Why we are here
The WMS went live. Handhelds arrived. Training happened. Three months later the count is still in Excel. The order is still in the warehouse lead’s head. We have seen this more than once.
We do not sell software. We are not the implementation crew. We write how a WMS project actually runs in Turkey, and where it breaks. We do not repeat brochure lines.
The directory puts WMS products sold in Turkey side by side. The guides cover warehouse type and industry rules. The tools narrow a shortlist and give a rough cost. The analysis is about why a project stalls.
Do not search “which WMS is best”. Ask “if goods-in has no lot, what does this product do?” We opened this so the question that never gets asked in the sales meeting has a place to sit.
The system is on. Stock looks green. The shipment still ends with “just check that one”. Management sees a screen. The floor sees paper.
That is usually not a software defect. The item card is incomplete. Locations were never set. The rule dies at shift change. Blaming the product is easy. The real question: is the warehouse orderly enough to let the system hold the work?
Excel does not vanish after go-live. It stays on the daily count. It stays on the customer-specific report. It stays on the side list opened because “the system is wrong”.
For a while both run. Then the system becomes an IT job and operations go back to Excel. If training lasted a day, item codes stayed messy, and the lead taught people to work around the system, that is not a surprise.
Opening the scope as “turn everything on”. Fixing item and location lists a week before go-live. The implementation team walking the warehouse after lunch. Picking the Friday before a holiday as go-live day.
None of that sits on a slide. The invoice arrives later. A process written without walking the floor falls apart on the first busy day live.
The person who runs the warehouse. The person on the selection committee. The owner asking “we bought a WMS — why didn’t it change?” Vendors can read it too. This is not a storefront.
We are not Turkey’s only honest site. We are not saying “the time has come”. We write what we see on the floor. If we are wrong, we correct it. How we write is in the editorial principles.