Warehouse Management System Analysis: PG Assessment Item 1

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SYSTEM ANALYSIS PG ASSESSMENT ITEM 1

Table of Contents
System Vision Document................................................................................................................4
Problems......................................................................................................................................4
Capabilities..................................................................................................................................5
Benefits........................................................................................................................................6
References........................................................................................................................................7

System Vision Document
The Warehouse Management System is a system used for managing warehouse operation and
make it possible to manage all the operation related to buying and delivery of the online goods.
The also perform functionalities of the distributed system.
Problems
The system faces some issue related to warehouse and its operation. The problems can be
categorized on the basis of the requirement of the system which includes:
Accuracy of Inventory
The basic problem occurs in the Warehouse Management System is for accuracy of inventory
items. The warehouse management system is inefficient to handle inventory while performing
ordering function (Zhao, Fang, Huang & Zhang. (2017). The situation arises when the system
unable to fetch correct information related to order. This will result into inaccurate picking or
inaccurate delivery.
Fluctuation in the system
As per Stough. (2017), tThe Warehouse Management System faces problem of fluctuation
during the high number of orders. The fluctuation occurs when the number of orders increases in
the particular time. The multiple orders make system difficult to understand. The system doesn’t
work on prioritization of orders so when the multiple requests are made from the system by users
then the system can loss the flow then the system ca misbehave and error can eb generated.
Time management
The managing the time very important as the users are given with the particular time and delay in
the delivery can dissatisfy the customer. The user always wants the order to be deliver fast. The
time management for packing the order, picking the order and delivering the order need to be
fast as according to the expected time given to users.
Redundant Processes
The system can face problem of redundancy of the process. The there can be multiple node
handles the particular order multiple times which cause redundancy in the request. This will
increase the time for solving the problem and also increase wastage of other resources (Zhou &
Fei. 2016).
There are other different problems faces by the system such as poor layout, issue with the storage
or less storage, lack of cooperation between departments, etc. The system can be optimized and
these issues can be resolved by different technique which will increase the cost and complexity
of the system.

Capabilities
The system is provided with all capabilities depending upon the requirements. Warehouse
Management System support all the feature for ordering the product online. The Warehouse
system help users and merchant in many ways. According to Staudt, Alpan, Di Mascolo &
Rodriguez. (2015), the Warehouse Management System mange all the operation and function of
Warehouse. The system provide support for ordering online using easy interface. Capabilities of
the propose system for auto parts business:
 The system expands the business of auto parts with connecting more users online.
 The system provides easy and direct interaction between users and merchant.
 The system provides automation in different process from ordering to delivery of
product.
 Verification and authentication of the order before shipping of it.
 Auto listing features for reducing the time for categorizing the orders.
 There is easy integration with the external payment sources.
 Automation is the issuing the orders details and documentation related to that particular
product.
 Allow organization to customize the flow of the work with more effective design of
warehouses.
 Easy and efficient communication between all the participator in the process.
 Live tracking of the orders with all details regarding the movement of the order from
starting point to end point.
 Warehouse operation control and control in the flow of the request of customers.
 Labor and work management in efficient manner.
The system is still in process of development and in future the system will introduce many more
features for efficient movement of all the task related to ordering the product. The system will
server all the customers same ate every stage and all merchants will get more support with more
control over the system.

Benefits
Merchants do all possible things which expand their business and increases their productivity.
The organization need the strategies to increase their sales and reduce their spending. There
different benefits depending upon the functionalities.
Improve Flexibility
The proposed system improves the flexibility of the whole process. The response time of the
system is increases so that the user can easily use the services of the system. The system supports
for the process which can be easily modified in future according to requirements (Lee, Lv, Ng,
Ho & Choy. 2018).
Picking and shipping goods with less error
The system helps to reduce errors while picking and shipping of the orders. The system provides
all the necessary information related to the customers and their orders. The orders are delivered
to appropriated person with accurate time (Alawneh & Zhang. 2018).
Reduce labor Costs
Labor cost is reduced by the system as most of the function is automated and most of the tasks
are covered by this system. The system provide list for all the task need to be done as per the
guidelines. This will help in reducing the time spend for collecting all the information related to
the task need to be performed (Alawneh & Zhang. 2018).
Improve Customer Service
The Warehouse Management System help in reducing the complexity of the work and increases
the customer services. All the requirement is fulfilled by the organization in easy ways, the
system help in easy and effective communication. The product packing, picking and delivery of
the product is in proper manner. The system provides all features to users for easy access the
ongoing order details. Customer get all the details regarding the orders.
Managing all the details
The system allow organization to manage all the details related to the products or orders such as
details related to orders, shipments, picking, delivery, receipt, movement of the order, etc. The
system automatically gives update related to the order and other operations (Jia, Huang, Gao &
Luo. 2018).

References
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