WMS Buyer's Guide for NetSuite Users

Introduction

Hello...Are you a NetSuite user considering purchase of a warehouse management system? Your business is growing, and your manual, paper-based warehousing and fulfillment processes no longer work as well as they used to. You know technology can help, and you want to build a solid tech stack to support your growth. This buyer’s guide will attempt to answer your most important questions and provide a clear picture of how purchasing Descartes Mobile Warehouse for NetSuite™ could impact your business. For over 15 years, Descartes has partnered with NetSuite to help people like you solve critical supply chain and logistics challenges. By uniting the people and technology that move the world, we help businesses grow. Our #1 goal is to help distributors, wholesalers, and ecommerce businesses fulfill orders quickly and accurately, ensuring happy customers. We’re here to help you take the first step into barcode scanning.

Thank you for taking the time to explore our solution. We are confident that you will make the best choice for your business and wish you success. If you have additional questions, please request a demo here.
Warm regards,
The Team at Descartes

“Descartes OzLink Mobile Warehouse (OMW) has consistently helped Chembio to meet our business needs in an efficient manner. With numerous transactions and movements happening every day, the OMW SuiteApp streamlines the process so that users are not spending their whole day manually entering these transactions in NetSuite. I strongly recommend the OMW SuiteApp to anyone looking to reduce inefficiencies and streamline warehouse processes.”

Am I Ready For a Warehouse Management System?

Is my business big enough to need barcode scanning?

Barcode scanning is designed to eliminate picking errors, keep inventories accurate, and increase picking speed. If your business consistently struggles with any of the following issues, then you are big enough to need barcode scanning:

• Unable to send customers the correct items on time
• Must cancel orders because of overselling out-of-stock items
• Missing opportunities to sell overstock items buried in the warehouse and not listed as “available for sale”
• Reallocating staff to help fulfill orders
• Preparing to hire another warehouse employee

Is my business big enough to need multi-order picking?

Mobile app-based multi-order picking strategies equip warehouse workers to pick more items in fewer steps. In fact, using these strategies can decrease walking time by up to 90% over single order picking time. If your warehouse workers struggle to pick all the orders on time every day, your business is big enough to need multi-order picking. A WMS with multi-order picking will increase overall picking efficiency by 30%.

Am I ready for a Warehouse Management System?

Businesses that are ready for a WMS like Descartes Mobile Warehouse for NetSuite generally share these common factors:

• Fulfill at least 50 orders per day
• Have at least two warehouse workers
• Struggle with picking errors and picking speed
• Experience customer complaints about receiving the wrong items
• Receive customer complaints about orders being delivered late
• Want to switch from a manual or paper process to a mobile barcode scanning solution

Our Solution: Descartes OzLink Mobile Warehouse for NetSuite

Our mobile WMS is built for NetSuite and designed to eliminate warehouse chaos. With this user-friendly app, warehouse workers can easily navigate the transition from paper to digital processes, remove the capacity for human error, increase speed and efficiency across all warehouse functions, and deliver lifetime return on investment (ROI).

Key Features:

• 99% Picking Accuracy
• 30% Faster Picking
• 30-Minute Training
• Eliminate Paper

What does your business need from a warehouse management system?

As a savvy decision-maker who has already said yes to NetSuite, you need to figure out how to make NetSuite truly useful in the warehouse. For small to mid-sized businesses struggling with fulfillment processes, four main things matter in choosing a WMS:

1. Ability to deliver fulfillment quality and accuracy
2. Seamless integration with NetSuite
3. Ease of use
4. Affordability

Getting this mix right sets OzLink Mobile Warehouse for NetSuite apart from other WMS solutions.

“This is a simple and easy solution for NetSuite, allowing for accurate picking and receiving, keeping our warehouse very efficient.” Paul Nanawa
Operations Director
Edelrid

Built for Accuracy: Satisfying Your Customers

What do your customers want? Accurate order fulfillment, fast. Today, ecommerce customers expect Amazon-type turnaround times, which poses a difficulty for small to mid-sized businesses. To keep customers happy and minimize picking mistakes, OzLink Mobile Warehouse is built for accuracy. Our customers experience 99% picking accuracy and up to 90% less walking time with our multi-strategy picking and mobile barcode scanning capabilities.

Built for NetSuite: A Seamless Integration

Many businesses outgrow paper-based recordkeeping and invest in Oracle NetSuite’s enterprise resource planning software to manage orders, inventory, accounting, and more. Often warehouse management is an afterthought, and people later realize they urgently need mobile barcode scanning capabilities to make NetSuite more useful in the warehouse.

Built for the User: Simple & Quick to Learn

Unlike many other WMS solutions, OzLink Mobile Warehouse is easy to learn. From a productivity perspective, adding too many complex product features clutters the screen and slows workers down. To help businesses train new hires and seasonal workers two times faster, we engineered our mobile app to make it simple for a new person to learn in just 30 minutes.

Built for Your Budget: Affordable Software

Many WMS solutions for NetSuite are costly. Because affordability is essential for many small to mid-sized businesses, Descartes offers OzLink Mobile Warehouse at a very budget-friendly price.

Who uses Descartes solutions for NetSuite?

Hundreds of NetSuite customers trust Descartes’ integrated solutions for barcode-based warehouse management, parcel and LTL shipping, fleet routing, mobile proof of delivery, and denied-party screening. Our customers include many fast-growing ecommerce brands that must fulfill orders quickly and accurately.

How much does it cost to implement barcode scanning for NetSuite?

Here is the pricing breakdown for getting started with our solution:

• One-time implementation cost: $5,000 - $7,500
• Monthly license fee:
  • $600 per month for 1-2 users
  • $800 per month for 3-5 users

If you don’t already have them, you will also need to purchase mobile barcode scanning devices (Android).

• Inexpensive option: $25 - $300
• Mid-range option: $400 - $700
• High-end, rugged option: $1,200

This is how our buying process works:

1. Discovery call to understand your requirements
2. Live product demonstration (virtual)
3. Solution proposal and implementation timeline
4. Signing the agreement and starting implementation
5. Implementation and go-live
6. Ongoing support

How does Descartes Mobile Warehouse integrate with NetSuite?

Our solution is a SuiteApp for NetSuite. That means the program can easily connect with your existing NetSuite account, inventory, and order information to give and receive data. Shipping Software Integrations allow end-to-end warehouse fulfillment and shipping functionality when paired with OzLink Mobile Warehouse for NetSuite.

How is the WMS implemented?

• We complete implementation projects remotely.
• We charge a fixed implementation fee.
• We provide accessible training plans.
• We provide skills training.

Four tips for implementation:

1. Develop a project team.
2. Having someone with NetSuite experience helps.
3. Make sure your bins are set up in NetSuite.
4. Purchase your hardware and have it ready.

About Descartes Systems Group

Descartes (Nasdaq:DSGX) (TSX:DSG) is the global leader in providing on-demand, software-as-a-service solutions focused on improving the productivity, performance and security of logistics-intensive businesses. Customers use our modular solutions to route, schedule, track and measure delivery resources; plan, allocate and execute shipments; and complete various logistics processes.