Typical Benefits

• Average reduction in warehouse staff costs of 20% in a 12-18 month period
• Typical pick accuracy of 99.9%

User examples:

PLUM Products - Before implemenatation SAP Bsuiness One warehouse management they were employing 10 temps in seasonal peaks, after implementation they were able to manage seasonal peaks without the need for temps.

GLOPAC - Before implementation SAP Business One warehouse management they were running 2 shifts of 12 staff, after implementation they were able to reduce this to 1 shift of 12 staff whilst still growing revenues.

Functionality

RF Picking - This core module supports multiple styles of RF picking, picking stations, split pack-sizes, batch-pick and repack, shipment labels, and warehouse packing slips. Pick bins are replenished using Hot Replenishment, which is the process of requesting that inventory be replenished to pick bins to meet current sales order requirements.

RF Receiving - This core module supports paperless check-in, product and carton labelling. It also supports non-PO receiving, for warehouses that allow receipt of products into the warehouse that do not appear on a purchase order.

RF Locator - This module supports bin labelling, real-time multi-bin stock locator, paperless adjustments, and real-time cycle counting.

Web Dispatch - This is the web-based user interface for the warehouse, accessed with Internet Explorer from any client PC. The Web Dispatch core module provides reporting capabilities to monitor daily warehouse operations in real time, and to generate historical reports. Web  Dispatch also displays sales, work and purchase orders in the warehouse. To allow warehouse managers to control order processing in the warehouse via Web Dispatch, you should purchase the Order Management module.

Order Management - This module allows you to plan your warehouse activities, allocate stock to specific customers according to your corporate policies, and manage your fill rate and backorders.

Multi-Zone - A zone is an area within a physical location where inventory is stored or different activities are performed. A zone serves to organize stock and warehouse staff workloads. The Multi Zone module allows you define up to 26 zones. This module enables zone picking, pick and pass picking, multi-zone simultaneous and sequential picking, and replenishment by zone.

Lots/Serial/Expiry - This module allows attributes to be assigned to a product. An attribute is characteristic of a product that differentiates it from other products of the same type, such as lot number, serial number, expiry date, colour, size. The attribute number appears in a field after the main product number, separated by a character delimiter such as a slash. This module tracks attributes through the warehouse and provides advanced allocation and inventory controls for attributes.

Advanced Replenishment - This module supports Advanced Replenishment, which is the process of requesting that inventory be replenished from overstock bins to pick bins before products are actually required to fill sales orders. Warehouses are configured to use one of two types of advance replenishment: min/max, or days on hand. Min/max replenishment is based on a predefined minimum quantity of product that must be in pick bins. Days on hand replenishment is based on a defined minimum number of days that the product must be available in pick bins. When a dispatcher runs the Advanced Replenishment function in Web Dispatch, the system issues replenishment requests for bins that are found to be below this minimum.

Kitting - A kit is a unique product composed of a number of other products, sold as a single unit. The kitting functionality enables the collecting and assembling of individual products to create a new, saleable product unit.

Container Receiving - This module enables the process of receiving products into the warehouse against the inbound manifest rather than individual purchase orders. This simplifies check-in, improves accuracy, and speeds your operations. This module also provides the ability to break outbound sales orders into deliveries.

 License Plates - This module provides a tool to assign License Plates to groups of products. License Plates can contain similar or different items. It is often convenient to track serial numbers by License Plates. Pre-pack assortments in License Plates can be allocated and picked even though the order is for the individual items.

Putaway/Slotting - This module enables directed putaway, which allows a putaway driver to search for an appropriate bin to which to move a product during Receiving, Fill Bins, and Direct Move functions. Suggestions provided to the user are based on empty bins, or current bin locations. The module also provides slotting reports to improve productivity.

Multi-Location/Site Transfer - The Multi-Location/ Site Transfer module allows a single installation to manage multiple locations, controls visibility between locations, and provides tools for efficiently.

RMAs - This module enables Returned Materials Authorizations (RMAs), which allows customers to return products to the warehouse. It automatically generates purchase order for the returned goods, with the appropriate RMA codes.

Packaging - The packaging functionality supports a warehouse with substantial repackaging operations. It helps prioritize and manage the repackaging lines.

Carousels/Conveyors - This module supports various brands of horizontal carousels and vertical lift modules (VLM), plus provides support for conveyor automation.

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