New slotting engine helps manage resources 
 
Sterling Commerce, an AT&T Inc. subsidiary, has announced the availability of a new slotting engine with Sterling Warehouse Management.  Designed to automate and optimise inventory slotting activities, the engine identifies the most efficient placement for items in the warehouse, enabling companies to more intelligently manage both personnel and physical resources in the warehouse. 

Sterling WMS gives managers robust planning, execution and measurement tools and brings operational discipline to complex warehouse operations. The addition of the slotting engine adds another planning and execution tool that will enable companies to increase revenue growth through improvements in order fulfillment volumes, without adding staff or space and respond to changes in product volumes and seasonality to maximise product placement and picking productivity.
 
“Companies are facing increasing complexity, especially in high volume fulfillment operations.  Sterling Commerce, with its heritage in solving complex business process challenges, is uniquely suited to help companies overcome these challenges,” said Richard Douglass, Manufacturing global industry executive at Sterling Commerce. “The addition of a slotting engine in Sterling WMS brings intelligence to a process that can dramatically influence the operational efficiency of the entire warehousing system.”