Typical results: 10–20% reduction in total fulfillment cost through optimized warehouse selection, 25–40% reduction in inter-warehouse transfers through better initial allocation, and 15–25% improvement in network-wide fill rates.

Operations · Warehouse Orchestration

Orchestrate inventory across warehouses, not just manage it in each one.

Q: How does this affect our 3PL locations?

We integrate with 3PL inventory feeds and include their stock in network visibility and ATP calculations. Order routing can include 3PL fulfillment when it’s the optimal option based on cost, speed, or inventory position.

Q: What about inventory accuracy at each location?

Orchestration depends on accurate inventory data at each node. If location-level accuracy is below 95%, we address the data quality gap before layering orchestration on top. Bad data at one location corrupts decisions for the entire network.

Most operators manage each warehouse independently — separate inventory counts, separate allocation decisions, separate fulfillment logic. Warehouse orchestration gives you a single operational layer across all locations with real-time ATP, intelligent allocation, and automated transfer routing.

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The Problem

Every Warehouse Runs Its Own Rules

The problem is not one broken tool. It is an operating gap between who owns the work, which record can be trusted, and how exceptions move through the business.

What leaders see

Work keeps moving, but only because people fill the gaps.

Teams rely on manual checks, side files, rekeying, status meetings, and individual knowledge to keep the process alive.

What is actually happening

The workflow has no clean source of truth.

Records, rules, approvals, and handoffs are split across systems, so each step introduces delay or reconciliation.

What gets worse

Automation amplifies the weak spots.

The faster the business moves, the more bad data, exception work, and decision ambiguity compound across the operation.

What Changes

What this work should improve.

Network-Wide Inventory Visibility

Real-time inventory across all warehouses, distribution centers, and 3PL locations in a single view. Every location’s stock, in-transit inventory, and expected receipts visible simultaneously.

Intelligent Allocation

Allocate inventory across warehouses based on demand proximity, shipping cost, and service level targets. Orders fulfilled from the optimal location, not just the default one.

Automated Transfer Orders

System-generated transfer orders when inventory imbalance is detected — excess at one location, demand at another. Transfer logic considers cost, timing, and minimum stock requirements.

Cross-Dock Routing

Route inbound inventory directly to outbound shipments when demand is waiting. Reduce put-away and pick operations for high-velocity items with matching demand.

Network ATP

Available-to-promise calculated across the entire warehouse network. Customers and sales teams see what’s truly available, not just what’s in one location.

WMS Integration

Orchestration layer integrates with your existing WMS at each location — Manhattan, Blue Yonder, SAP EWM, Fishbowl, or ERP-native warehouse modules. No WMS replacement required.

How It Fits Your Operations

Where this work touches your business.

Operations layerWhich manual workflow is costing the most time, rework, or decision delay.

Governance dependencyThe workflow needs clear ownership, trusted data, and exception rules before automation is worth building.

Operating data involved

orders

approvals

documents

exceptions

reporting handoffs

What Launchpad captures before Metrotechs scopes delivery

Which system owns the record of truth.
Where manual work or reconciliation enters the workflow.
Which integrations, rules, or data cleanup have to come first.

Bring the problem into Launchpad

Build the Roadmap before you build the solution.

Launchpad documents what is wrong, captures what your team knows, and connects this service to the business outcome it needs to improve.

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Built around the people, processes, records, and decisions that make the business work.

Measured by what becomes easier, clearer, safer, or more reliable after launch.

Delivery sequence

How the work moves from problem to measurable change.

Most operators manage each warehouse independently — separate inventory counts, separate allocation decisions, separate fulfillment logic. Warehouse orchestration gives you a.

Network Assessment

Map your warehouse network — locations, capacities, inventory profiles, and fulfillment flows. Identify orchestration opportunities and quantify the cost of current fragmentation.

Orchestration Design

Design allocation rules, transfer logic, cross-dock criteria, and network ATP calculations. Define the business rules that govern multi-warehouse decision-making.

Integration & Build

Build the orchestration layer and integrate with WMS and ERP at each location. Real-time inventory feeds and order routing logic connected across the network.

Deployment & Optimization

Deploy with network visibility dashboards, allocation monitoring, and transfer order tracking. Optimize rules based on real fulfillment data and cost outcomes.

FAQ

Questions that usually decide the scope.

Straight answers to what operators ask before committing budget to this work.

Do we need the same WMS at every warehouse?

No. The orchestration layer sits above individual WMS instances and integrates with each one separately. You can have Manhattan at one location, Fishbowl at another, and ERP-native at a third — the orchestration layer unifies them.

How does this affect our 3PL locations?

What about inventory accuracy at each location?

What’s the impact?