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Manhattan WMS
Implementation
by Experts in
ActiveWarehouse
Bricz brings deep, hands-on Manhattan ActiveWarehouse Management (WMS) expertise to every implementation, from blueprint to go-live and beyond. It's the difference between a deployment that merely launches and one that transforms your operation, on time and on budget.
Why Bricz for ActiveWarehouse.
Choosing the right implementation partner matters as much as choosing the right platform. Here's what sets Bricz apart for ActiveWarehouse deployments.
Deep Manhattan WMS expertise
Supply chain technology is all we do. Every Bricz consultant has been through dozens of WMS implementations, so we know every edge case, integration, and go-live scenario.
Solution Architect-driven
Every Bricz engagement is anchored by a senior Solution Architect from day one, bringing a design-first mindset so the configuration is intentional, not improvised. Architecture is the discipline that separates a deployment that works from one that quietly fragiles over time.
SEAL-team mentality
Bricz fields small, deeply specialized teams equipped for the specific job in front of them, not a bus of generalist task-executors running a playbook. Every consultant on your engagement is hand-picked for the fit, not slotted in to fill hours.
End-to-end ownership
From scoping and design through go-live, hypercare, and managed services, Bricz stays with you. One partner, one team, no handoffs to an offshore desk after cutover.
Certified across the full stack
WMS, Labor Management, and Yard Management: Bricz is certified across every module under the ActiveWarehouse umbrella, so one delivery team covers the whole operation.
ROI-focused engagements
We measure success by your business outcomes, from throughput and labor productivity to order accuracy and cost per unit shipped, not by how many modules got deployed.
Our methodology.
Your competitive edge.
We don't just configure software; we architect supply chain capability. Every Bricz engagement is grounded in a proven delivery framework that reduces risk, accelerates time-to-value, and ensures your team is ready to run.
Discovery
We start before the formal project begins. We align leadership on outcomes, assess your operational landscape, systems, pain points, and constraints, and shape the project scope grounded in your business needs.
- Review operational baseline & current state operations
- Assess warehouse infrastructure and technology readiness
- Review SOPs, process flows, integration specifications, and documentation
- Integration and data-readiness evaluation
- Initial systems functional and technical requirements gathering
The role we play depends on what you need.
Full Implementation
End-to-end ownership from requirements through hypercare. We're your prime integrator.
Assessment & Advisory
Independent review of your WMS, readiness assessment, or implementation rescue.
Staff Augmentation
Certified Manhattan resources embedded in your team where and when you need them.
Managed Services
Ongoing optimization, support, and continuous improvement post go-live.
More than four walls: the full ActiveWarehouse stack.
Manhattan ActiveWarehouse unifies warehouse, labor, and yard operations on a single platform. Bricz is certified across the full module set, so one delivery team covers your whole distribution operation, not three.
Engineered standards, real-time productivity tracking, incentive design, and coaching workflows, turning your DC workforce into a measurable, optimizable system.
- Engineered labor standards
- Performance dashboards
- Incentive plan design
- Supervisor coaching tools
Gate-to-dock visibility, appointment scheduling, dock-door planning, and trailer pool management, extending ActiveWarehouse beyond the four walls.
- Gate check-in & visibility
- Dock-door & appointment scheduling
- Trailer pool management
- Driver & yard-jockey workflows
Velocity-driven slot assignment, item profiling, and continuous re-slotting — so picks stay short, congestion stays low, and the slowest-moving lanes earn their square footage.
- Item velocity profiling
- Slot assignment & re-slotting moves
- Pick-path & congestion modeling
- Seasonal & promotional re-slotting
The industry standard for
warehouse excellence.
Manhattan ActiveWarehouse is deployed by the world's most demanding supply chains, and Bricz has the track record to prove it can be done right.
Recognized as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Warehouse Management Systems, year after year, for completeness of vision and ability to execute.
ActiveWarehouse
go-lives
DCs
(for some customers)
Your migration path to
ActiveWarehouse.
Coming from Manhattan WMOS, SCALE, or WMi? Each migration has its own tooling, sequencing, and risk profile, and Bricz has a purpose-built playbook for every one. Pick your starting point.
