Warehouse Control System (WCS)

Automated Warehouse Control Systems

Designed to maximize your ROI and ensure uninterrupted material flow.

Warehouse Control Systems

Godrej-Körber’s Warehouse Control System serves as the central point for a seamless orchestration of diverse material handling equipment. Offering a vendor-neutral solution, our WCS ensures an uninterrupted flow of material throughout the facility. Furthermore, our WCS solution easily integrates with material handling equipment, enhancing warehouse throughput and maximizing performance and ROI that meets your automation needs.

The WCS Challenges

System Performance

The actual system performance falls short of achieving the targeted ROI and prevents businesses from leveraging the full potential of their automation solutions.

Time-Consuming

Tracing the cause of malfunctions and bottlenecks is not only time-consuming but also impedes swift troubleshooting.

Material Routing

Material routing cannot be changed or modified quickly enough to accommodate receipt changes or evade problem zones.

Material Visibility

Lack of end-to-end material visibility across the automation chain hampers overall operational efficiency and transparency.

Proven Solutions for Today & Tomorrow

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The Warehouse Control System Advantage

At Godrej-Körber, we have the expertise, knowledge and experience required to efficiently manage and control diverse material-handling portfolios and automation equipment. Our automated solutions are not only a natural fit for all types of complex warehouse operations but offer high levels of integration capabilities. With a proven track record of successfully implementing numerous WCS, we ensure our solutions deliver excellence and scalability in new or existing facilities.

Benefits at a Glance

Optimized Material Flow

Effectively manages diverse material handling technologies and transport tasks, enhancing overall operational efficiency.

End-to-end Visibility

Provides end-to-end visibility of the automation chain, enabling businesses to track material flow and barcodes and provide actionable insights.

Vendor-agonistic Solution

Our WCS provides a vendor-neutral solution that streamlines our warehouse operations and seamlessly integrates with various automation technologies.

Highly Scalable Architecture

A highly scalable database-driven architecture that enables businesses to eliminate errors, streamline operations and ensure high-level performance.

Capabilities at a glance

Comprehensive visibility throughout the automation chain, monitoring material flow and barcodes.
Utilization of constraint-based algorithms for effective optimization strategies.
Automated or manual adjustment of material routing in the event of equipment failures.
Highly scalable architecture driven by a robust database.
Intuitive dashboards for visualizing systems and material flow, offering actionable insights.

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Questions? We Have The Solutions!

What is AS/RS?

Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems (often referred as AS/RS) is a customized combination of mainly three components – storage racks, storage/retrieval equipments & WMS. AS/RS system handles, stores and retrieve material as needed with precision, accuracy and speed under a defined degree of automation. Systems vary from relatively simple, manually controlled system operating in small storage structures to extremely large, computer-controlled storage/retrieval systems totally integrated with ERP system.

What are the benefits of AS/RS?

The primary advantages of AS/RS are:

AS/RS systems are very dense system, they require small operating aisle, can go very tall, offer multi deep storage and thus minimize the floor space and enhance the storage density
AS/RS is customized system offering high throughput. A single dedicated stacker crane can offer throughput as high as 45 pallets / hour.
AS/RS offers extremely accurate inventory control as they are integrated with computer systems
Being automated system AS/RS reduces labor involvement in operations and thus reduces the overall operation cost.
AS/RS system are useful for harsh environment like cold storage & chemical storage application.

What are the primary safety features of AS/RS?

Following are the main safety features of AS/RS.

AS/RS systems are typically automated man less system, they almost eliminates human interaction with moving equipment and increases the occupational health & safety levels in warehouses.
All operational commands are given electronically from host system and through pre-programmed path & logic, eliminating all major risks associated with material & equipment damage.
Catching devices & over speed governors are provided for hoisting movement to arrest over speed/acceleration of equipment, ensuring absolute trouble free operation.
Limit switches & safety bumpers are provided at end of aisle to detect & avoid over-travel of equipments.
Physical dimensions of load/pallet are checked in all three directions while entering of pallet on forks & over dimensional loads are rejected from the system, ensuring only suitable sized objects gets handled by AS/RS.
Motion of load handling device (LHD) are locked during vertical & horizontal travel of equipment.
Unlike fork trucks/battery stackers, AS/RS do not have telescopic mast. AS/RS mast is supported by bottom & top rail, restricting sway of mast during travel of equipment.

What are the functional advantages of AS/RS over conventional systems?

Below are some of the functional advantages of AS/RS over conventional storage systems

While working on heights conventional forklifts and battery stackers offer increased resistance in capacity. On the other hand AS/RS offers the same working load at all the levels of storage system.
AS/RS systems are self maneuvered, Equipment operator is not required throughout the movement of equipment.
Being the electrical equipment, Stacker cranes draws power from bus bar running parallel to aisle. No Battery charging time or back-up batteries are required, hence AS/RS offers 24 hour availability.

What is Warehouse Management System?

The Warehouse Management System (WMS) is a customized software application for high level product management. WMS handles various tasks ranging from Data Management, Machine Control, Interface with ERP, Security Access & Maintenance, Queuing & Resource Management, Real time transaction processing & Reports Generation. Components of WMS are :-

Inventory Control System
Location Management System
Handling Control System

How does the Pallet / Item gets tracked in AS/RS?

All Bins/Pallets stored in ASRS system are given a unique tag (either bar code or RFID), while storing the item inside the AS/RS, The System first scans the tag on Bin or Pallet, based on information WMS allocates a storage location for that item. The tags are then mapped to their bin locations in the WMS, Electronic instructions are then transmitted to the handling equipment to store the item in allocated bin location. Similarly request for item retrieval are submitted through the WMS, which directs the equipment in the appropriate aisle to deliver the bin to delivery station.

We don't have ERP system in our Organization. How AS/RS operates in that environment?

Standalone AS/RS systems without interfacing with ERP can also be offered, In such case WMS also handles the inventory management modules besides the regular features of Location Management system & Handling Control system. In such case operational logic and Inventory transaction related reporting also gets controlled through standalone WMS. Moreover its also possible to choose man-on-board AS/RS system, where handling equipments are controlled through the operator cabin mounted on the equipments.

Can AS/RS system be expanded?

AS/RS can be expanded in linear directions i.e.- along the length & width of warehouse provided the available floor space permits expansion. However its not possible to expand the AS/RS in vertical direction, as both storage system and handling equipments are required to be replaced.