Solutions - C&W Logistics

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Warehouse Management System

C&W is widely known for its hands-on expertise in WMS (Warehouse Management System) and has become an indispensable player in the WMS market as a solution provider and implementer. A good warehouse management solution is the key to efficient and competitive logistics execution that is essential to your business. The solution can be seamlessly integrated with leading ERP systems (SAP/D365) but also with industry-specific and customized solutions, even with AS400 environments. The fully real-time task-controlled C&W WMS software needs to be catalogued as "advanced WMS" which can nevertheless be used in both complex and simple environments, from multinationals to SMEs.

WMS

Real-time execution via task management (RF / voice / RFID / Material Handling Automation )
Supporting highly advanced and complex warehouse processes
Multi owner (3PL), VMI, Consignment, Bonded
WMS software configuration instead of software development
Flexible management of documents, reports & labels via embedded designer tools
Integration with EDI – WCS - MES
Minimal TCO (Total Cost of ownership)

Implementation

Functional design
Configuration, development
System acceptance, training
Go live assistance
Project Management
No body shopping after go-live
Helpdesk (24 7/7)
SQL DBA

Manufacturing Execution System

The C&W Manufacturing Execution System (MES) forms an inseparable duo with the WMS. Where WMS takes care of the optimization of material management and movements, MES takes care of the management and integration into production activities. Based on planned work orders, with or without multiple operations, the necessary controls are provided for the supply, consumption, scrap and export of materials and the necessary machine and labor times are captured. Integration to and capture of the machines in the workcentres/production lines can ensure full transparency. On the basis of digital forms, you can push, digitize and monitor in real time the necessary checks (setup/QC, etc.) and registrations. Together with the material movements and associated traceability from the WMS, the data collected by MES can also be made available to your ERP system.

Fully integrated setup

WMS
- Warehouse Management System
MES/VAS
- Manufacturing Execution system/Value Added Services

In discrete manufacturing, assembly environments

WMS optimizing the material flows
- Inbound-replenishment-picking-outbound

MES/VAS managing and integrating the production activities
- BOM/BOL
- Consumption and output registrations
- Machine and labor time management
- Digital QC forms

Warehouse Control System

Our Warehouse Control System (WCS) is an intelligent control layer that forms the link between the WMS and your material handling systems. It synchronizes the activities of the various material handling systems in the warehouse with the available labor capacity and the material flow. Based on business rules and real-time data, the WCS balances, manages and monitors the tasks of these systems and intervenes in case of exceptions. Thanks to our standard WCS building blocks, we can easily adapt to the integration protocols of the various MHE partners. C&W has a broad portfolio of integrations with different types of warehouse automation and MHE partners.

In house C&W MHE connector
(Material Handling Equipment)

Proven integrations with diverse warehouse automations

High bay warehouses (Double deep, Multi deep shuttle, Magmatic ...)
Mobile racking
Vertical storage systems
AGV systems
Pick to Light / Sort to Light / Lifts / conveyors
...

Proven integrations with diverse warehouse automation vendors

SSI Schäfer / Dematic / ABB Intrion / Mecalux
Kardex / Modula
Scott Automation / Ceratec / Fraxinus
Viscon / Stow / PC Data / Ceratec
...

Voice Connector

Voice picking is an order picking technique with which the employees in your warehouse communicate with the WMS system by voice. They are controlled completely paperless and guided step by step in their work, which is checked and processed in real time. To realize this, we use our online voice connector VOI. Through Honeywell's Vocollect Voice Interface Objects technology, we can offer customized voice-driven dialogues in 35 different languages.

Own C&W Voice connector

Voice integration based on Honeywell Vocollect
Voice technology with more than 100,000 users
Operational In 60 countries, available in 35 languages ...
Voice dialogues managed by C & W
Ensures a quick implementation tailored to the customers requirements

Realized results via Voice integration

Increased productivity through
- Working hands-free
- Receiving spoken work instructions during execution
Higher accuracy through
- Working eyes-free
- A better focus ensures fewer mistakes
Higher users satisfaction
- Providing only strictly necessary information at the right time
- Only what the operator really needs for execution
Real-time insight and management information available with regard to voice users and voice hardware

Transport Management System

The TMS Portal (transport management software) is a cloud platform that helps companies plan and monitor transport orders. This is the right tool for both transporters and planners. Orders can be created very easily based on templates. As a result, the correct costs/revenues are immediately linked to each transport. TMS Portal helps you from the quotation to the invoicing of the customers.

