Click Commerce Beefs up RFID, Voice Support in WMS

Version 8.1 of warehouse management solution aims to help companies offer new value-added services to their customers

Version 8.1 of warehouse management solution aims to help companies offer new value-added services to their customers

Chicago — June 5, 2006 — Supply chain solution provider Click Commerce has released the latest version of its warehouse management software, MOVE, adding support for radio frequency identification (RFID) and voice-enabled operations and delivering features that it said will allow companies to offer innovative value-added services.

Version 8.1 of MOVE includes capabilities that will allow companies to offer such value-added services as customer personalization, complex final assembly and light manufacturing operations, as well as support for reverse logistics requirements in the service supply chain, Click said.

This release also provides RFID capabilities integrated with basic warehouse operations such as receiving, putaway, picking and shipping. Version 8.1 is an upgrade to the Intelligent Supply Chain solution offered by Click.

In partnership with Vue Technology, the Intelligent Supply Chain is an RFID-integrated solution intended to increase productivity and inventory accuracy in the warehouse. It also enables the ability to pull inventory through the supply chain network based on real-time demand demands to avoid stock-outs, according to Click.

In addition, the new release further beefs up MOVE's voice functionality. Version 8.1 uses a voice-directed interface that allows warehouse employees to speak warehouse information about inventory operations into a headset rather than inputting the information into a handheld device.

This component of the solution, which includes technology from Vocollect, is intended to increase labor productivity, improve inventory accuracy and better safety for a company's warehouse workers.

The new release integrates with the Click Commerce Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), which enables extensible markup language (XML), electronic data interchange (EDI) or flat file communications between the warehouse management system and external systems without having to resort to middleware.


Additional Articles of Interest

— For the latest facts, figures and benchmarking data from the supply chain industry, read the "Running the Numbers column in the April/May 2006 issue of Supply & Demand Chain Executive.

— For a quick-read update on supply chain enablement projects and solutions for the busy executive, read the "Supply Chain Executive Briefing" in the April/May 2006 issue of Supply & Demand Chain Executive.


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