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WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT/
CONTROL SYSTEM

factors consider when
6 ImportantWarehousetoManagement
acquiring a new

System or Warehouse control system
By Dave Williams,

Director of Software and Solutions Delivery, Westfalia Technologies, Inc.

Most experts agree that the average lifecycle of a Warehouse Management System (WMS) or Warehouse
Control System (WCS) is between eight and 10 years. Of course, inefficiencies that increase staff
response time, as well as the inability to incorporate new technological advances or new functional
requirements within legacy systems, may signal the need to retire a WMS/WCS long before the end of its
projected life cycle.

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arehouse inefficiencies carry significant business

costs both in terms of personnel tim