To ensure your Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) vendor discussions are going to center around what is most important to you and your business, (and how they’re going to facilitate those needs with relevant product features and services), we’ve created this handy checklist of ten questions you should ask prospective WMS vendors.
This is by no means an exhaustive list but should give you a good starting point to add to as you do your research and demo bookings.
We’ve also created a useful print out of these questions as well, which you can take along to sales demos and conference calls:
Author’s Note:
As you can see, these questions focus on the functional parts of a warehouse management system. But it’s also crucial that you understand your nonfunctional requirements as well.
During your discussions, make sure you ask questions about system performance and scalability, security and data protection, technical support options, and how the implementation process works.
To help you further, we’ve created a template that contains all of the functional and nonfunctional requirements you should be aware of before embarking on any vendor discussion, whether solely for WMS, or for a complete back office or ERP system.
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These questions and checklist have been adapted from our recent guide: ‘How to choose the right warehouse management system’.
The guide provides you with a detailed overview of everything you’ll need to consider when choosing, purchasing and implementing a warehouse management system within your business, including:
Download the guide today and find out more about how to choose the right warehouse management system for your retail or wholesale business.