{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DefinedTerm","name":"Electronic Warehouse Control Systems","description":"A Warehouse Control System (WCS) exists to direct the real-time physical movement of goods through automated warehouse facilities: conveyors, sorters, goods-to-person systems, and automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS) all receive their operating commands from the WCS layer. This sets it apart from a Warehouse Management System (WMS), which operates at the level of orders, inventory, and storage locations – the WMS decides what goes where, while the WCS instructs the machinery to make i","inDefinedTermSet":{"@type":"DefinedTermSet","name":"Frachtportal Logistics Glossary","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary"},"url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary/electronic-warehouse-control-systems","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-06-23T22:15:22.689662","citation":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warehouse_management_system","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/glossary/en/electronic-warehouse-control-systems","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Electronic Warehouse Control Systems · A Warehouse Control System (WCS) exists to direct the real-time physical movement of goods through automated warehouse facilities: conveyors, sorters, goods-to-person systems, and automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS) all receive their operating commands from the WCS layer. · Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warehouse_management_system"}