Apparel does not move like widgets. Orders arrive as size runs, retailers dictate the carton and the label, and a picking error becomes a chargeback six weeks later. Sync includes a native apparel WMS with handheld scanning, directed picking and retailer-compliant labeling, and integrates with 3PLs for brands that outsource.
A warehouse management system directs the physical work of receiving, storing, picking, packing and shipping. An apparel WMS does the same job while understanding that a line on a pick list is not one item, it is a style in a color in a size, and that the customer on the other end may be a major retailer with a published routing guide that governs how the carton is built and labeled.
That distinction decides whether compliance is automatic or manual. A generic WMS can ship the goods. It usually cannot generate a UCC-128 carton label tied to the advance ship notice the retailer is expecting, which is where chargebacks come from.
Sync runs warehousing inside the same platform as inventory, wholesale orders and EDI, so the ASN is built from the packed carton rather than re-keyed from it.
Handheld-driven from the receiving dock to the outbound carrier, with each scan updating the same inventory position the sales team is quoting from.
Scan against the purchase order, catch shortfalls and substitutions at the dock.
Directed put-away by location, with pick-face replenishment driven by demand.
Pick waves and intelligent routing, with directed picking by style, color and size.
Scan-based packing, SSCC and UCC-128 carton labels, carrier documents and ASN.
Warehouse staff work from Android handheld scanners rather than printed sheets. The system tells them where to go and what to scan, and validates every pick against the order before the carton closes.
Selling into major retailers means carton-level compliance. Sync builds SSCC and UCC-128 labels from the actual packed carton and feeds the same data into the 856 advance ship notice, so what the retailer scans matches what you told them was coming.
Sync does not push brands toward one fulfillment model. Brands operating their own facility run the native WMS. Brands using third-party logistics get integrations with automated inventory reconciliation rather than transaction tracking alone. Brands doing both, often by region or by channel, see one combined position.
Where a general-purpose warehouse system runs out of road for an apparel or footwear brand.
We selected Sync based on their highly efficient, finely tuned system that is apparel industry specific. Sync has provided the platform we required to grow our brands in the global arena.
We are in a 1000% better place now than we were with the old system. Sync has given us access to more data visibility and reporting than ever before.
Sync revolutionized our operations. Transitioning from a manual system was a game-changer… the team at Sync values our brand and treats us like a true partner.
Apparel warehouse management software directs receiving, put-away, picking, packing and shipping for a fashion or footwear operation, where every pick line is a style in a color in a size and outbound cartons often have to meet a retailer routing guide. Sync includes a native apparel WMS with Android handheld scanners, directed picking, pick waves, intelligent routing, scan-based packing and SSCC/UCC-128 labeling.
Not with Sync. Warehouse management is part of the same platform as inventory, purchase orders, wholesale orders and EDI, so a scan on the floor updates the same position the sales team is quoting from. Some apparel systems reserve advanced warehouse features for a top pricing tier or hand full warehouse operations to an external WMS, which means a second system and a second integration to maintain.
Yes. Sync integrates with third-party logistics providers and reconciles their inventory positions automatically, rather than only tracking the transactions sent to them. Whether to run your own warehouse or use a 3PL is a business decision that depends on volume, margin, channel mix and control, and Sync supports either model or a combination of both.
Yes. Sync generates SSCC and UCC-128 carton labels as part of the packing process, built from the contents actually scanned into the carton. The same data feeds the 856 advance ship notice, so what the retailer scans on arrival matches what was transmitted, which is where a large share of compliance chargebacks originate.
Sync WMS runs on Android handheld scanners on the warehouse floor, with the management and configuration side in the browser. Staff are directed to locations and scan to confirm, so accuracy is enforced at the point of the pick rather than checked afterward.
Most compliance chargebacks come from a mismatch between what a retailer was told was shipping and what actually arrived, or from labeling that does not meet the routing guide. Scan-based packing removes the first cause by validating carton contents before close, and generating carton labels and the ASN from that same packed carton removes the second.
Bring a real retailer routing guide and a real order, and we will run it through picking, scan-based packing, carton labeling and ASN in Sync.