DEVELOPPEMENT

EXPERT SOFTWARE

FOR LOGISTICS

PROFESSIONALS

WMS The solution that optimises warehouse flows

LOGISTICS SERVICE PROVIDERS // CARRIERS

FORWARDERS // DISTRIBUTORS // TRADERS

e-MERCHANTS // MANUFACTURERS

More than 25 years at the heart of the

Supply Chain for small to

large companies.

Get the best management solution for

your warehouse logistics flows

Choose Akanea WMS, for a fully proven, agile and

collaborative software solution.

Akanea WMS (Warehouse Management System) is a software package designated and deployed by our warehouse

management experts. It is a proven solution used by logistics’ professionals for over 25 years.

Every day, we work with over a hundred companies, helping them to meet the challenges faced by logistics specialists:

meeting deadlines, optimisation of flows and stocks, reconciliation of physical flows and information flows, cross-channel

and multi-channel, rise of e-commerce, etc. These businesses use Akanea WMS to manage over 500,000 m2 of storage

area and more than a million indents lines every month.

MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY TO ADAPT TO ALL

GOODS AND A WIDE RANGE OF

BUSINESSES ► A multi-companies, multi-warehouses, multi-

depositors and multi-storage-types solution.

► A scalable solution that easily incorporates new

depositors and new item types.

► Management of a wide range of goods and

activities: pallet racking storage, mass storage,

packages, alcohol and hazardous products

management, customs bonded warehouses, etc.

SMOOTHER CUSTOMER RELATIONS A web e-Warehousing solution, traceability, EDI,

invoice summary documents, etc.

100% MOBILE FUNCTIONALITIES A radio frequency mobility mode lets you manage

all operations in graphics mode.

A DEDICATED MODULE

DELIVERING RAPID INVOICING

TO SUIT YOUR SERVICES Multi-criteria invoicing based on incomings,

outgoings, storage peaks, averages, completed

operations, etc. Over 140 customised invoicing keys

means you can build a detailed services catalogue

offering made-to-measure services to your

customers.

A COLLABORATIVE SOLUTION

AT THE HEART OF YOUR ECOSYSTEM Easy import and export of data, accounting interface,

port interface, customs interface, e-Warehousing, etc.

EDI COMMUNICATIONS FULLY EMBEDDED

IN THE WMS A native EDI platform giving secure and automated

communication to and from your customers, suppliers,

carriers and customs: manual or automatic

communication, translation, platform operation, etc.

DAY-TO-DAY MANAGEMENT For all-round improvement in performance and quality,

a catalogue of predefined and customisable indicators is

available, based on knowledge of each user profile's

requirements: financial, operational, management, team

leader, etc.

FAST, RELIABLE R.O.I.(*) Professional software expertise developed over more

than 25 years with rich functional content acquired from

thousands of users.

EASY-TO-USE SOLUTION Powerful features in an easy-to-use program.

WMS

* R.O.I.: Return On Investment

A FLEXIBLE, MULTI-FUNCTION WMS

Whether you are a logistics, transport, trading or distribution professional or a manufacturer managing your own

warehouses, Akanea WMS is an easy-to-use program compatible with other IT systems.

Its flexibility provides you with support throughout your development: new markets, new tenders, increased storage areas,

different types of merchandise, greater use of delayed differentiation operations (kitting, co-packing, etc.).

When in conventional entry mode and/or mobile mode (radio frequency terminal), it can address all levels of the company:

management, operations, trade, etc.

Port interface

Management

Traceability e-commerce

Invoicing

Hazardous materials

Alcohol

EDM

Cross-docking

Customs bonded

EDI

Shipping management

e-Warehousing

Radio Frequency

Multi-customer / Multi-warehouse

WMS

COMPREHENSIVE FUNCTIONAL SCOPE

Management of storage locations

► Management of single or multiple reference spans, management

of silos and receiving docks, interception, cross-docking,

preparation, storage, combination, management of racks, height,

width and weight

► Graphic representation of storage locations

► Storage method management: pallets, storage locations, storage

preferences, label printing and picking restocking

Items management

► Storage operator identification

► Logistical data

► Flow preferences and rules

► Hazardous material management

► Type of picking

► Photo associated with the item

► Alcohol management

► User-defined fields

► Management of serial numbers, lots and dates

► Customs bonded warehouse management

Reception management

► Reception via EDI, through manual input or via radio frequency

mobile terminal in graphics mode

► Reception scheduling with progress report

► Management of cross-docking with automatic allotment

► Partial or complete reception

► Automatic backorder management

► Automatic assignment on reservation

► Variable packaging management

Inventory management

► Inventory accounting on paper or using radio frequency

► Rotating inventory with automatic application of count lists

Preparation management

► Outward movements scheduling management

► Integration of orders: manually, via e-Warehousing or via EDI

with management of irregularities

► Pre-calculation of shipping data

► Automatic transport assignment

► Goods reservation

► Backorder management

► Merging/separation of orders

► Management through preparation waves

► Scheduling on 3 criteria: • order header data: recipients, dates, transport plans, etc.

