WMS guides and tools

Open guides for choosing, budgeting and implementing Manhattan WMS in the GCC and Africa. No forms to fill in.

Guides for each stage of a Manhattan project

Each guide answers a question that buyers in the GCC and Africa ask us before, during and after a warehouse management system project. They are all open to read.

1

Choose a WMS

A buyer's guide for the Middle East: where analyst rankings help, where they stop, and how to test a shortlist against your own operation.

2

Compare the vendors

How Manhattan, SAP EWM, Infor and Oracle compare for warehouses in the Middle East and Africa, and which fits which operation.

3

Pick an edition

Which ActiveWarehouse™ edition fits your warehouse, from a growing enterprise's first site to a multi-site network.

4

Budget and plan the timeline

What drives the cost of a first ActiveWarehouse site, and why it takes 6 to 12 months from design start to stable operation.

5

Make the implementation succeed

What separates a WMS implementation that succeeds from one that struggles, and what to settle before design starts.

6

Choose a WMS for a 3PL

How a 3PL in the UAE or Saudi Arabia should choose a WMS, with a weighted scorecard you can use with your own shortlist.

7

Manhattan ActiveAgents™: AI built into Manhattan Active

What the agents do and what to ask before you start.

Research, client results and support

Manhattan Associates is a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Warehouse Management Systems.* The report is the one item here that asks for your details. Client stories, industry pages and our implementation and support page are open.

*Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Warehouse Management Systems, Simon Tunstall, Rishabh Narang, Federica Stufano, 29 April 2026. GARTNER is a registered trademark and service mark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and internationally, and MAGIC QUADRANT is a registered trademark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates and are used herein with permission. All rights reserved. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

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