WMS RFP Management

SCT Advisory provides RFI and RFP support for Warehouse Management System and associated technology selections by capturing and prioritizing key business requirements, facilitating the organizational alignment on program objectives while orchestrating the selection process with the right group of WMS providers given the required capabilities, budget and culture fit.

Our Approach 

• Organizational Alignment  

  Interviews with key stakeholders are combined with SCT-led education on the current Warehouse Management technology landscape with a focus on your critical business needs and opportunities. Aligning on key objectives for the project through a high-level review, or a detailed Opportunity Assessment will allow SCT to build consensus and shared vision across the organization for WMS project objectives to ensure alignment during the requirements definition and vendor selection.   

• Requirement Definitions 

  Detailed process walk-throughs through each area of the business and user persona allows SCT to align current state capabilities to best practices, identifying the list of critical capabilities needed from a warehouse solution as well as additional capabilities and considerations.  The output is a prioritized list of requirements to be used in an RFI/RFP, along with any near term improvements that can be achieved prior to a more formal project.   

• RFI/Vendor Interviews (Optional) 

  As SCT lays out a broad view of the provider landscape, it is often necessary to shortlist those providers that are more likely to participate in the proposed architecture.  This may include large WMS vendors, smaller niche providers and warehouse automation technologies.  Vendor identification and interviews allow our clients to hear the stories and prioritize activities in a way that will provide the needed insight to develop scope for the evaluation and program planning exercises.   

• RFP/Vendor Demonstrations 

  Vendor demonstrations are a critical step in vetting the solutions and ensuring consensus on success factors and preferred vendors across the organization which is critical to the success of the overall program.  SCT provides vendors with guidance on your organizational priorities and while presenting what we see as critical differentiators to you for a 360-degree view of the options to choose from.  Briefing sessions following the demonstrations translate vendor positioning into valid expectations, and roundtable discussions unveil any reservations from the team that can be addressed in future conversations with the vendors.   

• Scoping Workshops 

  Following vendor demonstrations, as the preferred solution is materializing, Scoping workshops allow our customers to dig deeper into capabilities and setup requirements to more fully develop an appreciation for solution capabilities and the effort required to achieve them.  SCT facilitates workshops with 1-2 vendors to walk through the day in the life of warehouse operation (end to end given the surrounding system architecture), implementation methodology, roles and responsibilities, and critical success factors.