Comments on: Video Game Technology Comes to Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) Market http://logisticsviewpoints.com/2009/02/18/video-game-technology-comes-to-warehouse-management-systems-wms-market/ Providing logistics professionals with clear and concise analyses of Logistics Trends, Technologies, and Services Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:43:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: lakesten http://logisticsviewpoints.com/2009/02/18/video-game-technology-comes-to-warehouse-management-systems-wms-market/comment-page-1/#comment-261 lakesten Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:41:11 +0000 http://logisticsviewpoints.com/?p=408#comment-261 I think this is actually a bad idea. I’ve been involved with Logistics Technology for nearly 15 years and feel confident in predicting this won’t “take off”. I realize “visualization” has sizzle – it’s really cool -so was the video camera on my cell phone… Not only haven’t I used a cell phone camera in years – I don’t want it included in my phone because it creates bulk. Anyone that really understands what a WMS is supposed to do will see that “visualization” is only needed when the WMS isn’t capable or set-up to do what it’s supposed to do. Why would you want to see aging inventory in 3D? If you really have “aging inventory” something is wrong and you should fix it. That 3-D screen should be free of “blinking lights”… after several consecutive visits to a “screen to nowhere”… the cool will have worn off. Another similarly bad idea – presenting a picture of the inventory so a “worker” can see if they have the right item… Really – after all the work towards frankly making sure people don’t have to “think” and rely on “tribal knowledge” to do the job - we want someone to look a picture and determine if that’s a Blue ink pen or a Black ink pen… Forgive me if this seems harsh – but I want the system to do the thinking… This is like asking someone to type a 200 page thesis on an i-Phone. And where are all these pictures coming from anyway? I really had to ask myself – am I just getting older and therefore no longer ready to adopt change??? I am getting older but believe, in this case, also wiser… L Kesten I think this is actually a bad idea. I’ve been involved with Logistics Technology for nearly 15 years and feel confident in predicting this won’t “take off”. I realize “visualization” has sizzle – it’s really cool -so was the video camera on my cell phone… Not only haven’t I used a cell phone camera in years – I don’t want it included in my phone because it creates bulk.

Anyone that really understands what a WMS is supposed to do will see that “visualization” is only needed when the WMS isn’t capable or set-up to do what it’s supposed to do. Why would you want to see aging inventory in 3D? If you really have “aging inventory” something is wrong and you should fix it. That 3-D screen should be free of “blinking lights”… after several consecutive visits to a “screen to nowhere”… the cool will have worn off.

Another similarly bad idea – presenting a picture of the inventory so a “worker” can see if they have the right item… Really – after all the work towards frankly making sure people don’t have to “think” and rely on “tribal knowledge” to do the job – we want someone to look a picture and determine if that’s a Blue ink pen or a Black ink pen… Forgive me if this seems harsh – but I want the system to do the thinking… This is like asking someone to type a 200 page thesis on an i-Phone. And where are all these pictures coming from anyway?

I really had to ask myself – am I just getting older and therefore no longer ready to adopt change??? I am getting older but believe, in this case, also wiser…
L Kesten

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