You’re on the lookout for a new WMS, but where do you start?

Selecting a WMS can be a confusing process. You need to determine your WMS budget, what deployment method, as well as what you want to achieve from bringing the system in. 

What makes this process even harder is the lack of information surrounding critical questions from system cost to timeframes for selecting.

We’ve gathered and analyzed data from over a hundred WMS projects active in the last year in our 2022 WMS project report. Our findings provide an accurate view of what to expect when selecting WMS including pricing, selection timeframes, hosting platforms, and more.

Here is a summary of some of our key findings:

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• How much does WMS cost?
• How long does it take to select a WMS?
• Do companies prefer an on-premise or cloud-based WMS?
• What is the top reason for selecting a WMS?

Here is a summary of some of our key findings:

The most common question asked about WMS has to be: how much does WMS cost?

Well, according to our WMS research, you can expect to pay around $10,000 per user of your system. This is the average budget per user across companies of all sizes over a five year period.

This works out at approximately $167 per user per month. 

The time frame for selecting a WMS is 15 weeks for most companies.

The time taken to select a system increased as the company size grows. Companies with over 250 employees took an average of 19 weeks to select a system. This is almost double the selection time frame of companies with less than 49 employees.

It’s likely that as the company size increases, there are a larger number of stakeholders to consult during selection, thus causing the increase in the timeframe.

Our WMS research indicates that a strong percentage of businesses are considering cloud-based solutions.

53% of businesses specifically specified they were searching for a cloud-based solution. Businesses witless than 49 employees were more likely to request a cloud-based WMS. 

Companies with over 250 employees mostly had no preference for their system hosting. 

Among the WMS software reports, we’ve found that a portion of businesses did not have a preference for an on-premise or cloud-based solution which could suggest the hosting method is of little importance during selection. However, it is evident that few businesses are searching specifically for an on-premise solution which could suggest a decline in the popularity of this hosting method.

The most popular reason for implementing WMS across businesses of all sizes is to gain greater functionality. Most businesses are looking for a WMS solution to improve their internal processes and make gains with improvements in functionality and efficiency. 

In addition to this, a significant number of companies were looking to support their company's growth using a WMS system.

Read more interesting statistics and gain a full overview of the WMS market by downloading the full Software Path 2022 WMS Software Project Report.