• or by order lines, search for orders containing an item

• of the order size, number of lines and consumer sales units

► Automatic pre-packing

► Automatic picking procurement

► Floating picking or preparation platform management

► Generation of transport labels

► Monitoring of preparation progress

► Shipping management

Invoicing

► Recurring invoicing: rent, machine rental, staff, administrative

costs

► Invoicing of recurring and/or one-off services: filming,

re-packaging, unloading, specific labelling, fork lift assembly and

dismantling

► Movement invoicing: management by query

► Issuing of pre-invoices, invoices, reports, supporting documents

Integrated EDI platform

► Automatic or manual mode

► Interface with port communication platforms

► Fully compatible with Akanea CUSTOMS EMCS

ADDED VALUE MODULES BOOSTING YOUR COMPETITIVE EDGE

Akanea e-Warehousing

Alcohol regulations

management

Akanea EDI

Akanea WMS RF Mobility

Develop customer loyalty and offer them visibility and

productivity with a 100% web application: direct storage

operator input of preparation requests, real-time stock level

visibility, receptions and current and future orders.

A dedicated module giving easier management and compliant

with regulations: management of governed codes, output in the

form of electronic administrative documents or simplified

accompanying documents, extraction of the elements required

for stock accounting and drafting alcohol declaration, calculation

of liquidations, publication of accompanying documents and

native interface with Akanea CUSTOMS EMCS.

A highly available platform, natively integrated with Akanea

WMS to boost your business relationships, improve your

productivity and increase your traceability. EDI

communications can be managed manually by the operator or

in 100% automatic mode. Akanea EDI communicates with all

the market ERPs* and manages all the WMS standard flows.

All Akanea WMS processes can be accessed via a Radio

Frequency terminal, thus improving stock status reliability,

speeding up your preparations and ensuring your traceability.

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RELATED SERVICES FOR MAKING THE BEST USE

OF YOUR SOLUTION

Akanea Cloud: no more technical worries!

You are completely free to focus on your core business. Our experts manage installation, updates, maintenance and upgrading

of your information system. AKANEA has been delivering Cloud solutions for over ten years through certified server data centres meeting high standards of

security: infrastructure located in France, back-up, operation, 24/7 supervision, etc… You enjoy immediate profitability along with limited hardware investments and easy resizing in periods of growth or degrowth.

Expert support: project management, training, customer support

We help you implement and monitor your WMS IT project as part of a project management process allying know-how with skill.

Our experts, be they technicians, consultants or training facilitators, are present at every stage: consulting, planning,

settings, tests and customization. To coordinate, approve and monitor your project at every stage, we appoint a single

AKANEA contact in France, or from our network of approved distributors on international markets.

We provide a full training programme tailored to your needs so that you can make full use of Akanea WMS and implement best

practices. Training can be organised on-site or based on distance learning, using the internet or a phone, without participants

being physically present. We offer a choice of several customer support programs. You are free to add a choice of options, such as extended hours,

‘top priority” status, technical staff on call, etc…

AKANEA PARTNERS

Over the years, AKANEA Développement has developed a network of strategic, technological and marketing alliances.

In this way, it is able to maintain an effective technology watch and to surround itself with the best professionals in the field of

logistics.

*(Software as a Service)

AKANEA, Publisher of expert software

operating at the heart of the Supply Chain

ZAC du Bois des Côtes

304 Route Nationale 6

CS 30139

69578 Limonest Cedex

France

+33 (0)9 72 72 23 62 (standard rate number)

www.akanea.com

contact.wms@akanea.com

Here's what our customers say

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in one hour

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Akanea WMS has adapted perfectly to each new

requirement

Logistical warehouses manager

Profitability and reliability gains have been huge. It's all

very straightforward and saves a lot of time.

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logistics service provider

Thanks to Akanea WMS, we manage all our logistic

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With more than 900 customers and 20,000 end users,

AKANEA Développement is a publisher of industrialised

software dedicated to the Supply Chain. Our position

is based on more than 25 years of experience,

accumulating know-how and expertise.

Today, AKANEA Développement has a workforce of

almost 150 employees, experts in your businesses

providing day-to-day support for your current

and future management requirements.

By using Akanea WMS, we produce accurate

and quality invoicing for our customers,

and the great thing is

that we save a lot of time

Logistics manager,

service provider for

major retailers