Via the C&W TMS Portal (cloud platform)

Planning and following up of transport orders
Tool for both transport operators as for planners
Orders can be easily created on the basis of templates
Direct allocation of the right costs / revenues to each transport
Follow-up and planning of equipment, materials and personnel via customizable dashboards
Connection with external systems such as Trimble on-board computers, e-cmr providers, accounting software, ...
From creating orders to invoicing the customer, all information is centralized and transparent

Interesting features

Linking digital documents to orders and invoices
History of equipment and orders
Generation of transport documents for suppliers that can be e-mailed from the system
Result calculations per assignment or over period
Easy to add EDI integrations
Cloud application => no installation and / or servers needed

Conclusion

Planning and follow-up from the first to the last step
Integration with external systems possible
Budget-friendly entry price
Scalable solution

Time Slotting Management

TSM (Time Slotting Management) is a web tool that helps you to optimize your yard planning. Get insight into your planning & capacity and schedule your staff at the right times. Better planning reduces waiting times and thus increases productivity. Peak times are smoothed out by pre-scheduled slots. Thanks to integration with WMS (or other external systems), we can structure operational flows more efficiently.

Via the C&W TSM Portal (webtool)

Optimize your yard planning
Real time view on your planning & capacity
Planning of available resources at the right times
Reducing waiting times and increasing productivity
Smoothing out peak loads through controlled scheduled slots

Interesting features

Makes the booking process easy for transporters
Calculation of required time for loading / unloading according to the configuration
Transparency in all possible available slots within those templates.
Printing of bookings by transporters
Customizable documents to a desired layout
Possibility to integrate with host systems or mobile devices

Electronic Data Interchange

Our EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) platform ensures the perfect communication flow with your customers, suppliers, carriers (partners). Through our generic set-up, you will be connected with your partner in no time! We relieve you of this complex matter.

Digital data exchange between

host systems like SAP, AX, Navision, ...
Other business/supply chain partners (extern) systems (internal) like WMS & TMS (Transport Management System).

Communication within the company via

Formats like csv, xls, xml, idoc, ...
With transport channels like file shares, DB acces, web services

Communication with the world via

Same formats or more standardized formats like EDIFACT,
X12, Tradacom
Via AS2, (S)FTP or other connections like HTTP & SMTP

SCO engine

Easy and quickly adaptable via the configuration tool

Configuration of messages

Easily uploaded via XSD
Mapping immediately set up

Web Portals

Our Vendor Portal is the perfect system to bring the information from your (non-IT minded) vendor to you in order to proceed to more automated receiving (based on the supplied ASN = Advanced Shipping Notification info). The Vendor Portal is intended to optimize & automate the incoming goods flow. Vendors can report their cargoes at departure & print labels (tailored to your requirements).

The Customer portal has been designed to enable the remote web-access to the WMS system for customers, or customer of the customer (owners) in order to let them consult, maintain and monitor their operational data within the WMS system.

Delivery (ASN) towards your warehouse/ WMS system

Are created online for non IT-supported suppliers/vendors
Including the printing of EAN128/SSCC pallet labels for identification of the pallets via the Portal

When the vendor is not able to generate SSCC labels (GS1 conform)

Create and print SSCC labels via the portal

When the vendor has his own SSCC labels, but does not desire to set up full EDI

XLS, XML, TXT uploads via the portal

Fully integrated with your host system

Via usage of the SCO solution
Web EDI with retail (Order to Cash flow)
Combined web EDI and full-EDI possibilities (p.e. external warehouses))

Benefits for the vendor:

Scanning of shipped pallet via mobile solution
Printing of delivery notes
Creation & printing of the invoices + distribution in PDF ur via EDI (SCO)

Carrier Integration Platform

The transport operators have also embarked on the road of digitalization and expect their orders to be carried out earlier and earlier in the day. Entering these orders on the various (transport) platforms is often time-consuming and involves a huge amount of administration.

The Carrier Integration Platform, or CIP for short, provides a direct, digital exchange between the C&W platform and the carrier's internal system. It also gives you the opportunity to track your shipments after they have left your premises. We ensure that the CIP always meets the latest requirements of the carriers without you noticing it.

Integration carriers using

C&W SCO (Supply connector) cloud platform
Web services
On premise carrier software

Integration during warehouse processes of

Carrier specific shipping label printing
Management of shipping labels via embedded label designer tool in WMS
Registration of volumes and weights with real time feedback towards carrier organization
Full EDI (OTC flow) integration

Proven integrations with multiple carriers

TNT
FEDEX
GLS
DPD
UPS
E59
…

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Logistics execution and integration software suite

Select a module for more explanation

Warehouse Management System

Manufacturing Execution System

Warehouse Control System

Voice Connector

Transport Management System

Time Slotting Management

Electronic Data Interchange

Web Portals

Carrier Integration Platform

Host Integration Platform

Ready for implemented
logistics solutions?

Logistics execution and integration software suite

Select a module for more explanation

Warehouse Management System

Manufacturing Execution System

Warehouse Control System

Voice Connector

Transport Management System

Time Slotting Management

Electronic Data Interchange

Web Portals

Carrier Integration Platform

Host Integration Platform

Ready for implemented logistics solutions?

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logistics solutions?