ActiveWarehouse™ Essentials:
Core Warehouse Capabilities from NCS Partners
Core receiving, picking, packing, and shipping come ready on a cloud-native platform, with more capabilities available to extend without a major upgrade. Start with what your operation needs today, then step up with deeper automation and orchestration as demand grows.
Built for growing operations that need a capable WMS and quick rollout - without overbuilding for advanced orchestration.
Order volume and sales channels growing?
Fulfilment becoming more complex?
Need modern core execution now?
Compare Editions
Three editions on one unified platform. See what's included at each level and how capability extends.
Add-Ons
NCS guides your project from the first conversation through Go-live and beyond.
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Discovery
Design
Implementation
Support
We work with your organization to understand your requirements and plan the project.
We shape the technical and solution design around your operation and build it to get you live quickly.
We handle the full technical lifecycle, from configuration and testing to training and Go-live, so your team is ready to run it.
We stabilize your environment and complete a full knowledge transfer, so your team operates with confidence.
Room to Grow
Start with the capabilities the operation needs today. As complexity grows, step up to Enterprise or Enterprise Premier without replatforming, or extend Essentials with add-ons like labor management and slotting optimization.
Essentials
Core warehouse execution, ready now
Core warehouse execution: receiving, returns, putaway, replenishment, and inventory control
Fulfillment flow: waving, order consolidation, picking, packing, put to store, staging, and loading
Cross dock and flow-through, cube to capacity, and direct task creation
Native parcel connectivity, supply chain intelligence, multi-BU, and multi-lingual support, for single-channel facilities
Enterprise
Deeper capability as complexity grows
Value-added services: VAS processing, kitting and work orders, and inbound sortation
Inbound control: vendor performance, immediate needs, inbound and outbound audits, guard check-in, and appointment scheduling
Multi-channel facilities, with retail compliance and multi-carrier compliance system connectivity
Equipment connectivity, throughput labor tracking, progress monitors, and a lower lifecycle environment
Advanced orchestration
Enterprise Premier
Full warehouse execution system with inventory synchronization and resource-constrained work release
Order streaming, shipment orchestration, load building, wave estimation, and unified cross docking
Optimization: dynamic replenishment prioritization, plus pick path, task assignment, and cubing
Transportation and yard: rate shopping, LTL/TL rating, zone skipping, routing lanes, and advanced yard management
NCS supports every step, from implementation and training to ongoing optimization and support.
A Partner for the Full Journey
NCS brings decades of large-scale program experience that carry into engagements of every size, so implementations move faster,run smoother, and stay cost-conscious.
Services that get operations up and running faster.
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NCS provides full technical lifecycle
support, from architecture and design
through configuration, testing, and
rollout, with global teams keeping
programs moving across time zones.
Integration and Implementation
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Training
NCS delivers knowledge transfer that
turns complex system functionality
into practical daily workflows, from
go-live onboarding to BI tools such as
Tableau and Power Bl.
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Custom Development
NCS provides full lifecycle
development of custom solutions,
including APIs, data connectors, and
analytics extensions tied to Manhattan
and supply chain operations.
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Maintenance and Support
NCS delivers 24/7 global coverage that
protects uptime, from routine
maintenance to rapid response on
production issues, with managed
services including SLA design and
transparent reporting.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is ActiveWarehouse Essentials?
ActiveWarehouse Essentials is the foundational edition of Manhattan’s cloud-native warehouse management system. It delivers core warehouse execution on the same platform as the larger editions, sized for where an operation is today.
What is included in Essentials?
Essentials includes core receiving, returns, putaway, and inventory control; core waving, picking, packing, and loading; direct parcel carrier connectivity; supply chain intelligence; and a multi-lingual interface. The platform foundation adds cloud-native architecture, enterprise security, API-first extensibility, and releases every 90 days with no downtime.
Who is Essentials for?
Essentials fits growing operations with focused warehouse needs, such as rising order volume, new sales channels, or fulfillment that is growing more complex. Operations that need extensive equipment connectivity or multi-site orchestration may fit a larger edition.
How do the editions differ, and can an operation move up later?
ActiveWarehouse comes in three editions: Essentials, Enterprise, and Enterprise Premier. Each builds on the one before it. Enterprise adds capabilities such as equipment connectivity, basic labor and yard management, and advanced core functions, and Enterprise Premier adds advanced orchestration, including an embedded execution system, order streaming, and dynamic replenishment. All three share one platform, so stepping up involves no replatforming, and additional capabilities such as labor management and slotting optimization are available at any edition.
How does buying from NCS work?
NCS is an Authorized Reseller of ActiveWarehouse Essentials. We help you find the right edition, design around your operation, implement through go-live, and support with full knowledge transfer so your team operates with confidence.
Is NCS an authorized Manhattan partner?
Yes. NCS is a Manhattan Associates MVP Platinum Level Partner and an Authorized Reseller of ActiveWarehouse Essentials.