warehouse management system from base information
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Benefits
• Faster Turnaround times• Optimize your resources• Reduce Paper work• Seamless integration with transaction (ERP)
systems• Control Inventory
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Modules• Receiving • Storage• Wave planning• Picking • Replenishment • Packing • Inventory control• Packing • Cycle Counting
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Typical Warehouse Layout
STAGING DOCKING
RECEIVING ZONE
Typical Warehouse Layout
ACTIVE PICK ZONE
CASE PICK
PARTIALRESERVED
RESERVED
DEEPSTORAGE
PICK &DROP
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Receiving
• Accelerate receiving process by – Identify inventory and improve tracking – Identify with our without In bound Order
numbers– Associate with ASN– Preassigned Tags or container labels
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Advance Shipment Notification
• ASN – Received through EDI, Webservice, ERP integration – Details of the shipment to the customer
• PO Numbers• SKUs, Quantity
– Lot Numbers
• Pallet /Container Numbers• Carton Numbers
– Verification of the ASN with actual receipts– Handling Shortages and breakages
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License Plate Number
• Unique Identification and locator • Single LPN for a group of Items • Primary identifier to locate the inventory
across the warehouse • Increases receipt throughput and traceability
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Inventory Hold
• Inventory “hold” – Special Handling – Seamless integration with QA and QC of ERP
module– Based on the rules defined in the ERP, the material
is under “Hold” for QC or identified for special handling
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Put Away Inbound• Put Away
– Move from Staging area to final location– Location is decided based on
• Product Velocity – Fast moving , Slow moving • Storage constraints – Size, Weight, Hazardous, Climatic
control• Other user defined parameters
– System suggest put- away sequence for an optimized travel path
– Put away confirmation by the operator• “To LPN” if drop in another LPN
– Cross docking of materials
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Release “Hold”
• “Hold” released after – Required events are fulfilled– Inspection– QC, QA approval
• Material classified as “Active”• Available to Issue
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Wave Planning
• Breakdown and pool orders– To manage and optimize– Picking – Packing– Replenishments – Shipping activities
• Create Batch or “Wave” of orders– Optimize quantity to be picked from each zone to
fulfill a “wave”
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Wave Planning- Pick and Pack Orders
• Pick Wave created based on– Mode of transportation– Weight, Volume– LTL, FL – Customer Specifications– Shipment time restrictions– Order Prioritization• Pick “from” drop “to” tasks identified
• Fulfillment of order– Full LPN, Partial LPN– Cases– Loose packs in “active” zone
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Wave Planning- Pick and Pack Orders
• Pack wave– Subtype of Pick wave– Honor material handling constraints – Create smaller Pack waves to meet material
handling constraints
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Wave Planning- Replishment Orders
• Created after processing “pick” material requirement
• Create orders to move goods from “Bulk” to forward pick locations
• Activity can run parallel to pick and pack activity
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Wave process
• Create a Wave– Select the criteria for orders to participate in the wave
• Customer, time, shipment etc
• Planning a wave– Check for resources – Items, Labor, material handling equipment
• Releasing a wave– On release the resources are allocated against the
wave.
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Cycle Count
• Random Counts– Creation of Random cycle count order– Based on ABC classification and frequency of cycle
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Cycle Count
• “Zero” Confirmations– Performed during day- to day operations– Creates cycle count order if “zero” inventory was
recorded – previous day / shift– Process similar to random count
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Purchasing
Generate Receipt for inward goods
Generate Receipt for inward goods
Inspect and ReleaseInspect and Release
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