Complete Warehouse Control,
From Receiving to Dispatch

A Warehouse Management System puts every inbound, outbound, and internal movement under system control. Instead of relying on operator memory and paper lists, the warehouse runs on defined locations, rules, and confirmations at each step.

The usual trigger is not size but complexity. Companies typically reach for a WMS when stock exists in more than one place at a time, when expiry dates or batch numbers start to matter, when order volume outgrows what one person can hold in their head, or when nobody can answer where a specific pallet went without walking the aisles.

An ERP warehouse module records what you have. A WMS manages where it is and how it moves. That distinction is the whole difference.

Your ERP knows the quantity on hand and the value of the stock. It generally does not direct an operator to a specific rack position, sequence a picking route to cut walking distance, enforce which batch leaves first, or record who physically performed each movement and when. Those are warehouse execution problems, and they are what a WMS is built to solve.

In practice the two work together. The ERP stays the system of record for orders, invoicing, and finance, while the WMS runs the floor.

Yes. You do not have to replace your ERP to implement InfoBiro WMS. The warehouse gets a dedicated system for locations, traceability, and expiry logic, while orders, invoicing, and finance stay where they already are.

SynapTech handles the connection as part of the implementation. During solution design we define which data flows in each direction, at what point in the process it moves, and how the two systems stay in agreement once the warehouse goes live. That integration scope is agreed before configuration starts, not discovered during go-live.

FEFO stands for First Expired, First Out. Goods are issued according to which batch expires soonest, not according to which one arrived first.

The distinction matters because arrival order and expiry order are frequently not the same. A delivery received today can easily carry a shorter remaining shelf life than one received last month, depending on how long it sat with the supplier. FIFO would send the older delivery out first and quietly leave the shorter dated stock behind.

InfoBiro WMS operates on FEFO, so the sequence is decided by the system rather than by operator judgement or by whichever pallet happens to be reachable. That consistency is what reduces the write-offs that build up from goods sitting past their date.

They answer two different questions, which is exactly why the system tracks both at once.

• Lot number identifies the batch the goods came from, at item level. It is what lets you answer: where did everything from this production batch end up?
• SSCC code identifies the physical pallet as a unique handling unit. It is what lets you answer: what was actually on the pallet that went out on this shipment?

Together they let you move in both directions. From a batch to every shipment that carried it, and from a delivered shipment back to the batch it contained. In a recall or a customer complaint, that is the difference between a query and a search through delivery notes.

No. The location structure is mapped onto the warehouse as it exists today, not the other way around. Zones, aisles, and positions are defined during solution design to match your actual layout and equipment.

What tends to change is not the racking but the discipline. Every position gets an identity, and every movement into or out of it gets confirmed. Where our process analysis does identify a layout change worth making, we say so and quantify what it would improve, but it is presented as an option rather than a precondition.

It falls out of the process rather than being collected separately. Because every pick, move, and handover is confirmed by the person who performed it, the system already holds the record. Nobody fills in a form.

At any moment you can see which employee prepared how many orders, how many items, and what total weight. The measurement is identical across every shift, which is what makes the numbers comparable and useful for workload balancing and staffing decisions rather than just interesting to look at.

Yes. InfoBiro WMS supports full and partial inventory at any time, with minimal time spent and without trading speed for accuracy.

A partial count covers a defined part of the warehouse, so only that section is locked. The remaining zones keep receiving, picking, and dispatching as normal. Because counts run against locations, any discrepancy surfaces at the position where it occurred, which makes the cause findable instead of appearing as a single unexplained difference at year end.

At minimum, the warehouse needs a way to scan and confirm at the point of work. Lot numbers, SSCC pallet codes, and location identities only stay accurate if they are read by a device rather than typed from memory, so scanning capability on the floor is the real requirement.

Beyond that, the specification depends on your environment: the size of the warehouse, network coverage across the aisles, whether operators work from vehicles or on foot, and what you already own. InfoBiro supplies computer equipment alongside its software, and SynapTech defines the exact equipment list during solution design so you are not buying hardware before the process is settled.

The timeline is driven by a small number of factors rather than by warehouse size alone:

• How many locations and zones need to be defined
• How much data has to be migrated and cleaned before cut-over
• The depth of the ERP integration and how many processes it touches
• Whether the warehouse can go live in phases or has to switch in one step

We give a committed schedule after process analysis, because a date quoted before that is a guess. After go-live, SynapTech provides managed services and support, covering ongoing administration, monitoring, upgrades, and adjustments as your operation changes.