Radio frequency warehouse management systems (WMS) that utilizes bar code technology have many advantages. The following is a list of the most common benefits that directly result from implementing a WMS.

• Reduced Errors in receiving, stocking, picking, and shipping operations.
• Improved Inventory Accuracy through bar coded products and bin locations.
• Increased Productivity by having operators spend more time on receiving goods and filling orders.
• Reduced Paper Work by rendering daily activities forms obsolete.
• Improved Space Utilization by logical stocking of different-sized products.
• Elimination of Physical Inventory through inherent accuracy and cycle counting features of WMS.
• Better Workload Control from view of completed and upcoming activities.
• Improved Labor Management and Reporting due to WMS vast reporting capabilities.
• EDI Requirements Support through detailed shipping information automatically generated by WMS.

Using the technology available today, Paragon Data Systems is able to give its customers a real-time front end solution for inventory and production control that interfaces with their host system. The Paragon WMS is a C++ program with an SQL Database on a Windows NT operating system using client/server network architecture that provides a standard suite of products.

• Receiving
• Shipping/Traffic
• Inventory
• Put-Away Production
• Quality Control/Scrap li>Replenishment
• Work-in-Progress
• Customer Response
• Picking
• Planning

(All suites can be customized to meet your particular requirements.)

Paragon Data Systems, Inc. is a total solutions systems integrator bringing all the necessary components together to provide our clients with a complete "turn-key" warehouse management system. Our system offerings include system host, software, communications, bar code printers, bar code scanners, radio frequency data collection terminals, system design consulting, site surveys, installation, management and operator training, and support, media, and NEMA 4X-4 enclosures to protect the equipment in harsh industrial environments.

Paragon works with the following business partners in providing the necessary components of the WMS.

• Hewlett Packard - net servers, PC’s, and communication products.
• Intermec Corporation HHP, and JLT - radio frequency data collection equipment, and hand held laser scanners.
• Zebra Technologies - thermal bar code printers, and bar code labels and ribbons.
• FOX IV - in line print/apply bar code printers for high-speed conveyor belt bar code labeling.
• MICROSCAN - in-line bar code scanners.
• Loftware - High-speed label print server.

The bottom line of a WMS is the return-on-investment it provides. By improving on, and eliminating problems with, existing warehouse procedures, Paragon makes your company more competitive and profitable. Paragon Data Systems will design and execute a complete Warehouse Management System to meet your company’s requirements.