Vangard Simplifies WMS Integration with Voice
Vangard Voice Systems' server-less AccuSpeechMobile Universal Voice Utility now simplifies the adoption of warehouse voice productivity for companies using any commercial warehouse management system (WMS), including solutions offered by Manhattan Associates, SAP, RedPrairie, and Oracle.
Vangard's Universal Voice Utility delivers full voice functionality and WMS integration solely on today's powerful ruggedized devices, completely eliminating the IT server as the point of WMS integration. The mobile software solution enables any size warehouse operations to achieve substantial increases in workforce productivity, by avoiding the substantial costs, complexities and risks associated with traditional server-dependent WMS voice implementations.
Vangard's Universal Voice Utility delivers full voice functionality and server-less integration to any WMS application, solely from today's powerful ruggedized mobile computers, By exploiting the power of today's mobile computers, the mobile software solution eliminates any need for server-based integration, special vendor interfaces, or middleware. The Universal Voice Utility includes a wizard-based software development kit that enables IT professionals to quickly customize the device resident voice utility to support all WMS functions.
"Our mobile innovation just made it easier for warehouse professionals to cost-justify, implement, and maintain a voice-productivity upgrade for their Manhattan Associates, SAP, RedPrairie, or Oracle WMS deployments," said Dan Villanueva, vice president of marketing at Vangard. "The simplicity behind our mobile Universal Voice Utility means companies large or small no longer need to delay the voice-optimization of their warehouse operations because of the costly and complex server integration, vendor interfaces, middleware. or business process changes required by legacy voice technologies."
With warehouse management market growth predicted to expand by a CAGR of 8 percent through 2014, many companies are considering the adoption of voice productivity while evaluating the wide variety of leading WMS solutions. "Manhattan Associates customer, Cabelas recently deployed Vangard's Universal Voice Utility, completely driven from Motorola ruggedized mobile computers, now speeding workforce productivity across three national distribution centers," Villanueva said, "Now Vangard's mobile Universal Voice Utility can instantly plug and play with any commercially available WMS, providing an investment protection not otherwise available in the WMS voice market."