A familiar match, migrated for what's next.
WMOS and ActiveWarehouse are both Manhattan's leading enterprise WMS, so while the underlying architecture differs, the terminology and capabilities align closely — teams running WMOS find a natural match, and your business logic, slotting rules, and labor standards translate rather than disappear as we modernize the workflows that have collected workarounds along the way.
Where it stands today
A clear division of labor.
No matter which system you're migrating from, the split of responsibilities stays the same. Manhattan owns the platform-side workstreams; Bricz and your team own everything around them.
- Design translation and fit/gap analysis
- Hardware analysis
- Configuration migration
- Labor Management — Productivity Tracking
- Integration Migration (if using MIF)
- Migration of Critical SCI Reports
- Migration of required extensions (fixed fee for enhancements)
- 4-wall Systems Integration Testing (SIT) & Continuous Workflow Validation (CWV)
- Creation of End User Training materials
- Program management over all integrated systems
- Business process design decisions & sign-off
- SOP creation
- Master & transactional data cleansing and provisioning
- Custom / non-MIF integration build & endpoint readiness
- Creation of continuous improvement roadmap
- SIT & UAT test case development & execution
- End-user training delivery
- Cutover planning, execution & go-live hypercare
Pre-built accelerators.
Faster time to value.
Bricz has developed a portfolio of accelerators — proven tools, scripts, and templates refined across 120+ Manhattan implementations — that de-risk every phase and compress your time to value.
WMS Capabilities Matrix
Outlines core Manhattan ActiveWarehouse (MAWM) functionality to drive initial requirements gathering — effectively a pre-design completed during the planning phase.
ProActive Configuration Guides
Step-by-step guides for common proactive enhancements — like deploying an extension pack to add additional attributes.
User Maintenance Tool
Bulk-edit user group permissions in a single pass instead of changing them one at a time in the UI.
Bulk Order Creator
Generates bulk test data from the master data items you add, so test cycles start with realistic order volume.
Stock Migration Tool
Mass-copies stock unit data from one environment to another, keeping test and staging tenants in sync.
UAT Test Scripts
Structured user-acceptance test scripts with steps, expected results, and pass/fail criteria — ready to run against your configuration.
Cutover Checklist Templates
Battle-tested cutover checklists that sequence every go-live task with clear ownership and sign-off.
Training Plans & Templates
Reusable training plans plus quick-reference guide and training-doc templates that get your floor team productive from day one.
Continuous Improvement Trackers
A framework to categorize, prioritize, and assign improvement tasks so post-go-live momentum never stalls.
Manhattan WMS in production —
three customer stories.
Bricz has delivered ActiveWarehouse at scale across beverage, grocery, and manufacturing. Each program was different — the discipline and the results were not.
Manhattan WMS implementation FAQs
What teams ask before starting a Manhattan ActiveWarehouse project.
A Manhattan WMS implementation is the end-to-end project of deploying Manhattan ActiveWarehouse Management: designing the warehouse solution, configuring processes, migrating data, integrating with ERP and order systems, testing, training, and going live. Bricz delivers Manhattan WMS implementations from blueprint through go-live and hypercare.
Most Manhattan ActiveWarehouse implementations take four to nine months per site, driven by integration complexity, automation, and the number of facilities. Bricz uses a phased methodology with tight governance that has produced a 98% on-time go-live rate across 120+ implementations.
Yes. Bricz regularly migrates operations from legacy and on-premise warehouse systems to cloud-native Manhattan ActiveWarehouse, including data migration, process re-design, integration rebuilds, and parallel testing to de-risk cutover.
Yes. Bricz integrates Manhattan ActiveWarehouse with automation and robotics, including goods-to-person systems, conveyors, and AMRs, and independently evaluates the right automation for your throughput and ROI goals.
Ready to make your
ActiveWarehouse project a success?
Whether you're evaluating Manhattan ActiveWarehouse, mid-implementation, or optimizing an existing deployment, Bricz has the expertise to move you forward.