WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM MARKET LEADERSHIP

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WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMMARKET LEADERSHIP The
Warehouse Management System market is estimated
at USD2.4 billion in 2020 and is expected to
reach USD5.1 billion by the end of 2025, at a
CAGR of 16.0. This growth in the Warehouse
Management System market can be attributed to
varying supply chain models of product
manufacturers and rapidly rising consumer demand,
particularly in the transport and logistics and
retail sectors. The WMS software is used by
several end users such asB2B distribution
companies, third-party logistics, and other
manufacturing companies. The software helps in
efficiently managing complex as well as less
complex, resource-restricted warehouse
operations. In 2019, the Warehouse Management
System market was dominated by Manhattan
Associates (US), Oracle(US), SAP (Germany), and
IBM (US). A few of the key strategies executed
by these players to compete in the best Warehouse
Management System market include product
launches, partnerships, collaborations, and
agreements. There were also a significant number
of acquisitions mergers during this
period. Manhattan Associates (US)creates, sells,
and deploys progressive supply chain software
solutions across the globe. The company sells its
software licenses, services, and hardware
products in three regions, namely, the Americas,
Europe, Middle East Africa, and the Asia
Pacific. The company offers its WMS software
under the supply chain solutions segment. The
company is a leading provider of innovative WMS
software solutions and highly advanced supply
chain solutions. Manhattan Associates WMS
product is a blend of several solutions,
including warehouse management, labor management,
trading partner management, supply chain
intelligence, yard management, and transportation
execution. May 2020- Manhattan Associates
introduced the Manhattan Active Warehouse
Management solution. February 2020 - Manhattan
Associates entered into a contract with Bapcor,
who plans to implement Manhattans Warehouse
Management Solution (WMS) across its Australian
distribution centers (DCs) network. Oracle
(US)specializes in a variety of
cloud-as-a-service products, including human
capital management (HCM), enterprise resource
planning (ERP), customer experience (CX), and
supply chain management (SCM). The company offers
Warehouse Management Systems through its Cloud
and License segment. Oracles WMS software
solutions offer highly advanced and
sophisticated functionalities, including
inventory control, replenishment management,
task management, dock and yard management,
putaway optimization, analyzing, and
reporting. January 2020 - Oracle entered into a
contract with Creansmaerd, an IT solutions and
service provider supporting client marketing and
customer relationship management across the
distribution, retail, and services
industries. September 2019 - Oracle entered into
a contract with JASCI Software (US), a SaaS
innovator leveraging AI to optimize its
customers warehouse, inventory, orders, labor,
and shipping with real-time visibility to
accelerate the supply chain in the 24/7 demands
of e- commerce.
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• 360QUADRANTS SCORING METHODOLOGY
• Top companies in the Warehouse Management System
  market will be rated using the following
  methodology -
• A highly experienced team of researchers and
  senior analysts conduct extensive research to
  generate a list of vendors (competitors).
• A patent-pending algorithm is used to collect
  inputs from key stakeholdersindustry experts,
  buyers, vendors, and 360Quadrants analystsbased
  on criteria for Product Maturity and
• Company Maturity.
• Criteria under Product Maturity include breadth
  and depth of product/service offering, product
  features and functionalities, product
  differentiation, and their impact on customer
• value.
• Criteria under Company Maturity include
  geographical footprint, partner ecosystem,
  financial stability, and client coverage or
  sector footprint.
• Approximately 20 in-depth parameters will be
  considered for research for the Warehouse
  Management System market. These parameters will
  be updated every sixmonths to ensure
• latest developments are taken into consideration.
• A weight is assigned to each stakeholder based on
  information gathered pertaining to the above
  criteria as well as inputs from stakeholders.
  These inputs follow the order of priority
• given below
• Buyers
• Industry Experts
• 360Quadrants Analysts
• Vendors (Competitors)
• The inputs are analyzed, and a final rating is
  assigned to each vendor (competitor).
• After the finalization of ratings, each vendor is
  placed in the most relevant quadrant based on
  their score.