Warehouse Managment
Latitude: Warehouse Management System provides you with many benefits in many areas of your warehouse operations. Basic features of this program are:
- Receiving
- Imports purchase orders from your other computer systems
- Multiple purchase orders can be received simultaneously avoiding bottlenecks
- Uses supplier bar codes on received material (no need to re-label)
- Generates bar codes for non bar-coded materials
- New bar codes are added to the system as items are received
- Expected receipts are checked automatically through scanning
- If you are receiving an item not on purchase order, your receiving personnel is automatically notified.
- Back-ordered items are flagged to cross-dock based on order date or manual allocation
- You are able to “unreceive“ a line item quantity to correct receiving errors
- Emails are sent to purchasing for any receiving discrepancy
- Automatically converts purchasing unit of measure to inventory unit of measure
- Can accommodate fractional quantities of received items
- Updates host system with accurate purchase order receipt data
- In-bound freight charges and bill of lading number can be recorded at receiving
- Putaway
- Allows items to be stored in multiple bin locations: Primary, secondary, showroom, overstock or random
- ”Random Putaway“ allows storage locations to contain any items
- ”System Managed Random Putaway“ using ”velocity class“ item/bin assignments makes warehouse capacity most efficient while assuring best placement of fast moving items
- ”Directed Putaway“ informs the operator of the most efficient route
- ”Scan/Confirm“ prompt assures items are assigned to the correct location
- Allows for lot number identification and tracking
- ”Operator Directed Putaway“ provides maximum flexibility
- Picking/Retrieving
- Imports sales/work orders/transfers from host computer
- Locally manages picking priorities including ”will call“
- Directs the operator for efficient proximity picking (From primary bin, reserve storage, receiving cart, etc.)
- ”Scan/Confirm“ prompt assures correct items are picked
- Directs multiple pickers to pick portions of the same order for rapid turnaround
- Allows picking of other than the requested quantity
- Paperless or paper initiated picking
- Pick by route
- Zone capability (separate small items for carts, heavy items on pallets, outside yard storage, etc.)
- Batch order capability (one picker picks multiple orders)
- Batch-within-zone capability
- Serial number capture during pick
- Optional FIFO or lot specific picking
- Pick raw materials for kits or assemblies
- Relocate
- Across and/or between warehouses
- Move to replenish dedicated locations
- Move within warehouse to temporary storage location
- Combine items from multiple loads/locations
- Replenishment
- System directed replenishment of Primary, Secondary, and Front Counter bin locations
- When quantity in a managed bin location dips below the minimum, an internal replenishment order is created
- The Replenishment software automatically directs a warehouse person to fill an active picking area from a bulk storage area
- ”Scan/Confirm“ prompt assures inventory is relocated accurately
- Optional ”First-In-First-Out“ (FIFO) control
- Ability to generate a Replenish List based on current order demand
- Returns
- Operates on Return Orders downloaded from the host
- Returns process allows user to select which item to process next
- Allows UnReceive ”return“ for a Line Item Quantity prior to posting
- Supports ability to over-receive returns.
- Cycle Counts
- Allows multiple part numbers in any location
- Verifies items and quantities correct/not correct
- Provides optional real-time inventory updates (perpetual inventory accuracy)
- Manage cycle counting jobs by fast moving items, bins, specific vendors, etc.
- Provides inventory exception reports and host update
- Satisfies accounting requirements
- Reporting - Provided graphs, statistics and reports based on % accuracy of historical cycle count jobs
- Shipping
- Shipping accuracy assured by scanning during picking and optional validation
- Provides manifesting capability for common carriers
- Manages stops within routes and assures correct staging
- Prints shipping labels and packing lists including truck route and stop and bills of lading
- Reports shipments to a host computer for inventory updates
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