Founder David Allais Type of business Private | Founded 1989 | |
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Industry Warehouse Management System Key people David Allais, Eric Allais Products Latitude Warehouse Management System, Latitude Manifest System, OASYS Headquarters Mukilteo, Washington, United States Profiles | ||
PathGuide Technologies is a privately held software company based in Washington State that develops, markets and implements real time warehouse management systems (WMS) and time and attendance systems. It’s largely known as the company that Dr. David Allais, an internationally recognized expert and inventor in the fields of bar coding and automatic identification and data capture (AIDC), founded. PathGuide’s main product, Latitude Warehouse Management System, makes extensive use of bar code scanning and RF data communications. The company integrates its products with leading Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Automatic Identification and Data Capture companies like Microsoft, Oracle and Intermec. PathGuide primarily markets to wholesale/industrial distributors.
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History
David Allais founded PathGuide, then Applied Tactical Systems, in 1989 in Lynnwood, Washington. In 2000, the company changed names to PathGuide Technologies and moved to Mukilteo, Washington. David Allais’ son, Eric, became CEO in 2006 after serving as the company’s vice president of marketing since 1999. In 2009, on PathGuide’s 20th anniversary of being in business, the company reported record revenue and cash flow.
Products and services
The company offers two major products, Latitude WMS and Oasys Time Management System.
Latitude Warehouse Management System (WMS)
Latitude WMS is a software suite that automates warehousing and distribution to provide real-time online information about inventory. It automates all operations from receiving and order picking to manifesting to truck route/stop management, and integrates with major ERP business systems such as SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, Oracle, JD Edwards, Epicor, Infor, and others. Customers are primarily industrial/wholesale distributors serving manufacturers, contractors and retail stores, and include McLendon Hardware Synq Solutions, Becker Electric Supply and E.B. Horsman & Son.
Oasys
PathGuide OASYS is a software system that captures employee time and labor data in real time online using a variety of tools. OASYS supports complex pay rules and specialized accounting requirements for organizations with thousands of employees. It automatically flags all time and labor data exceptions, and computes overtime and shift differentials according to a company's pay rules.