WMSAssets & Logistics
Warehouse Management
Turning Storage into Strategic Advantage Real-time warehouse execution on Ignition, linking receiving, inventory, production staging and shipping with mobile scanning and full traceability.
The challenge
Warehousing is no longer just about storing goods; it is about driving agility, accuracy and customer trust. Inefficient warehouse operations create bottlenecks, inflate costs and jeopardise on-time deliveries, while fragmented tools create silos instead of a single source of truth for materials and finished goods.
Overview
The LOGICAL SYSTEMS Warehouse Management System (WMS) app turns your warehouse into a high-performance execution hub by connecting inbound, storage, production and outbound processes in real time. Built on the Inductive Automation® Ignition platform, it integrates with ERP, MES, CMMS and logistics partners to deliver a single source of truth for materials and finished goods, acting as a digital control tower that orchestrates every pallet, SKU and shipment with precision, traceability and speed.
Intuitive dashboards, mobile-responsive workflows and advanced analytics move warehouse teams from firefighting to foresight. Operators execute scanning, putaway and picking with guided precision, supervisors gain real-time control over bottlenecks, labour and space, and managers track compliance, performance and costs across facilities. From a single facility to global distribution networks, the WMS app scales with your business, supporting unlimited SKUs, sites and users with centralised reporting.
Typical results
Typical results reported in the WMS datasheet. Results depend on each site's starting point and scope.
Capabilities
What WMS does
Receiving
- Streamlined ASN (Advanced Shipping Notice) verification
- Real-time barcode/QR scanning with error-proofing
- Automated quality and parameter checks, e.g. temperature and batch COA
- Dock-to-stock cycle time tracking
Inventory Management
- Multi-location, multi-zone storage: racks, cold storage and supermarkets
- Real-time stock visibility with 99%+ accuracy
- Full genealogy for lot, batch and serial tracking
- Cycle counting with exception-based reconciliation
Production Integration
- Work-in-Process (WIP) tracking aligned with production orders
- Automated staging and transfer requests
- Spoilage and scrap monitoring with cost attribution
- Material demand forecasts linked to production schedules
Shipping & Distribution
- Dynamic order picking: wave, zone and batch
- Truck load planning and route optimisation
- Carrier integration with real-time shipment visibility
- OTIF (On-Time In-Full) performance analytics
Mobile & IoT Capabilities
- Native handheld and tablet interface with offline sync
- RFID, barcode and QR-enabled execution
- Digital proof-of-delivery with signatures and photos
- IoT sensor monitoring of compliance zones for temperature and humidity
Seamless Integration & Intelligence
- ERP synchronisation of purchase orders, invoices and stock valuations in real time
- MES integration automates material staging, consumption and finished goods booking
- SCADA and historian connection monitors environmental compliance (temperature, humidity)
- Quality systems link inspection status directly to release workflows
- TMS digital forms and SPC digitise receiving, inspection and shipping paperwork with full audit trails
- Analytics on inventory turns, dock-to-stock time, picking efficiency, OTIF and costs
Benefits
Why manufacturers choose WMS
Accurate inventory
99%+ inventory accuracy across sites, backed by real-time stock visibility and full lot, batch and serial genealogy.
Faster inbound and outbound
25–40% faster inbound and outbound processing.
More productive workforce
20–30% higher workforce productivity through guided workflows for scanning, putaway and picking.
Lower storage costs
15–25% lower storage and handling costs via space optimisation.
Better OTIF delivery
10–20% increase in OTIF (On-Time In-Full) delivery performance.
Audit-ready compliance
Audit-ready compliance with full traceability and e-signatures, plus executive visibility from supplier dock to customer doorstep.
Ask WMS in plain language
LS Assistant, the AI assistant in every Logical Systems application, answers questions from your live WMS records and shows the sources behind every answer. It keeps learning as your records, work instructions and resolved issues grow, and your data is never used to train AI models.
Answers with sources
Every answer cites the records and work instructions it used.
Your role, your site
It sees only what each user is allowed to see.
Asks before it acts
Every change it proposes needs a person's confirmation and is audited.
18 languages, voice on mobile
Questions, answers and content in your teams' languages.
Integration
Connects to the systems you run
Systems & protocols
- ERP
- MES
- CMMS
- SCADA
- Historian
- Quality systems
- Logistics, carrier and partner systems
- IoT sensors
- Active Directory
- REST API
- MQTT
- OPC UA
- OPC DA
- Kafka
- Snowflake
Standards
- FDA
- GMP
- ISO 9001
Datasheet
Warehouse Management datasheetWorks with
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See WMS in action
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