Vendors addressing warehouse management systems (WMS) have lately shown the ability to provide their clients with a strong standard product set that requires limited modifications, making it easier and more cost effective to upgrade and to realize the strong value proposition and new features in the upgrade. The fact that WMS software (particularly the legacy instances) tends to be among the most customized of enterprise applications, often makes it more affordable for companies to forego the upgrade process and just install newer more out-of-the-box functional WMS applications.
The following vendors have had their WMS products covered in recent TEC articles:
* RedPrairie For a detailed analysis of the RedPrairie products, see RedPrairie - New Name For A Brave New Value Proposition Paradigm
* Highjump For a detailed analysis of the Highjump products see Highjump Grows in a Period of Low Growth Through Adaptable, Broad Function Products
* Provia For a detailed analysis of the Provia products see Provia Proves Its Way To Success
RedPrairie, together with its bullish nemeses, Manhattan Associates (see Logistics.com Becomes The Newest Of Manhattan Associates), Provia, G-Log, HK Systems, HighJump, and Yantra (see Yantra � Leader in Distributed Order Management, But Wait There's More), has been thriving in part because it provides many "part and parcel" components of supply chain execution (SCE), which has apparently been growing faster than its supply chain planning (SCP) counterpart, given that back-to-basics logic driven projects nowadays have been aiming at low-hanging fruits that provide hard benefits within quick deployments.
While the above vendors have many common threads within their success stories, they all do have some specific differentiating value propositions. Otherwise, how else would one explain the ongoing plight of some publicly held SCE vendors like EXE Technologies (see SSA GT To EXE-cute (Yet) Another Acquisition), Industry-Matematik International (IMI), and Catalyst International (see SAPped Catalyst Warns in Wake of CEO Departure) if just a mere SCE designation would be a guarantee of success without keeping products abreast of the latest trends or without good execution?
The following vendors have had their WMS products covered in recent TEC articles:
* RedPrairie For a detailed analysis of the RedPrairie products, see RedPrairie - New Name For A Brave New Value Proposition Paradigm
* Highjump For a detailed analysis of the Highjump products see Highjump Grows in a Period of Low Growth Through Adaptable, Broad Function Products
* Provia For a detailed analysis of the Provia products see Provia Proves Its Way To Success
RedPrairie, together with its bullish nemeses, Manhattan Associates (see Logistics.com Becomes The Newest Of Manhattan Associates), Provia, G-Log, HK Systems, HighJump, and Yantra (see Yantra � Leader in Distributed Order Management, But Wait There's More), has been thriving in part because it provides many "part and parcel" components of supply chain execution (SCE), which has apparently been growing faster than its supply chain planning (SCP) counterpart, given that back-to-basics logic driven projects nowadays have been aiming at low-hanging fruits that provide hard benefits within quick deployments.
While the above vendors have many common threads within their success stories, they all do have some specific differentiating value propositions. Otherwise, how else would one explain the ongoing plight of some publicly held SCE vendors like EXE Technologies (see SSA GT To EXE-cute (Yet) Another Acquisition), Industry-Matematik International (IMI), and Catalyst International (see SAPped Catalyst Warns in Wake of CEO Departure) if just a mere SCE designation would be a guarantee of success without keeping products abreast of the latest trends or without good execution?
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