Four Ways a Cloud-Native WMS Can Solve Retail Supply Chain Pain Points

Is your warehouse future-proof? Cloud-native warehouse management systems enable retailers to profitably deliver in the chaotic environment of supercharged consumer expectations, labor shortages, product shortages and myriad other factors. Cloud-native WMSs are versionless — meaning they can be continuously updated via the cloud. There are no installed version releases, and no need for costly and time-consuming software modifications.

For years now, omnichannel commerce has been flourishing as a way of life for the retail sector, with the pandemic supercharging that growth virtually overnight. Though lockdowns prompted consumers to favor online fulfillment, many are now venturing back into brick-and-mortar retail stores with the protection of vaccines. But from all indications, buying behavior has changed forever, with consumers opting to purchase along the whole panoply of omnichannel options. This plus the fact that consumer expectations have never been higher, translates into enormous complexity for omnichannel retailers’ supply chains. In this article, we look at four challenges currently facing warehouses, and discuss how cloud-native WMSs can resolve them.