SOLVO once again classified as a leading WMS-system developer according to Fraunhofer

21 November 2013

Back in June, SOLVO successfully passed yet another validation of its Solvo.WMS system receiving a certificate from the Fraunhofer IML institute in Dortmund, Germany.

The Fraunhofer database is the biggest online catalogue of leading WMS-systems and their developers in the world. The data base was established in 2000 by the German Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics in partnership with the IPL consulting agency.

The Fraunhofer institute monitors new trends on the WMS-systems market and is oftentimes considered as the trend-setter of the given field. In the middle of October, SOLVO specialists participated in the 13th annual conference for clients and associates of Fraunhofer WMS-systems rankings.

SOLVO was the only Russian-based company among the 60 participants (from a ratings list that includes over a hundred WMS-system vendors).

World Café
The annual client conference program included World Café in debate club format. All World Café participants were divided into groups. The event moderator of each group assigned a topic for discussion. Each participant had the option to switch from group to group while exchanging opinions and taking part in various discussions turning the event into a lively conversion among peers and colleagues. Certain topics were discussed, the interest for which has been ever-increasing on the WMS-systems market (VAS (Value Added Services), Returns Management and E-commerce, Lean Warehousing, and Business Intelligence)). New trends and developments in the logistics field were examined with close cooperation from the participants. All participants’ opinions are used by the Fraunhofer IML institute for their analysis and statistical data.

At the end of the conference, the results of the discussion were reviewed and summarized, plans for the future were laid out, and the participants were awarded with certificates affirming the high quality of their WMS-systems along with a 2013-2014 Fraunhofer validation stamp.

How is validation carried out?

In order to be put into the WMS-system database, a questionnaire must be first filled out, which includes more than 3000 items that are divided into several boxes: information about the company, market presence, company forecast, system functionality, current features etc.

Information about a developer’s system is analyzed by a team of Fraunhofer logistics experts. Then, this validated data is used by a company in their WMS-system selection process.

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