Operational agility means leveraging software to optimize existing facility assets, synchronizing data and aligning the DC automation islands. Like Omni-Channel distribution, operational agility isn’t so much a product as it is a model. Warehouse Execution Software solves your Omni-Channel order-fulfillment demands.

1. CostPerUnit
PROFIT
Operational
Agility
A new solution for order fulfillment
in an omni-channel world

2. Warehouse Execution Software
Optimize Labor & Equipment
You’re tired of talking about
Omni-Channel
You hear it everywhere, but what exactly does it
mean for your business?
Ch an ne l
O m n i
Channel
Omni
Omni Channel

3. Distribution Science®
Most retailers understand the
importance of omni-channel, but
admit that they struggle to define
exactly what it means at an
organizational level.
But it’s really not that complicated !
!
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4. Distribution Science®
Omni-Channel
is a Promise

5. Distribution Science®
And it’s not much more than that. !
Omni-Channel is a promise you extend to your
customers for a full, client-driven experience. It is an
experience that revolves around providing your products
to customers when, where, and how they want them.

6. Distribution Science®
Your store locations, online presence,
mobile purchasing app, ship to store,
return to store…these are all part of that
promise you extend to your customers.
But it’s not not just the
opportunity,
it’s the execution. !

7. Distribution Science®
But really, that’s a pretty promise!
BIG

8. Distribution Science®
And it’s one you’re struggling to meet!
While placing your customer at the center of your model
seems like a great idea, back-end distribution models
can’t remain competitive with the rapidly changing and
multiplying schemas marketers are pitching to customers.
Customer

9. Distribution Science®
This is particularly true for your Distribution Centers
Many clients we work with know their DCs are an important part of their value
chain, but the DC is also the hardest hit by the omni-channel model.

10. Distribution Science®
Reusable Intelligence
For some, DCs have been left in stale states. They were
traditionally built to handle predictable store replenishment,
and now they’re struggling to compete with the volume and
complexities of multiple order profiles and priority ship dates.

11. Distribution Science®
Reusable Intelligence
Others invested heavily in automation and MHE but continue to rely on
legacy solutions that lack the agility to effectively pivot when order profiles shift
on a regular bases.

12. Distribution Science®
Reusable Intelligence
Either way, the lack of agility
inherent in your system is eating
away at your profits.

13. Distribution Science®
Reusable Intelligence
Does this !
sound familiar ! ??
?
?

14. But!
what can !
you do?!
?
?
?

15. Don’t Buy
Anything!
First things First

16. You’ve probably already sunk a ton of capital into your DCs. There’s no reason to
continue to invest in solutions until you discover how to make your existing
infrastructure more aligned, more intelligent, and more agile.
You
stuff!
don’t
need
more
You need
what you have
to work better,
together.

17. Buying a new sorter or WMS
isn’t going to do that!

18. What you really want is to be competitive. And the only way to achieve that is
by closing the gap between customer engagement and the executing of the
promise in the most cost efficient way possible. "
Customer engagementExecution

19. That’s a tricky proposition!

20. It can mean a whole host of
issues and changes depending
on your business
And that’s not even accounting for what
those marketers may be offering tomorrow
!
It’s incorporating
multiple channels
It’s dealing with
changing
and varied order
profiles
It’s meeting
ship-to deadlines
& it’s much,
much more

21. So how do you solve a distribution problem that means a ton of things
today and maybe more tomorrow?
And how can you successfully implement solutions today without
negatively impacting how you adapt to new challenges tomorrow?
?
? ? ?

22. You could try MHE!

23. The problem is that MHE vendors continue to
innovate around their own offerings instead of
finding ways to use their technology to create
holistic health inside their customers’ DCs.
The result has led to many facilities misguidedly
plugging in costly, new MHE into their systems,
only to fall short of the returns they aimed for.
Most MHE will do exactly what it claims to do…!

24. What about Software?

25. Warehouse Management Systems
are great at managing your...
Inbound
Shipments
Labor
Management
Inventory

26. Warehouse Control Systems
are fantastic at managing
the physics of your DC
moving conveyors
picking
machinery

27. The problem occurs when you put the two together, creating a giant gap in your
order processing flow. This forces you to throw orders over a technological fence
inside your own warehouse.
WMS
WCS

28. We’ve seen a lot of DCs!
!
And what we’ve found is that most people are throwing money at these
various solutions, investing heavily so they can get in front of the problem.

29. The most aggressive make a valiant attempt at creating state-of-the-art DCs,
chalked full of automation and advanced MHE. All in the name of fulfilling the
omni-channel promise.
Omni-channeltron 4000 X1

30. But piecemeal equipment and legacy systems are simply
not meant to be agile. They’re meant to perform their
single function inside the warehouse.
Function A
Find box Pick box
Function B

31. And what happens when you run out of real estate trying to
facilitate the rapid fulfillment of on-demand orders?

32. CostPerUnit
You've got too much labor, too much automation, not enough
real-estate. Your cost per unit shipped has skyrocketed.
Sure, you're pumping out the volume necessary to fulfill the
promises, but it's eating a hole through your earnings!

