and complex customer requirements,” he said. “It is a modular system, and effectively the appropriate blocks can be fitted together to provide the prime solution for each individual company’s needs.” A major benefit of CargoWise One, Zulberg added, is that it is compatible with other systems – linking up, say, with an agent’s forwarding software and passing data back-and-forward between the two systems. “Its industry-wide functionality allows it to integrate your warehouse operations with your partners, your providers and the wider supply chain,” he said. “It is designed specifically to optimise and simplify your warehouse processes, so you’ll have complete visibility and control of your inventory.” Ribi pointed out that you need never miss out on a payment again. “Revenue leakage is a real challenge for the modern warehouse,” he said. “CargoWise One gives you the power to automate your entire invoicing cycle by integrating your operations through one single platform system.” An immediate benefit of this advanced automation is increased productivity. Warehousing and distribution are all about volumes and the daily movement and recording of thousands of items, according to Ribi. And accurately managing this amount of activity. “CargoWise One automates your data entry and customer interfaces – all planned to provide the benefit of reduced administrative costs and increased data accuracy,” he added. The system also comes with radio frequency (RF) scanning – “which has revolutionised the way the modern warehouse works”, according to Zulberg. “Real-time scanning provides you with up-to-thesecond information for all your warehouse processes – from receiving and releasing, picking and packing, receipts and replenishments. “It also allows you to accurately manage and measure your jobs, enabling you to make informed decisions about your team and warehouse to maximise productivity, performance and profit.” As an important quality-control mechanism, scan packing has fast become a major requirement in warehousing, insisted Zulberg. “Many major retailers are insisting that inventory is scan packed into boxes and onto pallets with their specific label formats and serial shipping container code (SSCC) numbers,” he said. “SSCC numbers are growing in their use throughout the supply chain as a mechanism to track freight, and being able to scan and generate these numbers and then label freight is an essential capability in today’s modern supply chain.” RF scanning is included in CompuClearing’s ‘logistics device as a service’ (LDaaS) programme. And, eliminating the high upfront capital cost of purchasing equipment, the company provides customers with a choice from a number of RF barcode and voice picking devices, optimised for CargoWise One, for a small monthly fee with no yearly contract commitments. INSERT & CAPTION Its industry-wide functionality allows it to integrate your warehouse operations with your partners, your providers and the wider supply chain. – Alex Ribi