It enables you to use RFID (radio frequency identification) technology, materials handling equipment and pick-to-light systems. It is good as any stand-alone warehouse management system comes as standard with IBS Publishing.
Because it is integrated with the core distribution system, no interfaces are required and there are significant cost savings because you don’t get duplicate data or contradictory business rules. It is easy to implement and maintain, and has a low cost of ownership. The cost savings that result from better inventory control and more accurate stocking handling give you a rapid return on your investment.
Benefits
IBS Publishing’s multi-warehouse, multi-location system was designed to:
- Manage labor and minimize costs.
- Maximize pick efficiency and accuracy.
- Be easy to set up and change.
- Work with any physical warehouse layout.
- Work with trolley, fork lift, SR machines or any other device.
- Manage all kinds of warehouse.
- Enable the use of state-of-the-art technology (pick-to-light, RFID, materials handling, carousels).
- Provide vital business and management information.
The Warehouse and Inventory Management module allows you to control your entire warehouse operation. You can define the business rules it operates to and make changes quickly if you need to.
Pick planning and flexible device definition increases efficiency. Automated replenishment ensures your inventory is at the optimum level to keep capital costs down. Automated receipts and put-away 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 labor time and minimize the need to use experienced pickers in busy times. Finally when goods are ready to be shipped IBS Publishing has 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.
Warehouse set-up
- Flexible warehouse rules and structures.
- Multi-Location allows over 3000 warehouses.
- Flexible warehouse mapping and layout; may be split into zones, aisles, bays, levels and slots.
- Flexible device definition; 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, and carousels.
Operations
- Extensive pick management facilities such as cubing, carton pick/despatch, serial number 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 or pick-to-light instruction. You can pick multiple orders per pick trip and direct pick from cross dock or bulk.
- Rolling/cyclic stock take.
- Receipts and put-away.
- RFcontrol.
- Shipping and despatching. Automatic or manual carton verification. Banking of incomplete orders. Invoice printing and verification by scanning. Electronic manifests /ASNs. Myer Grace compliance (ASN, SCM). Scan pack or scan pick.
Management reporting
Many standard reports and inquiries are available giving you the key statistics needed to assess performance. This will help you plan and improve efficiencies. A wide range of statistics for inventory, warehouse and labor can be accessed quickly and easily.