CoreIMS
Frederick, Maryland, USA
What it is
CoreIMS is an inventory management system for warehouse and logistics operations, with tools for tracking stock across multiple warehouses and locations. It records lot and serial details, stock status, expiration dates, and warranties, and supports receiving, shipping, returns, transfers, cross-docking, and manufacturing or kitting work orders. More than 50 built-in reports, custom reports, exports, and a KPI dashboard help teams review operations. iOS and Android apps cover inventory, receiving, and shipping, alongside a web warehouse interface. Integration options include a REST API, XML tools, QuickBooks, Sage 50, UPS WorldShip, BarTender, and Zebra label printing. For 3PL operations, it supports contract management and manual or automated billing. Its AI Assistant answers inventory and order questions and suggests warehouse tasks. The 15-day trial runs in a sandbox with demo data. Standard starts at $80/user/mo; Enterprise starts at $8,000 per contact.
For and against
For
- Tracks lots, serials, status, expiration dates, and warranties
- Supports receiving, shipping, returns, and transfers
- Includes more than 50 built-in reports
- Offers mobile apps for inventory, receiving, and shipping
- Supports 3PL billing and accounting export
Against
- No free plan; the trial lasts 15 days
- Trial uses a sandbox with demo data
- Standard starts at $80/user/mo
- Enterprise starts at $8,000 per contact
The verdict
CoreIMS combines inventory control, warehouse workflows, reporting, and 3PL features. The trial is limited to 15 days and sample data; Standard pricing starts at $80/user/mo.
Who it suits
It suits warehouse and logistics teams that need multi-location stock tracking, fulfillment workflows, reporting, or 3PL billing. Deployment options include SaaS, stand-alone, and PaaS, depending on the edition.
Plans and prices
Free Trial
Core functions · sample demo data · sandbox mode · SaaS hosting
Read 14 Oct 2026 · coreims.com
Standard Edition
Core functions · real-time data · manufacturing and kitting work orders · Jira, phone and email support
Read 14 Oct 2026 · coreims.com
Enterprise Edition
Standard features · DoD forms · XML integrations · MFA
Read 14 Oct 2026 · coreims.com
On the record
- 3PL
- CoreIMS supports 3PL contract management and automated or manual billing, with accounting export to QuickBooks and Sage 50.coreims.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- 3PL billing
- The 3PL module manages contracts and automates or manually adjusts storage and handling billing, with accounting exports and AI-assisted billing logic.coreims.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- AI features
- The AI Assistant can answer questions about inventory and orders and suggest warehouse tasks.coreims.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- API
- CoreIMS offers a REST API module with secure endpoints for ERP, e-commerce and other third-party integrations; its older white paper describes a REST-based API for external systems.coreims.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Availability commitment
- The terms document says CorePartners will use reasonable efforts to provide 99.5% monthly availability and nightly customer-data backups.coreims.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Company delivery record
- LinkedIn states that CorePartners has completed more than 700 logistics, inventory and warehouse implementations.linkedin.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Company history
- CorePartners says it was founded in 1998 and incorporated in Maryland in 2003; LinkedIn lists 2003 as the founding year.coreims.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Company legal name
- The maker is CorePartners, Inc., a privately held software-development company.linkedin.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Compliance
- The feature page states support for modern browsers and 508 Compliance.coreims.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- The product is available as CoreIMS-hosted SaaS, customer-hosted PaaS, stand-alone desktop/web installation and on-premise deployments.coreims.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Documentation depth
- Public documentation consists mainly of feature PDFs, a white paper, terms and privacy documents; the REST API is described publicly but no public SDK or detailed endpoint reference was located.coreims.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Extensibility
- The vendor offers custom tools and integrations on request and describes a distributed service-oriented architecture intended to support customization and varied deployment.coreims.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Headquarters and size
- The company lists Frederick, Maryland as headquarters and reports more than 150 professionals; LinkedIn categorizes it as 51–200 employees.linkedin.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Listed integrations include QuickBooks, Sage 50, UPS WorldShip, FedEx, Microsoft Excel, XML exchange, EDI and BarTender/Zebra label printing.coreims.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The maker describes CoreIMS 4.0 as suitable for warehouses and logistics operations of any size, from growing businesses to enterprise environments.coreims.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Inventory controls
- Features include lot and serial tracking, expiration and warranty dates, stock holds and releases, group moves, and parent-child license-plate-number structures.coreims.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Inventory tracking
- It supports multi-warehouse and multi-location inventory, lot and serial tracking, stock status, expiration dates, and warranty tracking.coreims.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Kitting and manufacturing
- Work-order functions cover kitting and manufacturing, build and unbuild transactions, component allocation, bill-of-material overrides and sub-products.coreims.com · read 14 Oct 2026
