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Warehouse and Inventory Management

Maximise pick efficiency and accuracy. Optimise labour and minimise costs.

IBS Bookmaster includes a fully integrated warehouse management system (WMS) that also incorporates the inventory management function.

Fully functional WMS

It is a fully functional warehouse management system that allows for the use of radio frequency (RF) technology, materials handling equipment and pick-to-light systems. It is functionally equivalent to ‘best-of-breed’ stand alone warehouse management systems and is a standard module in IBS Bookmaster.

Eliminate cost to interface with stand-alone WMS

Because the Warehouse and Inventory Management module is intrinsic to the core distribution system, no interfaces are required. This eliminates the significant effort and funds required interfacing with stand-alone WMS. It also removes the possibility of mismatched or duplicate data and contradictory business rules.

IBS Bookmaster’s WMS is economical to implement and maintain

IBS Bookmaster’s Warehouse and Inventory Management module is significantly easier and more economical to implement than a stand-alone WMS. It is also easier to maintain and support; has a lower total cost of ownership and provides a more rapid return on investment.

Benefits

IBS Bookmaster’s multi-warehouse, multi-location system was designed to:

  • manage labour and minimise costs
  • maximise pick efficiency and accuracy
  • be easy to set up and change
  • work with any physical warehouse layout
  • work with any device type (eg, trolley, fork lift, SR machines)
  • manage all kinds of warehouse, eg, non-location controlled (eg showroom), fully automated, etc.
  • enable the use of state-of-the-art technology (pick-to-light, RF, materials handling, carousels, etc)
  • give warehouse management control over their own destiny
  • provide vital business and management information

Control your entire warehouse operation

The Warehouse and Inventory Management module allows you to control your entire warehouse operation. Warehouse rules and structures are user-defined and allow management to define the business rules and to make changes quickly when desired.

Pick planning and flexible device definition increases efficiency of your resources and personnel, while automated replenishment ensures your stock is at the optimum level. Automated receipts and putaway allows you to track exactly where your stock is sitting in the warehouse. RF picking allows for the elimination of paper instructions, increases accuracy and work throughput.

Advanced features such as cubing will optimise labour time and minimise the need to utilise experienced pickers in busy times. Finally when goods are ready to be shipped IBS Bookmaster provides many features that will improve the speed and accuracy of order completion and despatch such as ASN’s and SCM’s when trading with major retailers.

Features

The key features of the Warehouse and Inventory Management module include: Warehouse Set-up, Operations and Management Reporting.

Warehouse Set-up

  • Flexible warehouse rules and structures
  • Multi-Location/Warehouse - allows over 3000 warehouses
  • Flexible Warehousing mapping/layout - may be split into zones, aisles, bays, levels and slots
  • Flexible device definition, eg - type of work - weight and volume capacity - number of orders - zones in or between which devices can work
  • Paperless warehouse operation
  • Configurable interfaces to: - materials handling equipment - pick-to-light - carousels
Operations

  • Extensive pick management facilities such as - cubing - carton pick/despatch - serial no control - picking summary
  • Sophisticated pick planning - use a wide range of order, customer or description based criteria
  • Automatic replenishment
  • Multiple picking methodologies (all at the same time) - invoice - picking slip - pick summary - RF instruction, or - Pick-to-light instruction - can pick multiple orders per pick trip and direct pick from cross dock or bulk
  • Rolling/cyclic stock take
  • Receipts and putaway
  • RF control (use for:) - paperless picking - despatch - bulk replenishment - receiving and putaway - intra-warehouse movements - inter-warehouse movements - physical inventory (stock take)
  • Shipping and despatching - automatic or manual carton verification - banking of incomplete orders - invoice printing and verification by scanning - Bill of Lading (manual or electronic) - Freight charge generation - Electronic manifests /ASNs to freight forwarders - Myer Grace compliance (ASN, SCM) - Scan pack and/or scan pick

Management Reporting

Many standard reports and enquiries are available to provide management with the key statistics needed to assess performance, help planning and improve efficiencies. A wide range of statistics for inventory, warehouse and labour can be accessed quickly and easily.

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