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Warehouse Management System For Manufacturing

A distribution warehouse holds finished goods. A manufacturing warehouse holds raw materials that production is waiting on, work in progress that has to be traced, and finished goods that need shipping. Canary7 handles all three.

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What Makes It Different

Manufacturing Is Three Warehouses In One Building

Most WMS platforms are built around a single stock type moving in one direction. Manufacturing does not work that way, and the difference shows up the first time production stops because nobody could find a component.

Raw Materials

Goods in booked against the PO, with supplier, batch and certificate captured at the dock rather than reconstructed later.

Work In Progress

Stock that has left the store but is not finished yet, tracked rather than written off as a black hole between goods in and despatch.

Finished Goods

Picked, packed and despatched to customers or to your own distribution sites.

Kitting And Assembly

Components picked to a bill of materials, so a kit is either complete or visibly short before it reaches the line.

Quality Holds

Stock quarantined on receipt or after inspection, and physically prevented from being picked until released.

Full Traceability

Batch and serial carried through from supplier to customer, so a recall is a query rather than a fortnight.

Production Feed

Stop The Line Stopping

The most expensive failure in a manufacturing warehouse is not a mispick. It is production standing idle because a component was in the building and nobody could find it. Directed picking and accurate locations make that a solved problem rather than a recurring one.

Materials picked to the production schedule, not to a printed list

Live view of what is short before the shift starts

Replenishment triggered by consumption rather than a weekly count

Component shortages flagged at kit level, not discovered at the line

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Woman in a high-visibility vest holding a tablet and scanner in a warehouse aisle with stacked boxes.

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ERP

A Warehouse Project, Not An ERP Project

Your ERP holds the bill of materials, the production schedule and the financials, and it should keep holding them. Canary7 runs the physical side and reports back, so the two agree without anyone rekeying.

Two-way connectors for Acumatica, SAP Business One and GenetiQ

Goods receipts, issues to production and despatches posted back

No changes to your BOM structure or chart of accounts

Open API and EDI where a connector does not exist

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FAQ

Common Questions

How is a manufacturing WMS different from a normal one?

A standard WMS assumes stock arrives finished and leaves finished. Manufacturing has raw materials waiting on production, work in progress that has to stay traceable, and finished goods — often in the same building, sometimes in the same aisle. The system has to know which is which and what can be picked for what.

Does it replace our ERP or MRP?

No. Your ERP keeps the bill of materials, the production schedule and the financials. Canary7 runs the warehouse and writes the results back, so the ERP stays accurate without manual entry.

Can you handle kitting to a bill of materials?

Yes. Components are picked against the BOM and the kit is confirmed complete before it moves, so shortages surface in the store rather than at the line.

What about quality holds and quarantine?

Stock can be held on receipt or after inspection and is physically prevented from being picked until released, with the hold and release recorded.

Do you support batch and serial traceability?

Yes, carried from supplier receipt through production to customer despatch, which is what makes a recall a query rather than a manual reconstruction.

How long does implementation take?

Most sites are live in weeks rather than quarters. The pacing factor is usually the ERP integration rather than the warehouse side.

We'll Come And Walk Your Floor

Some operations make more sense in person than on a call. We carry out on-site evaluations across Ireland, the UK and North America — walking your process with you, seeing where the time goes, and telling you what we'd actually change.

Tell us about your operation and we'll let you know whether a visit makes sense.

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