33. You've already invested heavily in your warehouse:!

34. You don’t need to sink more money into WMS, ERP, MHE or other
solutions that might work great alone, but can’t play as a team!
WMS
WCS

35. And simply ripping and replacing these solutions isn’t going to create
agility or alignment in your operations.
Agility
Alignment

36. Chances are you’ve tried
this before
Did it work?!
? ? ?

37. Before you pour more money into your DC, why not first
re-think what an omni-channel optimized facility looks
like for YOUR BUSINESS, today and tomorrow.

38. Are your order profiles changing? If so, how are those order
cycle times impacting the traditional orders being fulfilled? Are
you eroding your current customers by way of introducing
new customers?
Is the inventory coming into your facility aligned with your
outbound processes?
How does work flow through your DC? Do short waves make
sense? Long waves? Do you need to go waveless to
compensate for changing eCommerce orders?
Ask Questions!
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2
3
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39. A real solution begins with an analysis,
not a product
Not an analysis of a problem, but a systematic look at the holistic health of
your warehouse as seen through the lens of your business goals and
existing infrastructure and systems.

40. You need to break free of the mindset that parses out solutions. For example,
implementing solutions like a labor management solution might bolster the
efficiency of your labor, but what happens when they out pace your MHE?
You end up with bottlenecks and idle labor. !
bottle neck

41. ...you need a system that can implement a solution based on your analysis.
You need a solution that has the capacity to leverage and link the disparate
islands operating inside your DC.
NEXT…!

42. The system should be built with the modularity to allow you to plug and
play different components, all while creating holistic success, so it may
align, cohere, and improve what you already have.
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2
3 4

43. Ideally, it should be able to fit itself within your existing system to bring holistic value,
regardless of what you have, and not inadvertently sub-optimize existing solutions already
doing a great job solving a specific problem.

44. What you need is a nuanced solution:
One that builds and adapts from your problems and from your assets,
so you can reach your business goals,

45. Even as those goals change!
Just as your channels and order profiles will
continue to shift and multiply
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Order Order
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Order
Order Order

46. Enter WES
WES

47. A warehouse execution system (WES) provides a practical solution by creating a connective
tissue between existing systems such as WMS, WCS, and MHE, aggregating their data and
aligning their functions under a unified platform.
WES
WMS WCS

48. This isn’t a new term for a big bang implementation overlay of a
WMS -- it’s a complementary solution set to solve the
problem holding the rest of your systems back.

49. A well designed WES will give you the agility and holistic success to do so
without the inefficiencies that eat away at your earnings.!
Combined with the modularity that allows for implementing greater intelligence,
workflows, and systems to be added to address your specific problems.
PROFIT
x x

50. The Reddwerks Solution !
Warehouse Execution Powered by Distribution Science®

51. The Reddwerks approach is built on creating holistic health within your DC
among your existing systems as well as injecting intelligence and agility.

52. It is a nuanced, consultative solution based on a systematic analysis of your
existing facility, followed by the implementation of an execution layer based on your
facility’s needs, pain points and business goals.
Analysis Plug In AchieveAlgorithm

53. Our process begins with our in-house operations engineering team.
We use our patented process of systematic analysis we call Distribution Science® to assess
and solve the problems occurring inside your warehouse based on the logical and physical
constraints created by your existing infrastructure.

54. This methodology is built around using real data to run models and
simulations of your DC. We hypothesize and test those hypotheses for
potential solutions to balance work across your DC, and boost the performance
of your labor and MHE.
Real Data Model

55. Then, depending on the way we best believe our solution can help, we implement
the WES in your system to handle order processing, and include workflows,
solutions, and system directed capabilities to boost overall performance and give
agility to your system.
Order Processing
Workflows
Solutions
System directed capabilities
WES
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56. The Reddwerks approach is built on injecting intelligence
and agility into your existing distribution centers, which
has lead to some compelling ROI by way of:

57. Reduce Direct
Labor Costs
Increase Facility
Throughput
Create Process
Alignment
Improve MHE Utilization
Enable
Operational Agility
Extend
Infrastructure Life

58. Whether you are looking to optimize labor efficiency through system
directed execution, increase other material handling equipment
utilization, or extend the capabilities of your existing WMS or ERP,
Reddwerks Warehouse Execution Software can help take your
distribution facility to the next level.!
WES

59. To view more resources about Warehouse Execution
Software, Operation Agility and Dematic Reddwerks,
please visit our learning center
www.dematicreddwerks.com
Thank you
WES
WCS
WM S
Cost Per Unit