Ongoing WMS acts as the brain of the warehouse and can be combined with fully automated, semi-automated, and manual pick-and-pack processes. Thanks to our powerful automation API, integrating the equipment your business needs is straightforward. Our WMS also provides many features to streamline manual processes, such as batch picking of orders and accurate printing at the right time and place.
With Ongoing WMS, no external WCS or WES is needed. Ongoing WMS manages all warehouse processes and simply provides the automation equipment with instructions, while the hardware executes them via its own control software. This reduces complexity and license costs, as well as shortens implementation times.
Instructions are delivered through pre-built or custom integrations using our automation APIs, with real-time responsiveness ensured by webhooks triggered immediately upon relevant events. This enables seamless, real-time collaboration between machines and human operators.
The APIs are so powerful that virtually everything that can be done in the Ongoing WMS user interface can also be executed via API calls. This gives developers and partners great freedom to build custom workflows and gain efficiency improvements tailored to the needs of the business.
Here are some of the most common automation processes successfully applied by our customers today:
Highly efficient picking via systems such as AutoStore or vertical lift modules from suppliers like Kardex and Weland. Ongoing WMS optimizes pick queues and communicates directly with the machines to minimize wait times and maximize picking speed at the workstations.
Automated forklifts and AGVs (Automated Guided Vehicles) retrieve and move pallets of goods both from high-bay storage and to shipping zones completely hands-free.
Smart workflows where parts of the order are picked by hardware and then handed off to a human operator. The system routes the goods to the right zone in the exact right sequence. Combine with batch picking to process multiple orders simultaneously.
Items are retrieved from different areas of the warehouse to a central area where individual lines are consolidated before final processing and packing. Ongoing WMS tracks buffer zones and packing stations to ensure parcels are never mixed up.
Move goods, such as pallets via AGVs or parcels and bins (totes) via conveyor belts, to improve staff ergonomics, reduce internal transport times, and increase accuracy.
Sort goods on conveyor sorters based on carrier, route, or destination directly after packing.
Pick guidance via light signals showing the operator the exact location and quantity to pick, reducing picking errors and increasing speed.
Scan, weigh, and measure goods using dimensioning systems to feed accurate master data and shipping documents directly into the system.
Ongoing WMS retrieves shipping labels from the desired carrier via direct integrations or delivery management platforms (such as nShift, Ingrid or Logtrade). Labels are printed on-demand at the designated packing station printer - no manual intervention required. When a parcel is scanned or approved, the label prints immediately.
Use of advanced packaging machines that automatically folds boxes, adapts size of cartons to match content, or wrap goods to save on void fill and shipping volume.
NordicFeel Group AB is one of the Nordic region's largest online beauty retailers. Since switching to Ongoing WMS, they have managed to increase their picking and packing efficiency by approximately 100%.
Plugo part of Barona uses Ongoing WMS to onboard 3PL clients in minutes instead of months. Featuring Finland’s largest AutoStore installation by Swisslog, as well as Shopify, nShift, and custom REST API integrations.
Stingray chose Ongoing WMS while building a new factory with AutoStore to ensure efficient warehouse and production management. The system serves as the core link between ERP and eManager, streamlining inventory, logistics, and production flow.
Transport goods while weighing and measuring them in transit.
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AutoStore delivers high-efficiency, space-optimized, and error-proof picking.
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Unmatched picking speed for your bestsellers as the correct location and quantity light up. Also known as pick-to-light.
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For areas of the warehouse where human flexibility is essential, Ongoing WMS provides a highly intuitive, user-friendly interface tailored for mobile computers (such as Zebra, Honeywell, and ProGlove):
Flexible logic optimizes the pick route so warehouse operators take the shortest possible path, with support for batch picking grouped according to the warehouse's needs.
Ensures traceability and immediate inventory updates at the loading docks.
Cycle counting or systematic inventory counts directly on the mobile computer without disrupting daily operations.
Delivery notes, customs documents, and packing slips print automatically at the exact right step of the process.
Smart workflows to register, inspect, and return items to sellable stock as soon as they are scanned into a bin location.
Fast registration of incoming goods with immediate assignment to optimal bin locations based on turnover rate and product category.
Select the exact solutions your warehouse needs, knowing that major efficiency gains can be achieved through Ongoing's wide range of smart features. Avoid being locked into rigid system structures, Ongoing WMS gives you ultimate freedom of choice.
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Warehouse automation combines hardware and software to optimize warehouse management and reduce major operational costs, such as labor.
For many businesses, connecting automation equipment to their warehouse management system is crucial. Ongoing WMS offers strong support for integrating a wide range of automation solutions, including vertical lift modules, conveyor systems, automated packaging machines, and more. By linking automation directly to the WMS, processes such as picking, packing, and goods receiving become more streamlined, resulting in higher throughput, reduced manual handling, and fewer errors.
Ongoing WMS acts as the brain of the warehouse. The system directs and coordinates all warehouse processes - both manual tasks performed by operators and automated tasks executed by physical hardware. Through a powerful automation API, the control software of the automation equipment receives direct instructions from Ongoing WMS.
No, with Ongoing WMS, a separate WCS (Warehouse Control System) or WES (Warehouse Execution System) is not required. Ongoing WMS manages the warehouse logic and communicates directly with the control software of the automation machines. This reduces system complexity, lowers license costs, and shortens implementation times.
Common processes to automate, using both human workflows and hardware, include piece picking, B2B pallet transport, zone picking, consolidated picking across zones, parcel sorting, dimensioning/weighing, automated packaging, and on-demand transport label printing.
Ongoing WMS automatically retrieves transport labels through direct carrier integrations or delivery management platforms like nShift, Ingrid, and Logtrade. Labels and accompanying documentation (such as packing slips and customs forms) print automatically on the designated printer at the right packing station exactly when needed. To enable this, Ongoing's printer service must be installed on a Windows machine with access to the printers.
First, Ongoing WMS itself is highly configurable through settings, even though all customers run on the same codebase. Second, virtually everything that can be done in the user interface can also be executed via our APIs. This gives customers, developers, and partners full freedom to tailor workflows, build custom integrations, and streamline operations according to unique business needs. Read this guide for a sample of customizable processes, and access our developer pages.