Concinity

Where it fits and how warehouse work moves

Consider Concinity when several automated systems or stations must share order priorities and work allocation. Addverb notes that a small manual warehouse with steady volume may have little need for a separate WES.

Trace tote, carton or pallet calls to goods-to-person stations, then check priority rules, station assignment and exception handling against the host WMS.

Documented functions and operating conditions

• Documented warehouse functions include: Priority-driven task scheduling; Goods-to-person coordination; AS/RS monitoring; Workflow configuration; Simulation.

What to validate in your operation

Walk the selected warehouse flow against actual requirements and record which configuration, interfaces and exceptions the supplier confirms.

• Map the exact WMS and automation handoffs that must remain in place.
• Exercise peak order profiles and equipment stoppages in a proposed simulation before relying on expected throughput.
• Confirm which station rules, interfaces and commissioning work belong to the selected WES scope.

Operational detail

Addverb describes Concinity as coordinating material and information flow across automation systems with priority-driven scheduling. Its product page also lists reporting capabilities including KPI visualization, trend analysis, exception and ad hoc reporting, and integration with business-intelligence tools. These are vendor-described capabilities whose implementation should be checked for the proposed site.

A scenario to test

Choose two orders competing for an automated station and introduce a blocked route or unavailable station. Ask the supplier to show how priorities are represented, what happens to the queued work, and what an operator must do to recover. Compare the events shown in the operational view with the reporting output.

Implementation boundary

Map every automation system, host message and ownership boundary before scoping integration. Request specific connector and equipment versions, message failure handling, testing arrangements, and a sample of the KPI definitions rather than assuming all devices are plug-and-play.

Evaluation in practice

For a second demonstration, introduce a late priority order while two stations have different queues and one piece of equipment is unavailable. Ask the supplier to show the source of the priority, the affected work and the operator’s recovery steps in the proposed configuration. Compare the sequence and exception record with the information returned to the host WMS. Request a sample operational report for the same interval and agree how each KPI is calculated, including its time window and treatment of interruptions. For deployment, identify network segments, interface owners, equipment simulators and the procedure for testing changes without disrupting live work. Have both the automation supplier and WMS owner sign off on message formats, failure handling and the acceptance scenario.