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Sage 500 ERP

B E N E F I T S

•Manageinventorymoreefficientlywithadvancedwarehousemanagementfeatures.

•Three-stepinventorytransfersallowitemstobereplenishedfromotherwarehousesandtracksuppliesastheymovebetweenwarehouselocationswithintheinternalsupplychain.

•Advancedbinmanagementisusedextensivelytomanagestockmovementandinventorytransactionsforreceiving,picking,physicalinventorycounting,manufacturingmaterialissues,andfinishedgoodsprocessing.

•Reducecostsandimproveefficiencywithadvancedcapabilitiesincludingwaveandzonepickingforlargerwarehousesanddistributioncenters.

•AnalyzeandmonitorWarehouseManagementdataforgreaterinsightsintoinventorymovement.

S A G E 5 0 0 E R P S O L U T I O N S

•FinancialsandProjectAccounting•ManufacturingandDistribution•CRMandE-Business•HumanResourcesandPayroll•CustomizationandIntegration•BusinessIntelligence

Warehouse Management

Manage Inventory Transfers, Stocking Locations, and Wave and Zone Picking With Warehouse Management

Sage500ERP(formerlySageERPMAS500)providesindustry-leadinginventoryandwarehousemanagementcapabilitiesforwholesaledistributors,manufacturers,andothercompaniesthatbuy,stock,sellormanufactureproducts.TheWarehouseManagementmoduleisanextensionoftheInventoryManagementandInventoryReplenishmentmodules,providingadvancedfeatures,includingbintracking,three-stepinventorytransfers,andbothwaveandzonepicking.

Three-stepinventorytransfersutilizein-transitwarehousesandreplenishmentlogictodrivedemandbackwardtosourcewarehouseswhiletrackingsuppliesastheymovefromwarehousetowarehousewithintheinternalsupplychain.

Binsareusedformuchmorethanidentifyinginventorylocations.BinsareembeddedwithinSage500ERPtomanagestockmovementandinventorytransactionssuchasreceiving,picking,physicalinventorycounting,andevenmanufacturingmaterialissuesandfinishedgoodsprocessing.Random,fixed,temporary,andstagingbinsprovideampleflexibilityforvirtuallyanysizecompany,regardlessofwarehouseconfiguration.

Itisnotefficienttopickasingleorderatatimeinlargerwarehouseenvironments.Pickerswouldberunningupanddownaislesalldayjusttopickafeworders.Consequently,distributorsandmanufacturerswithlargerwarehousesandmoresophisticateddistributioncenterstypicallyusezoneorwavepickingmethods,whichallowpickerstoconcentrateonitemswithinaparticularareaofthewarehouse.Thesepickingmethodsminimizeemployeemovementwhiledramaticallyincreasingthenumberofordersthatcanbepickedduringeachshift.Binscanbearrangedusingasingleprecedenceorwithseparateprecedencefordistributionandmanufacturing.

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Sage 500 ERP I Warehouse Management

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Three-Step TransfersWarehouseManagementtakesinventorytransferstoanotherlevelbytrackingthegoodsintransitbetweenwarehouselocations.• Itemsmaybereplenished(transferredfromotherwarehousesinsteadofbeingreplenishedbypurchaseordersormanufacturingworkorders.

•Onceapproved,transferordersarepickedjustlikesalesorders,withpicklistsandshippinglinescreated.

•Whenthetransfershipmentisposted,itismovedtothespecifiedtransitwarehouse.

•Whenthetransfershiphasbeenmovedtothetransitwarehouse,itisavailableforreceiving.

• Transferitemsarereceivedthroughthesameprocessasitemsonpurchaseorders.

• Leadtimescanbeestablishedtodefinetransittimesbetweenwarehouselocations.

• PlannedtransferorderscanbegeneratedandconvertedtoactualtransferordersthroughtheInventoryReplenishmentorMaterialRequirementsPlanningmodules.

Bin ManagementBinsarebuiltintorelatedSage500ERPactivitiestomanagestockmovementandinventorytransactions.• Specifyvolume,weight,andcountcycleforbins.• Definepreferredbinsforspecificitems.• Usefixedbinsforitemsthatarealwaysstoredinaspecificbinlocation.

• Userandombinsforitemsthatmaybestockedinvariousbinlocationswithinthewarehouse.

• Stagingbinscanbeusedtotemporarilyholditemsthatdecreaseinventorybutarenotusedintransactions.Astagingbincancontainanyitemandmultipleitemssimultaneously.Itemsinstagingbinsareconsideredon-handforvaluationbutarenotavailableforfulfillment.

• Anybintypecanbedefinedasatemporarybin,whichisautomaticallydeletedwhenquantitiesaredepleted.

• Binsareassignedtowarehouselocationsandzoneswithinthewarehouse

• Abincanbelockeddownduringput-awayorpicking.• Binscanbeflaggedtoexcludequantitiesfromavailableon-handinventories.Thisisusefulwhenreceivingproductsforinspectionorquarantine.

• Anunlimitednumberofbinscanbedefinedperwarehouse.• Inquiriesandreportsprovideaudittrailstoviewinventorytransactionsfrombintobinlocation.

• Picksheetscannotifywarehousepersonneltoemptybinsduringpickingortoemptyrandombinsfirst.

• Binsareintegratedwithpurchaseorderreceiving;picking,packing,andshipping;physicalinventorycounts;customerreturnsprocessing;andotherinventoryprocesses,suchasinventorytransfersandmanufacturing.

Advanced PickingWarehouseManagementprovideswaveandzonepickingforlargerwarehousesanddistributioncenters.• Inventoryitemscanbeassignedtoawarehouselocationandzonewiththewarehouse.

• Zonepickingcanbeusedtosortpicklistsbyzonesothatwarehousepersonnelpickproductsonlywithinaspecificzone.Pickingprogressesfromzonetozoneinanassembly-linefashionuntilordersarecompletelypicked.

•Wavepickingisavariationofzonepickingwherebypicksheetsaresortedsothatmultiplewarehousepersonnelpickitemsfrommultipleorderswithinthesamezone.Thepickeditems(frommultiplezones)arelaterconsolidatedintoindividualshipments.

Business InsightsAnalyzeandmonitorWarehouseManagementdataforgreaterinsightsintoinventorymovement.•Organize,analyze,andgraphinventorybylocation,movementbetweenbinsandwarehouses,andmore.

• UsetheDataAlertsmoduletomonitorSage500ERPwhenitemsfallbelowtheirminimumormaximumquantity,arecompletelyoutofstock,orfallbelowtheirsafetystocklevels.

• Built-inintelligencereportsprovideinsightintostockinglevels,inventorybybinlocation,andtransferstatus.