Get help, advice and information on all your Business issues. http://advice-and.info/Business/2008.htm Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:35:27 GMT en By Bridget McCrea, Contributing Editor — Logistics Management The worldwide market for WMS is expected to grow at a 4.8 percent clip over the next five years, according to the latest research from ARC Advisory Group. The market hit 1.08 billion in 2006 and is forecasted to be over 1.36 billion in 2011. A mature market, according to ARC’s Steve Banker, service director for supply chain management, the WMS sector is headed for faster growth in the coming years than it has in years past. Credit the fact that the average WMS solution has a lifespan of 11 years, and the fact the market posted significant growth from 1995-2000, with driving future demand for the software solution. Ian Hobkirk, senior analyst for warehousing and transportation for The Aberdeen Group in Boston , calls WMS a relatively mature market, with only about 14 percent of companies lacking such a solution. “Everyone else has something in place, or some level of warehouse automation,” says Hobkirk, who contrasts th at with the TMS sector, where roughly half of the companies have no such technology in place. Now, Hobkirk says many of the early adopters are looking to upgrade andor replace their WMSs with today’s more technologically advanced, scalable solutions. 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