{"id":91721,"date":"2023-11-20T16:33:30","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T15:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hkkgroup.pl\/how-to-automate-processes-performed-by-a-wms-system\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T16:29:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T15:29:48","slug":"how-to-automate-processes-performed-by-a-wms-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hkkgroup.pl\/en\/how-to-automate-processes-performed-by-a-wms-system\/","title":{"rendered":"How to automate processes performed by a WMS system?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"91721\" class=\"elementor elementor-91721 elementor-91698\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcfb0f9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bcfb0f9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-afb2050 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"afb2050\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Key information:<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b33d2d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7b33d2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a597b0e icon-position-mobile-left icon-vertical-align-center content-align-left icon-box-vertical-align-top icon-position-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-the7_icon_box_grid_widget\" data-id=\"a597b0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"the7_icon_box_grid_widget.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"the7-box-grid-wrapper the7-elementor-widget loading-effect-none the7_icon_box_grid_widget-a597b0e\">\t\t\t<div class=\"dt-css-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wf-cell shown\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"the7-icon-box-grid\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon-div\" aria-label=\"The primary purpose of the WMS is to support the efficiency of the most important stages of warehouse operations, such as the processes of receiving, storing and releasing goods. Algorithms sewn into the system have the effect of reducing the duration of these processes.\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"the7bootstrap- the7-bootstrap-check2\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"box-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"The primary purpose of the WMS is to support the efficiency of the most important stages of warehouse operations, such as the processes of receiving, storing and releasing goods. Algorithms sewn into the system have the effect of reducing the duration of these processes.\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe primary purpose of the WMS is to support the efficiency of the most important stages of warehouse operations, such as the processes of receiving, storing and releasing goods. Algorithms sewn into the system have the effect of reducing the duration of these processes.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wf-cell shown\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"the7-icon-box-grid\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon-div\" aria-label=\"Even the best-configured WMS does not offer as many possibilities as integrating it with logistics and warehouse automation elements can.\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"the7bootstrap- the7-bootstrap-check2\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"box-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"Even the best-configured WMS does not offer as many possibilities as integrating it with logistics and warehouse automation elements can.\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEven the best-configured WMS does not offer as many possibilities as integrating it with logistics and warehouse automation elements can.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wf-cell shown\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"the7-icon-box-grid\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon-div\" aria-label=\"Our experience allows us to create a solution that not only identifies a specific pallet, but also checks its contents. This is one of our proprietary solutions that we successfully implement at our customers.\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"the7bootstrap- the7-bootstrap-check2\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"box-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"Our experience allows us to create a solution that not only identifies a specific pallet, but also checks its contents. This is one of our proprietary solutions that we successfully implement at our customers.\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOur experience allows us to create a solution that not only identifies a specific pallet, but also checks its contents. This is one of our proprietary solutions that we successfully implement at our customers.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d74a06c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d74a06c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ec925d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2ec925d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ead0602 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ead0602\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hkkgroup.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/System-HKK-WMS-qea8ja82eysdzp6hxrfhb7o7g5p0gppf4s0uszk8sc.jpg\" title=\"HKK WMS\" alt=\"Warehouse workers scan cartons\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27d991c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"27d991c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1817b7a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1817b7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is a WMS and why can't automation be implemented without it?  <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-759c7a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"759c7a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hkkgroup.pl\/en\/offer\/warehouse-management-system-wms\/\"><strong>WMS<\/strong><\/a> is increasingly becoming <b>a standard tool for<\/b> handling operations related to warehousing and distribution processes. This process is systematic, but still too slow. <b>WMS software<\/b> bases its operation on automatic identification technologies<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hkkgroup.pl\/en\/barcode-comprehensive-code-history\/\">(bar code technology<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hkkgroup.pl\/en\/barcode-comprehensive-code-history\/\">2D code<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hkkgroup.pl\/en\/what-is-rfid\/\">contactless RFID<\/a>) for <strong>fast and error-free identification of<\/strong> products, areas, processes or equipment in the warehouse.<\/p><p>The primary purpose of the WMS is to support the efficiency of the most important stages of warehouse operations, such as <strong>the processes of receiving, storing and releasing goods.