Numina’s RDS™ Warehouse Control System (WCS) connects directly to your ERP or WMS, or operates as an integral component of the RDS-WES platform, optimizing your warehouse automation end-to-end.
RDS WCS is the leading edge-based, real-time warehouse control software. Its highly flexible control engine, refined over four decades of material handling applications, powers complex operations processing millions of transactions a day – managing in-motion scales, dimensioners, high-speed print-and-apply label applicators, sorters, and robotic equipment. RDS WCS bridges data flow and control across the full mix of plant automation technologies, streamlining receiving and accelerating material movement from the dock door through every pick, pack, and ship operation.
The RDS platform’s flexible software connector modules deliver true real-time warehouse execution and control in sub-milliseconds, including:
Numina Group’s RDS unites WES-WCS to unite real-time control and advanced order release and execution to gain smarter, faster end-to-end warehouse order fulfillment automation. Contact us to learn how a new or existing warehouses powered by RDS operates with lower cost per order fulfilled and increased peak hourly throughput!
RDS WCS stands apart from other WCS solutions through advanced real-time control, extended device and system connectivity, and intelligent order release with cartonization – including best-way transportation decisions made before picking begins. The result: warehouse inventory management, order execution, and warehouse control on a single unified platform, driving faster, more efficient, and more profitable operations.
RDS WCS provides high-speed control over material handling equipment, executing control decisions within a 250-microsecond time window. This real-time control engine manages sensors, motors, barcode scanners, and inspection cameras to ensure precise coordination of warehouse automation processes.
RDS WCS offers extensive connectivity through a centralized control platform that synchronizes equipment and workflows into a seamless operation. The system integrates conveyors, sortation systems, ASRS equipment, autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), voice systems, goods-to-person technologies, palletizers, and other automation technologies.
RDS WCS is built on a flexible modular software architecture with dozens of pre-developed application control modules and a modern web-based user interface. The pre-developed application software control modules accelerate implementation, integration with Ethernet based conveyor controls, and PLCs. Our design and software approach allows for a more robust and simplified approach to implementing scalable automation with minimal disruption to the operation.
RDS WCS unifies multiple order picking technologies under a single unified environment. By coordinating conveyors, sorters, robotics, and other automation technologies within the WES-WCS platform, islands of automation are eliminated, and order fulfillment operations gain improved workflows, and real-time visibility across the entire warehouse.
RDS WCS is designed to work with multiple automation technologies and suppliers. Our vendor-neutral approach provides more technology choices to consider during the design phase, which allows us to match the right automation to your project’s requirements.
RDS WCS scales from mid-size distribution environments to large, high-volume warehouses fulfilling 25,000 to 75,000 orders per day. The system can manage millions of transactions per day and is deployable on virtual servers, as well as Google, Azure, and Amazon Cloud platforms.
With hundreds of successful installations, RDS WCS delivers dependable performance in complex warehouse control and manufacturing operations. The platform is engineered to meet demanding control performance requirements, while maintaining consistent uptime and operational stability.
RDS WCS is integration-ready with virtually any ERP or WMS and adapts to a wide range of fulfillment environments. Built on a library of proven interfaces, it scales from device-level control to full WES functionality – including advanced order release and orchestration – all on a single unified software platform.
RDS connects and synchronizes your full mix of material handling technologies through one centralized platform, orchestrating work tasks and equipment into a seamless workflow, including:
RDS WCS executes tasks and business rules across automated material handling equipment with real-time, multi-function control. Dozens of pre-developed control modules and interfaces enable rapid connection to conveyors, robots, autonomous forklifts, vision systems, barcode readers, and automated labeling and sortation – all executed in a true real-time control environment, with decisions made in under a 250-microsecond window.
A warehouse control system (WCS) automation software platform manages and coordinates automated material handling equipment such as conveyors, auto-labeling systems, sorters, ASRS systems, and robotics. It acts as the control layer between the WES / warehouse management system (WMS) layer and controls the physical automation equipment, ensuring real-time execution of material flow.
A warehouse management system (WMS) and the RDS WES-WMS focuses on intelligent receiving, inventory management, replenishment, order release, picking automation and overall warehouse operations. A warehouse control system (WCS) manages the real-time control of automation equipment. A warehouse execution system (WES) sits between the two, orchestrating workflows and optimizing and orchestrating order fulfillment processes across systems and equipment.
A WES-WCS can manage and control a wide range of warehouse automation technologies including conveyors, sortation systems, ASRS and mini-load systems, autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), pick-to-light systems, goods-to-person stations, palletizers, and scanning or inspection equipment.
Implementing WCS, especially coupled with RDS WES-WMS as a single software platform improves end-to-end operational efficiency by automating order fulfillment and material handling technologies in the pick pack and ship processes. A DC gains order accuracy, reducing labor costs, and improving throughput. It also provides real-time data visibility into equipment performance and productivity.
Yes. RDS-WCS is highly scalable with the same core API tools set as the RDS WES-WMS modules. It can easily integrate with virtually any WMS or ERP platform. Providing material handling execution functionality to existing business systems so the system can supervise real-time warehouse automation control decisions and provide the data required for WCS to coordinate material movement workflow across the DC.
Yes. RDS WCS scales from smaller distribution operations to large enterprise fulfillment centers processing up to 75,000 orders per day. It can handle millions of transactions per shift while maintaining high-speed performance for material handling automation.
Yes. RDS WCS can be deployed on edge based real-time industrial hardened computers with a secure connectivity Cloud API supporting Google, Azure, and Amazon Cloud. This flexibility allows organizations to scale and add warehouse automation as the business needs change or grow.
RDS WCS can be deployed to integrate and retrofit legacy material handling systems and breathe new life into the operation by adding new automation technologies to the facility. This allows companies to modernize warehouse operations while continuing to use existing infrastructure and protecting prior automation investments.
Infusing your business with the power of RDS WES-WCS, seamlessly bolts on industry leading software and automation technologies at new or existing operations. It creates a scalable warehouse automation solution coupled with your existing or new ERP-WMS, eliminating the complexity of managing integration of multiple vendor systems. Partnering with a proven warehouse automation integrator that is focused on your needs and success form design inception streamlines the project timeline and results in a best of breed solution optimized to drive higher efficiency that meets or exceeds your business ROI objectives.
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