Real-time open web ecLWMS
A proprietary ecLWMS (Warehouse Management System) combines operation experiences with state-of-the-art IT to provide real-time information supporting the "last-mile" in supply chain. Customers are able to check and/or download real-time inventory information and transaction history, to place orders and check their status, to handle payment, or to monitor the operation in the warehouse. During the past 3 years, many ecL clients have benefited from this sales logistics approach with increasing in revenue and productivity, decreasing in working capital, and lowering inventory levels.
ecL WMS won the First Place Application Gold Award in the Hong Kong IT Excellence Awards 2002, organized by the Hong Kong Computer Society and sponsored by the government of HKSAR. At the "APICTA Awards 2003" (an internationally recognized awards program organized annually by the computer societies of Asia Pacific countries/territories), ecL WMS won a certificate of merit at the category "Best of Industrial Applications".
e-commerce Lo gistics wins 1st Place
Application Gold Award for Warehouse Management System
(Hong Kong, February 18, 2003) The Warehouse Management System for the Logistics Industry (WMS) developed by e-commerce Logistics Limited (ecL) has won the first place Application Gold Award in the Hong Kong IT Excellence Awards 2002 organized by the Hong Kong Computer Society and sponsored by the Government of HKSAR.
"We are honored to receive the Award, which we regard as a recognition for the roles we play in the development of the region's e-logistics capabilities," said Mr. Simon Hsu, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ecL. The WMS has been instrumental in the success of ecL as a growing provider of 'smart' logistics and supply chain management solutions in Greater China.
The System, developed in-house by ecL, incorporates database management, open Web platform, Palm™, labeling and bar-code reading systems, providing real-time information supporting the "last mile" in the supply chain.
Through the ongoing capture of transaction data, the WMS measures the key performance indicators which support a continuous improvement of operating procedures. The System helps clients to improve fulfillment rates, increase revenue, decrease working capital, lower inventory levels, increase productivity and gain a greater understanding of customer requirements. The WMS can handle "many-to-one" as well as "one-to-many" logistics and it can manage hundreds of thousands of stock keeping units (SKUs) simultaneously.
ecL has started to make the WMS available to other distribution companies, who operate their own warehousing and fulfillment facilities, through partnership agreements. ecL today announced a significant partnership contract with the Huaxin Group, a major retail distribution company based in Guangzhou.
"We are now also looking to make the WMS available to small and medium size enterprises in the Pearl River Delta and specifically Hong Kong, WMS is an ideal system for small and medium sized companies to enter electronic trading and increase their competitiveness, because it provides an information platform to comply with various systems and requirements, including those identified in the Digital Trade Transport Network (DTTN) studies conducted on behalf of the Hong Kong Government," according to Mr. Edmon Fung, Chief Operating Officer of ecL.
APICTA Awards 2003
ecL's proprietary Warehouse Management System (WMS) competed for the "Asia Pacific Information and Communication Technology Awards (APICTA Awards) 2003" in Bangkok, Thailand. The Asia Pacific ICT Awards is internationally recognized awards program organized annually by the computer societies of the Asia Pacific countries/territories, competing for the best computer projects of the year. ecL WMS successfully won a certificate of merit - "Best of Industrial Applications".
ecL WMS won the first place Application Gold Award in the Hong Kong IT Excellence Awards 2002, and was nominated to take part in APICTA 2003 by the Hong Kong Computer Society. Over 120 projects were nominated for APICTA by enterprises and organizations from 10 Asia Pacific countries or economies. All projects represent the most outstanding IT achievements from different regions.