<\/strong> Algorithms sewn into the system affect the reduction of the duration of these processes. In our experience, <strong>the efficiency gains<\/strong> are a minimum of 30% and <strong>reduce<\/strong> operator errors to virtually zero.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23cf864 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"23cf864\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-346578f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"346578f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27b8ce6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"27b8ce6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hkkgroup.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/datalogic-automatic-px7xvgpn6ttgq7sfdf0d9dgrpooyuu1uv88n1ewss4.jpg\" title=\"Datalogic Matrix 320\" alt=\"Datalogic Matrix 320 automatic barcode scanner\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e604e1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1e604e1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50dc03d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"50dc03d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Even more thanks to <br>'s investment in automation.  <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00174cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"00174cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Even the best-configured WMS does not offer as many possibilities as integrating it with elements of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hkkgroup.pl\/en\/offer\/logistics-and-manufacturing-automation\/\">logistics and warehouse automation.<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p>For years, our company&#8217;s consultants have been involved in designing process automation systems that are successfully used in the manufacturing, warehouse or transportation sectors (airports, seaports, sorting plants).<\/p><p>Based on <strong>our valuable experience<\/strong>, we can outline areas of high optimization potential and design solutions that will realize even <strong>the most ambitious goals.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a0d564 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4a0d564\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7be7e45 elementor-blockquote--skin-quotation elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"7be7e45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\tEven the best-configured WMS does not offer as many possibilities as integrating it with logistics and warehouse automation elements can.\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f9f38b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4f9f38b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c19b49c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c19b49c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3586397 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3586397\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hkkgroup.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Projektowanie-bramek-automatyka-1-qfn8nhcjkqrh4zbzi7rvpen8mdzuz7sjivz3znn3uo.jpg\" title=\"Gateway design automation\" alt=\"Photo of the design of the gates\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b777248 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b777248\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a41f01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8a41f01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How do we make sure we are shipping the right products? Controlling the contents of pallets as they come off production and are loaded.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7db3d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a7db3d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the first edition of our automation tutorial, we will present the operation of <b>our proprietary<\/b> system, the main purpose of which is to <strong>automate the control of the shipment of goods on a pallet.<\/strong><\/p><p>Our experience allows us to create a solution that not only <strong>identifies a specific pallet, but also checks its contents.<\/strong> This happens only if certain boundary conditions are met &#8211; the items on the pallet should be arranged according to pre-designed algorithms, so that <strong>the vision system<\/strong> can instantly identify any product.<\/p><p>Reading the contents of a pallet containing up to several hundred items <strong>is done &#8220;on the fly&#8221;<\/strong> without stopping the forklift or conveyor line. Such an automatic control system makes:<\/p><ul><li>the number of mistakes resulting from incorrect pallet preparation <strong>drops<\/strong> to zero<\/li><li>The loading process can be <strong>faster,<\/strong><\/li><li>The risk of returning goods from the customer virtually <b>disappears.<\/b><\/li><\/ul><p>In order to realize the potential of this type of solution, it is, of course, necessary to integrate with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hkkgroup.pl\/en\/offer\/warehouse-management-system-wms\/\">WMS<\/a> that manages the pallet building and loading process. The ability to juxtapose actual data with system data without involving staff is a strength of this solution.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Technological changes, digitization and lower entry costs have caused the magazine to change beyond recognition in recent years. This change is steadily advancing, with the catalyst being automation, among other things, to keep up with the increasing demands of the market. Let&#8217;s take a look at the areas of warehouse operations that can be improved not only by the operation of a WMS, but also by various elements of warehouse automation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":91724,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[252],"tags":[388,269],"class_list":["post-91721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-expert-advice","tag-automation","tag-warehouse-management-system-wms"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hkkgroup.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hkkgroup.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hkkgroup.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hkkgroup.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hkkgroup.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91721"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.hkkgroup.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111534,"href":"https:\/\/www.hkkgroup.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91721\/revisions\/111534"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hkkgroup.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hkkgroup.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hkkgroup.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hkkgroup.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}