Sage 100 WMS: choosing and deploying your warehouse system

As delivery deadlines shorten and order volumes rise, companies using Sage 100 often reach a clear limit: their ERP alone is no longer enough to manage the warehouse effectively. This is where the WMS Sage 100, warehouse management software designed to interface with your ERP in the first place and give you real-time visibility over all of your logistics flows.

What is a Sage 100 WMS?

A WMS (warehouse management system) is a software specialized in the operational management of the warehouse. Connected to Sage 100, it allows to manage in real time:

• The supplier receiving : quantity control, location allocation, lot traceability
• The stock management by location, serial number or lot
• The order preparation : guided picking, barcode scanning and route optimisation
• The inventories : cycle counts or full stocktakes, using a mobile terminal
• The shipments : generation of transporter documents, packing, traceability

While Sage 100 manages accounting and sales workflows, the WMS focuses on physical warehouse operations. The two solutions work together: Sage 100 sends customer orders and goods receipt documents, the WMS handles the operations and returns stock movements in real time.

Why do Sage 100 users need a WMS?

Sage 100 is a powerful ERP for managing theoretical purchases, sales, accounting and inventory. But as soon as the warehouse becomes more complex — several warehouses, many references, important volumes, traceability requirements — the limits appear:

• Theoretical stocks of Sage 100 do not always reflect the reality of the ground
• Orders are prepared on paper or Excel, which is a source of errors
• Stocktaking occupies the team for several days
• It is impossible to know the exact location of an article in real time
• Traceability of serial numbers or batches is difficult to ensure

A WMS connected to Sage 100 solves these problems by adding an operational layer dedicated to the warehouse, without questioning your existing Sage 100 organization.

EasyLogistic100 vs GestMaker: which one to choose?

EasyLogistic100: the WMS dedicated to Sage 100

If your business is mono-ERP Sage 100, EasyLogistic100 The most integrated solution is developed by Alternetis specifically for Sage 100, with a native connection without intermediate development. The installation is fast, the settings are simplified and the maintenance is ensured for each new version of Sage 100.

GestMaker: the multi-ERP WMS

If your group uses multiple ERP (Sage 100, Business Central, EBP, Navision…) or if you have multi-site warehouses with heterogeneous constraints, GestMaker This new generation WMS connects to several ERPs and centralizes logistics management on a single platform.

Key features of a good WMS Sage 100

PDA Android mobile terminals

The operators work with mobile terminals (PDAs) or Android barcode scanners Each action — receipt, stocking, and inventory — is entered directly on the ground, without re-entry, without paper, without any error of re-transcription.

Optimized picking

The WMS automatically calculates the optimised picking routes to prepare multiple orders simultaneously, reduce the kilometres travelled and increase the productivity of the order pickers. Each line is validated by scan barcode or QR code.

Bidirectional Synchronization with Sage 100

The native connection with Sage 100 Purchase orders and delivery documents are automatically sent from Sage 100 to the WMS. In return, stock movements validated in the warehouse are passed back to Sage 100.

What concrete benefits do WMS Sage 100 have to expect?

• -80 % of preparation errors through systematic and field control
• +30 % productivity on order preparation through optimised picking
• 2x faster inventories mobile terminals and rotating inventory
• Sage 100 stock always reliable real-time synchronization
• Full Traceability to meet quality audits and customer requirements

Alternetis has been developing and maintaining EasyLogistic100 and GestMaker for over 15 years. If you want to see how these solutions fit into your context, ask for a demonstration to our teams.