The differences and relations of Warehouse management systems, ERP, Invoicing software

Enterprise information management software is closely related, but there are a lot of management software, and seemingly no connection between some management software, but in fact in some areas but the management have common features. This paper analyzes warehouse management systems, ERP systems, and the difference between contact Invoicing software.

???????First, the common functional

???????Warehouse management systems, ERP, warehouse management Invoicing software contains a module, which is the biggest commonality of these three software.

???????Warehouse management (including raw materials, semi-finished goods management) is precisely the majority of the internal management of the most important parts: procurement, production, inventory management, sales are based on the connection point, the most important is the production of inventory costs. It is also three management software makes confusion causes.

???????Second, the functional difference

???????1, ERP:

???????(1) Financial support the refinement of management. Generally originated in the financial system, so the financial accounting have fine support, many of the ERP financial modules have been certified national financial sector.

???????(2) Product Structure Management (BOM). ERP involved in the sale plan, procurement plans, production planning management, BOM will become the basis of material requirements planning.

???????(3) Material Requirements Planning (MRP). The product sales plan, generating raw materials procurement plan and semi-finished products of the production plan. In addition to BOM calculations, but also relates to the purchasing transit, semi-finished inventory, finished goods inventory, production in transit, the Association in the way the so-called "8 large number of" complex calculations involved in.

???????2, Invoicing Software:

???????It can be understood as reducing the ERP BOM and MRP functionality.

???????BOM and MRP ERP is the essence, but in the majority of domestic enterprises, material requirements because of internal and external many reasons, can not be "calculated out" (such as raw material procurement plans, and suppliers supply cycle a lot, but also involves to analyze companies on external markets, for example: to increase purchases and other tight material), so the BOM and MRP become a "look beautiful" functions in ERP project implementation in many companies, in fact, were not used to this feature really just a Invoicing system only.

???????3, Warehouse Management System:

???????Invoicing software and compare professional warehouse management system has the following functional changes:

???????(1) added more jobs policy management and meticulous job

???????Specifically, Invoicing software for enterprise business data "after recording", when there are goods out of storage, registration and print documents in Invoicing software. And WMS services need to be made before the actual operational guidelines, such as shelves recommends picking strategies, etc., do intelligent analysis software according to the rules set by the formation of guidelines for optimal operation of the warehouse keeper. Operation logging software, but also better reflect the actual situation, such as Invoicing software often can not be placed at a material support to a plurality of storage bit storage case, simply to a storage position (WMS is before the material storage , automatically analyze the need to put more than one storage location and specific, optimized warehousing bit recommended).

???????(2) the price and weakening financial management

???????Professional warehouse management systems are often used in third-party logistics companies, so the material does not have to concern Jincang purchase price, but concerned about the cost of computing and other logistics warehouse rental, so WMS weakening prices and financial management. Of course wms will apply to manufacturers. Because of the price and financial management in many manufacturing companies operate independently, with standardized financial management itself normative and financial software, so many medium-sized manufacturing companies used the "+ warehouse management software financial management software," the pattern management.

???????(3) increase the "billing engine" module

???????Warehouse Management System adds unique "billing engine" module, support for the logistics accounting. Logistics industry accounting rules tend to be very complex, such as warehouse rental cost of warehousing companies including: permutations and combinations of multiple conditions package stores, weight, number of pallets, size, material properties, storage time, and number of days during the same time in Canada discounts, price rating, among other factors, the technical content billing engine as much as MRP ERP system calculations. In manufacturing, the billing engine can also help enterprises cost analysis, calculate the cost of the warehouse.