"E-commerce has made logistics cool"

As more businesses enter the world of e-commerce, the importance of logistics and a well-functioning warehouse management system (WMS), has become increasingly clear. At Consafe Logistics it comes down to speed, performance and smooth data flow.

– Traditional companies are now catching up in e-commerce, and this puts new demands on a well-functioning integration solution, says Mikael Brorsson, product manager at Consafe Logistics.

– Everyone in Sweden today uses at least one product that has been picked in our warehouse system.

This is according to Mikael Brorsson, product manager at Consafe Logistics, the leading European supplier of software and hardware products for warehousing, including their own warehouse management system, Astro WMS, for which iCore offers a ready-made accelerator. As consumers demand instant deliveries and seamless buying experiences, the pressure on companies to run a modern, effective WMS has never been greater:

– Consumers want to choose between different shipping methods and purchase options. They want to track deliveries in real time and know exactly when to expect them.

Once a company has a WMS in place, it needs to integrate it with the ERP and connect it to every other service and platform in play.

– A well-functioning integration platform is especially critical for third-party logistics (3PL). Our clients want to connect the ERP with the logistics solution, quickly and at a reasonable cost.

According to Mikael Brorsson, the demands on ERP integration are higher today than ever before.

– Companies today work with far more systems than they did 10–15 years ago, largely due to the growing importance of e-commerce. That growth in the number of systems, combined with customers expecting more choice and shorter delivery times, makes it more important than ever that your data flows without friction.