March/April 2003

AquiTec International has added a Web-enabled warehouse management software system to its integrated supply-chain execution suite, SCM/e. It aims to offer users real-time visibility of warehouse operations, while its Web-enabled architecture is said to offer enhanced information availability and greater flexibility in management reporting.

eWMS is built round the company's existing iSeries-based warehouse and labour management suite, SCM/400, but is said to offer enhanced flexibility, scaleability and user-friendliness through its Web-based architecture.

Existing capabilities include receiving scheduling, user-definable putaway rules, highly configurable industrial engineered standards for labour management and performance reporting, RF interleaving, pick-by-line and cross-docking.

Additional functionality includes real-time tracking of inventory in the warehouse, support for third-party warehouses, standard interfaces for integration to host systems, and support for multiple units of measure.

eWMS has been built using J2EE technology and can be used either in stand-alone mode or alongside the other products in AquiTec's SCM/e suite - eBilling and eProcurement.

• AquiTec has formed a global alliance with Silvon Software, aiming to bring performance analysis and supply-chain event management to retailers, wholesalers and other users. Under the alliance, Silvon's Enterprise Performance Management analytic and event management applications will be enhanced to provide critical business intelligence to AquiTec clients.