How many, where, shipped or not — no walking, no logging in, no digging. One sentence; the answer comes live from WMS. Running in factories today.
The systems aren't bad — they're just too far from the people. The longer the path, the staler the data.
Put the goods down, walk to the PC, log in, click — every query interrupts the job.
Carrying, scanning, counting — the mouse can wait, so queries pile up.
Work finishes before the paperwork; management sees hours-old stock.
Bin rules and part whereabouts pass by word of mouth; new hires misplace and mis-ship.
The most common questions from live deployments. EBOX hears the question, queries your systems within authorization, answers by voice and shows the key figure on screen.
Sample dialogue; data from live WMS queries (illustrative).
Read-only standard APIs — the WMS is untouched; writes open only after item-by-item review.
How many, where, shipped or not — no walking, no logging in, no digging. One sentence; the answer comes live from WMS. Running in factories today.
Not another system to learn — the entrance to your existing systems, moved to the tip of the tongue.
Open with queries; enable writes by authorization once stable — controlled risk.
Each area gets its own assistant — launch one, verify one, replicate one.
Industry slang and part nicknames accumulate; the next area reuses them.
Start with a site survey: aisle layout, WMS API capability and the twenty most-asked questions.