Delivery check-in
Choose or scan an inbound purchase order, confirm the vehicle has arrived and record what was received, quarantined or written off.
Axera WMS
Warehouse management software for mid-sized UK warehouses
Axera is a cloud warehouse management system (WMS) that runs every warehouse task through a barcode scan, from delivery check-in to dispatch, with sales orders, purchasing and finance connected to the same live stock.
- Scan-confirmed floor work
- Phones with Bluetooth scanners
- Up to 3 warehouses on standard plans
- Built in Greater Manchester
In short
What Axera WMS does
Axera WMS gives a mid-sized warehouse location-level stock control and scan-confirmed receiving, put away, replenishment, picking, packing, dispatch, returns and cycle counting. It adds 2D and 3D warehouse maps, layout suggestions, delivery slots, outbound vehicle planning and live performance dashboards. Because Axera also includes sales orders, purchasing and operational finance, the warehouse and the office work from one set of figures. Guide pricing starts at £950 a month plus £70 per internal user, excluding VAT.
On the warehouse floor
Every warehouse task, confirmed by a scan
Warehouse Work is a scan-first handheld workspace. Operators follow the next action on screen and confirm it with a barcode, so the system knows what moved, where it went and who moved it.
Put away
Scan received stock from goods in to a verified storage location, so stock is never ‘somewhere in the building’.
Replenishment
System-directed source, product and destination scans with editable move quantities and partial replenishment.
Picking
Scan-first single-order and batch picking. The picker confirms the expected item by barcode before moving on.
Packing
Pack into one box or pallet, or several boxes, record item quality issues and clear them with a supervisor reason.
Dispatch
Verify and scan dispatches onto outbound vehicles, confirm arrival and record the physical departure.
Returns
Scan returned units into a verified stock, quarantine or write-off location.
Stock moves and cycle counts
Move units safely between scanned locations and count the location that has waited longest for a cycle count.
Stock control
Stock figures you can audit
Every stock movement is recorded against a location, a person and a reason. Manual adjustments need a reason, history is never silently rewritten, and exceptions have an owner.
For food, health, chemical and other date-sensitive stock, lot tracking can be switched on product by product.
- Stock held at location level, with a Stock Movement Audit of every move and the reason for every manual adjustment
- Item issues and stock-count exceptions listed by warehouse, so missing stock is owned rather than ignored
- Optional lot tracking with best-before and use-by dates, FEFO picking and GS1-128 label scanning
- Recall holds and a trace from a lot to the customer shipments that received it
- Held, expired or incomplete stock kept out of availability, reservation and fulfilment
Planning and visibility
Space, inbound, outbound and performance
Use the space you already have
- 2D and 3D warehouse maps of locations, with mapped and unmapped placement inspection
- Rule-based and AI-assisted layout suggestions that bring fast movers closer to the point of work
- Suggestions stay as drafts until a person approves them, and stock only moves through audited movements
Plan inbound before the lorry arrives
- Warehouse opening hours, goods-in and goods-out hours and bank holiday overrides
- A delivery schedule of purchase order arrivals by warehouse, date and expected quantity
- A supplier portal where suppliers manage their deliveries (Growth and Scale plans)
Protect outbound cut-offs
- Outbound vehicles, repeat vehicles and a vehicle timeline
- Dispatches scanned onto the right vehicle before it leaves
- Orders that are waiting for stock shown with the missing pickable quantity
See performance in real time
- Operations Today: picking, fulfilment, vehicles, inbound, timeslots and stock exceptions
- A TV wallboard with live pick pace, a leaderboard and vehicle cut-offs
- Pick accuracy, prevented mispicks and picker statistics against targets
Beyond the warehouse
A WMS with the rest of the business attached
Standalone WMS products often need a separate ERP, stock system and integration layer. Axera keeps the warehouse and the office on the same records.
Sales orders and customers
The Order Book, customer records and price books share the same live stock position as the warehouse.
Purchasing
Low-stock alerts, orders needing stock and auto-generated purchase orders with suggested quantities, supplier pricing and inbound cover.
Finance
Invoices, credit notes, credit holds and aged balances sit next to the orders and dispatches behind them.
Shopify
Import eligible Shopify orders, publish available stock with a safety buffer and send tracking back to the storefront.
Is it a fit?
Who Axera WMS suits
Axera is built for UK warehouses that have outgrown spreadsheets, paper pick lists or a basic stock module, and want warehouse control without a long enterprise implementation.
- Wholesalers and distributors holding stock for trade customers
- E-commerce brands that run their own warehouse, including Shopify stores
- Light manufacturers and assemblers that also need bills of materials and work centres
- One to 3 warehouses and up to 200 internal staff users on standard plans
Questions
Warehouse management software FAQs
Choosing a WMS for the first time? Read our guide to choosing a WMS for a mid-sized UK warehouse.
What is a warehouse management system (WMS)?
A warehouse management system controls what happens inside the warehouse: receiving, put away, storage locations, replenishment, picking, packing, dispatch, returns and stock counts. A good WMS records each step against a location and a person, so stock figures can be trusted without a full manual count.
Is Axera a WMS or an ERP?
Both. Axera is a warehouse management system with ERP built in, so sales orders, purchasing, customers, suppliers and operational finance use the same live stock and the same records as the warehouse floor.
What size of warehouse is Axera for?
Axera is aimed at mid-sized UK operations. Standard plans cover one to 3 warehouses and up to 200 internal staff users. Larger or more complex operations can scope a dedicated instance.
Do we need special handheld terminals?
No. Axera runs in a web browser on phones and tablets. Operators can pair a Bluetooth barcode scanner, or use the phone camera when a scanner is not available.
Does Axera support batch picking?
Yes. Warehouse Work supports scan-first single-order picking and batch picking, with each pick confirmed against the expected item.
Can Axera track lots, expiry dates and recalls?
Yes. Lot tracking is optional and switched on per product. It records best-before and use-by dates, picks earliest applicable dates first, supports GS1-128 labels and can trace a recalled lot to the customer shipments that received it.
How much does Axera WMS cost?
Guide pricing starts at £950 a month for the platform plus £70 a month per internal staff user, excluding VAT. Supplier and customer portal users are free. Every installation is quoted individually after a demo.
How do we move from spreadsheets or an older system?
Standard plans include guided setup and standard import templates. Data cleansing, historic transformations and bespoke imports are scoped as part of a Custom Integration.
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