# Warehouse Management Software in Southend-on-Sea > Warehouse Management Software for businesses in Southend-on-Sea. CubeERP covers Southend-on-Sea and Chelmsford, Colchester and Basildon, with on-site implementation and support from our Olney office. **URL:** https://cubeerp.co.uk/software/warehouse-management-software/essex/southend-on-sea Southend-on-Sea is comfortably within a morning’s drive of our Olney office, which means implementation here is done in person rather than over a screen share. That matters more than it sounds: most of what a system needs to know is learned by standing in the building. ## Details - **Solution:** Warehouse Management Software - **Group:** Inventory & supply - **Platform:** CubeERP (https://cubeerp.co.uk/platform) - **Location:** Southend-on-Sea, Essex - **Distance from our Olney office:** 74 miles - comfortably within a morning’s drive of our Olney office - **Postcode districts:** SS0, SS1, SS2, SS3, SS9 - **Also known as:** WMS software, Warehouse management system, Warehouse software, Pick and pack software, Warehouse control system ## Coverage We cover Southend-on-Sea and the surrounding area, including Town Centre, Westcliff-on-Sea, Leigh-on-Sea, Eastwood and Thorpe Bay, across the SS0, SS1, SS2 and SS3 postcode districts. We also work with businesses in Chelmsford, Colchester, Basildon and Braintree and elsewhere in Essex. ## What is included - **Directed put-away and picking:** Bin rules, item velocity, size and weight determine where stock goes and the order it is picked in, so the shortest sensible route is the default rather than a matter of experience. - **Wave, batch and zone picking:** Pick by order, by wave, in batches across multiple orders, or by zone with consolidation - whichever suits the profile of that day’s work. - **Verified packing:** Scan-verified packing with carton contents recorded, so a mis-pick is caught at the bench rather than discovered by the customer a week later. - **Carrier integration:** Rates, labels, manifests and tracking for the main UK and international carriers, with tracking numbers pushed back to the order and emailed to the customer automatically. - **Licence plates and pallets:** Pallet and container identifiers so a whole unit can move, ship or be counted in one scan, with contents known at every stage. - **Warehouse performance:** Lines per hour, pick accuracy, dock-to-stock time and open work by zone - measured continuously so a problem is a trend rather than a bad week somebody noticed. ## Real-world use cases ### Picking by memory **Scenario:** A distributor’s pick accuracy depended on two long-serving staff who knew where everything was. New starters took months to become productive, and holidays were visibly painful. **Outcome:** Directed picking on scanners made location knowledge unnecessary. New pickers reach full productivity in days, and accuracy no longer varies with who is on shift. ### A warehouse laid out in 2009 **Scenario:** Fast-moving lines were spread across the building because that was where space existed when they were introduced. Pickers were walking miles a day for no reason anybody had chosen. **Outcome:** Movement analysis drove a re-slot by velocity, and put-away rules now keep it that way. Walking distance dropped substantially without moving a single rack. ### Three courier portals **Scenario:** Despatch keyed addresses into three separate carrier websites, printed labels, then emailed tracking numbers manually. Two people were effectively employed retyping addresses. **Outcome:** Carrier selection, labelling and manifesting happen from the despatch record. Tracking reaches the customer automatically, and the retyping job disappeared. ## Figures - **Directed** Put-away and picking, not guesswork - **Scan** Verified packing before it leaves - **Auto** Labels, manifests and tracking emails ## Frequently asked questions **Do we need a full WMS, or is stock control enough?** If you have fewer than a few thousand picks a week and a small building, stock control with scanning is usually enough. Directed workflows earn their keep when the building is large, the team changes often, or accuracy is contractually important. **Will it work with our existing racking and labels?** Yes. Existing location labels can be imported, and where they are inconsistent we would rather relabel during implementation than build permanent workarounds around a numbering scheme nobody understands. **Which carriers do you support?** The main UK parcel and pallet networks, plus international integrators. Where a carrier has an API we integrate directly; where they do not, we produce their manifest format. New carriers are a configuration exercise, not a project. **Can it handle 3PL or bonded stock?** Third-party and customer-owned stock are held and reported separately from your own. Bonded and duty-suspended stock is supported where the customs regime requires it to be tracked distinctly. **What about goods-in from containers?** Container receipts can be booked against the purchase order with landed costs - freight, duty and clearance - apportioned across the lines, so item cost reflects what the goods really cost to get here. ## Related solutions - **Stock Control Software** - Multi-location stock with bin locations, barcode scanning, batch and serial traceability, and figures that are right first time. https://cubeerp.co.uk/software/stock-control-software/essex/southend-on-sea - **Barcode & Traceability Software** - Batch and serial traceability from goods-in to despatch, with certificates attached and a recall answered in minutes. https://cubeerp.co.uk/software/barcode-traceability-software/essex/southend-on-sea - **Wholesale & Distribution Software** - Trade pricing, multi-warehouse stock, fast order entry, pick-pack-despatch and carrier integration for wholesalers and distributors. https://cubeerp.co.uk/software/wholesale-distribution-software/essex/southend-on-sea - **Order Management Software** - Take, allocate, fulfil and invoice orders from one screen - with live stock, part-shipments, back orders and contract pricing handled automatically. https://cubeerp.co.uk/software/order-management-software/essex/southend-on-sea ## Elsewhere in Essex See https://cubeerp.co.uk/software/warehouse-management-software/essex for warehouse management software across Essex. ## Contact - **Product:** CubeERP - **Trading name of:** Cube Systems Limited (company number 17220899, ICO registration number ZC216972) - **Email:** hello@cubeerp.co.uk - **Sales:** sales@cubeerp.co.uk - **Support:** support@cubeerp.co.uk - **Telephone:** 01234 672 617 (+441234672617) - **Address:** Unit 11, Olney Business Park, Osier Way, Olney, Buckinghamshire, MK46 5FP - **Opening hours:** Monday to Friday, 9am to 5.30pm - **Part of:** Crushed Ice Group (https://crushedicegroup.co.uk)