Exacta WES vs SOLEA

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.

SOLEA is Balea’s Warehouse Execution System for controlling and automating warehouse logistics in real time. Its Hypertour algorithm plans picking routes and combines multiple orders into one run. A live dashboard supports analysis by wave, order or run and instant operational search. Machine-learning weight intelligence learns product weights, detects anomalies and is reported to avoid up to 95% of overrides at customer sites. Picking includes location guidance, item-control scanning and lot and serial-number traceability. Instapick records and time-stamps each pick for a reviewable history. SOLEA can control Balea equipment and third-party AMR robots, conveyors, sorters and AS/RS equipment. Integrations include an open API, standard protocols and preconfigured connectors for SAP, Generix, Reflex and Manhattan. One instance can centrally cover several warehouses. Balea positions it for pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, third-party logistics, manufacturing, and food and beverage. Pricing is on request.