Supply chain consulting firm enVista this week said it has expanded its services into the Asia Pacific region (APAC) by making a “strategic business investment” in a warehouse management system (WMS) integration consulting firm located in New Zealand.
According to Carmel, Indiana-based enVista, the investment into Aukland-based iWMS will expand its WMS integration services from its current base in North America to warehouse operators throughout Australia, New Zealand and Southeast Asia.
Another impact of the move will be to establish the new enVista APAC team as enVista’s “center of technology,” allowing the company to provide around-the-clock support for its WMS clients.
iWMS, which is led and owned by Mike Skaggs, Doug Skaggs and James Pearce, says it specializes in selecting, building, implementing, testing and supporting Infios’s (previously Körber Supply Chain Software) K.Motion Warehouse Advantage software across retail, third-party logistics (3PL), consumer products, food and beverage and automotive.
In addition to its K.Motion Warehouse Advantage specialization, the APAC team is currently undergoing certification for Manhattan Active Warehouse Management to support more enVista clients.
“The international WMS market is strong and getting stronger by the day,” enVista’s CEO, Jim Barnes, said in a release. “The challenges warehouse leaders are facing today – inventory volatility, throughput expectations, labor constraints, and more – span the entire globe, creating an urgent need for warehouse leaders to have top of the line technology to maintain the flow of goods into, throughout and out of their facilities.”
