Exacta WES vs Numina RDS

Exacta WES is warehouse execution software in Toyota Automated Logistics’ intralogistics portfolio. It connects a warehouse management system or another host to material-handling control subsystems, coordinating automation with warehouse work in real time. Exacta Connect relays information among WMS, ERP, or homegrown hosts and warehouse control systems using methods such as TCP/IP sockets, web services, table-to-table communication, MSMQ, ERP-specific exchanges, and text files. The software can interface with goods-to-person equipment, AS/RS, conveyors, sortation, inline scales, carousels, and pick-to-light systems, and orchestrates pick, pack, and ship operations. Its broader warehouse functions include inventory visibility, order planning, task assignment as conditions change, labor workflows, and operational dashboards. The suite is modular, and the vendor describes it as hardware-agnostic. A standardized package includes reporting through a web application; an optional touchscreen desktop application supports picking, putaway, and cycle-count orders at AutoStore ports. It is available for web and Windows. Pricing is on request. Standardized functionality cannot be customized; the vendor says it can develop a tailored solution when project scope falls outside that definition.

Numina RDS is a modular warehouse execution and control platform that coordinates workflows, workers, and automation equipment in real time. Its functions include order release optimization, cartonization, voice picking, AMR robotic picking, pick to light, order consolidation, and labor tracking. The order-release tool uses AI and machine learning to optimize wave and batch picking and assign work across warehouse zones. RDS connects with ERP, WMS, and hardware systems through pre-developed RESTful connectors and open APIs. It can coordinate conveyors, sorters, robotics, goods-to-person systems, and automated storage and retrieval systems. The Victory Voice module supports picking, put-away, replenishment, cycle counting, and pallet building, with multilingual voice support and hands-free barcode validation. RDS runs on a real-time 64-bit Linux operating system and can be deployed on virtual servers or Google and Amazon cloud environments, with edge computers for real-time control. Numina describes RDS as suitable for facilities from smaller warehouses to operations processing more than 100,000 orders a day. Pricing is on request.