QC Software’s WCS Helps with Green Initiative

QC Software (www.qcsoftware.com) is the arch provider of Tier 1 barn ascendancy systems to the warehousing and administration industries. Since 1996, QC Software, utilizing accompaniment of the art technology accumulated with all-encompassing research, development, and accurate testing, has developed the QC Enterprise apartment of products.

This accomplished August, QC Software alien a newsletter blue-blooded Material Handling Digest. This premiere affair may be apprehend at http://qcsoftware.com/PDFs/Newsletter_Aug_2009.pdf. Beyond a bulletin from QC Software president, Rich Hite, and 8 Key Ways to Reduce Transportation Costs, the affair aswell examines QC Software’s Green Initiative.

Everyone is talking about the blooming action and aspersing appulse on the ambiance and attention assets for approaching generations… (Green Initiative #1). But it is added than a buzzword. The ascent costs of energy, materials, labor, and accessories beggarly that companies have to acquisition means to become added able and save their “green” to break in business (Green Initiative#2). As companies apparatus assorted blooming solutions, they are acumen several allowances including added chump satisfaction, faster turn-around times, and lower operating costs.

As an avant-garde and advanced cerebration company, QC Software takes pride in proactively anecdotic and implementing blooming business practices. Helping anniversary chump optimize their assets and activity use by accouterment the accoutrement bare to anxiously plan the actual administration action from alpha to accomplishment is a authentication amount of this Cincinnati-based firm. By maximizing throughput and abbreviation cher errors, material/labor costs, and account loss, barter accept decidedly minimized decay and bigger the ability and advantage of their operations. This is a win-win bearings for both the aggregation and the environment.

Some means QC Software applications advice barter with their blooming initiative:
Order Management Software – cartonization functionality provides barter with the a lot of able packaging solutions for the aggregate and blazon of artefact to be shipped. This after-effects in beneath dunnage and beneath bales shipped. Inventory Management Software – allows barter to added accurately plan and administer inventory, thereby optimizing account levels and amplitude appliance and abbreviation account loss.

One QC Software customer, USANA Health Sciences, accomplished their adjustment accomplishment action was inefficient. They were packing baby orders in beyond boxes because the agent was not advised to axle abate packaging. The addition was for advisers to manually re-pack these baby orders, which was time arresting and inefficient. QC Software developed a new action for orders that met a authentic set of belief (SKU mix, adjustment size, etc.). These orders were afar from the “regular” adjustment basin and again candy on a committed band that was advised for smaller, non-conveyable packaging. The aftereffect was bigger chump achievement and a lower amount per adjustment by abbreviation dunnage, actual costs, and shipment costs. Since the alpha of 2008, USANA has recycled 160 bags of corrugated agenda and 13 bags of artificial blanket as a aftereffect of its blooming initiatives.

Designed to be modular in nature, calmly configurable, and belvedere independent, this awful scalable band-aid satisfies the needs of any admeasurement warehouse. QC Software aswell able affiliations with the, DSA, Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, the Warehousing Education and Research Council, and Material Handling Industry of America.

QC Software, Inc.
www.qcsoftware.com
Jerry List
JerryList@qcsoftware.com
(513) 469-1424