| Jerry List, Vice President of Cincinnati, Ohio-based QC | | | | anticipated workloads at workstations in order to |
| Software ( recently noted that the company's | | | | make key material routing decisions; inbound and |
| inclusion in the new directory, "Premier List of | | | | outbound order tasks to make key material release |
| Warehousing Software" compiled by Philip Obal for | | | | decisions. |
| Industrial Data & Information. | | | | |
| | | | | Obal suggests that Warehouse Control System is |
| According to the author the following personnel in an | | | | software that directs the material handling equipment |
| organization can benefit from this publication: | | | | via PLC's and controllers. Sorters, diverters, AS/RS, |
| Consultants, Integrators, Information Technology | | | | carousels, robots, and other ME types are controlled |
| Management, Operation Management, Purchasing | | | | by the software. The MHE will perform the |
| Management, Logistics Management, Customer | | | | operations and the WCS will notify the WMS/ERP |
| Service Management, 3rd Party Logistics providers, | | | | system that it has accomplished that task. WCS is |
| 3rd Party Fulfillment, and owners of the company | | | | used in high volume warehouses and manufacturing |
| who are involved in the search for warehouse | | | | plants with heavy automation. |
| software. | | | | |
| | | | | QC Software is the leading provider of Tier 1 |
| The warehouse control system enables an | | | | warehouse control systems to the warehousing and |
| automated warehouse or distribution center to reach | | | | distribution industries. Since 1996, QC Software, |
| peak operating performance. These new technologies | | | | utilizing state of the art technology combined with |
| remove the inefficiencies commonly associated with | | | | extensive research, development, and rigorous |
| under or over element of lean manufacturing and | | | | testing, has developed the QC Enterprise suite of |
| elimination of waste, a warehouse control system | | | | products. Designed to be modular in nature, easily |
| pulls product through an automated warehouse or | | | | configurable, and platform independent, this highly |
| distribution center increasing overall productivity and | | | | scalable solution satisfies the needs of any size |
| throughput. | | | | warehouse. |
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| Some solutions offer that the key to the optimization | | | | |
| of material flow by warehouse automation is tracking | | | | QC Software, Inc. |
| key performance indicators such as the current and | | | | |