Ocado Smart Platform vs SSI SCHAEFER WAMAS

Ocado Smart Platform (OSP) is a modular system for grocery retailers that combines ecommerce, supply chain, fulfilment, and last-mile delivery capabilities. Retailers can adopt it as an integrated platform or select components to extend existing systems. Ecommerce tools support configurable, brand-tailored shopping with recommendations, search, promotions, and subscriptions across web, mobile web, apps, and tablets. With Ocado’s densely packed Customer Fulfilment Centre, a webshop can offer more than 50,000 items. Fulfilment ranges from software-only manual operations to hybrid and fully automated models. Delivery options include home delivery, store or locker click and collect, unattended doorstep delivery, and aggregator-integrated missions. Last Mile supports scheduled shops of six hours or more, same-day shops from one to six hours, and shops under 60 minutes from stores and aggregator integrations. Supply Chain uses AI-driven forecasting, ordering, and fulfilment tools. Ocado reports more than 70 million supply-chain calculations per day across stock, orders, product life, and fulfilment capacity. Partners receive dedicated expert teams and ongoing support. Pricing is on request.

SSI SCHAEFER WAMAS is a paid, modular logistics software portfolio for managing, moving, monitoring, and optimizing warehouse operations. WAMAS WMS plans and executes intralogistics from goods-in through picking and goods-out, supporting manual, semi-automated, and fully automated warehouses, including multiple sites. WAMAS MFS connects equipment such as stacker cranes and conveyors, while WAMAS WCS controls automated flows and coordinates sorters, scanners, shuttle systems, automated guided vehicles, and warehouse employees. WCS functions include order management, real-time resource allocation, inventory and picking optimization, and intelligent routing. The Control Center presents order processing, material flows, KPIs, system status, and fault notifications through configurable dashboards. Robotics software supports case and piece picking; piece-picking can run inside WAMAS or connect to third-party ERP and material-flow systems. WAMAS connects with ERP, billing, transport-management, ecommerce, and carrier systems. Entry-Level Solutions target small and medium-sized businesses, receive updates twice yearly, and are designed to scale. Pricing is available on request; there is no free plan.