IBS ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE SOLUTION

WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT Software Module

IBS Warehouse Management software covers all the necessary functionality for efficient warehouse operations and management. It provides tools and functions for reducing both operational and capital costs, improving space utilization and increasing customer service.

HIGHLIGHTS OF FEATURES & BENEFITS

Controls the storage and physical movement of inventory
Enables the optimum use of space and flow of goods
Streamlines order picking
Increases accuracy in product handling and identification
Barcoding and radio frequency support
Pallet / load carrier handling.

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IBS Warehouse Management offers a comprehensive solution that is a core module of IBS Enterprise. It enables efficient warehouse operations and management for mid-sized distribution and manufacturing companies.

IBS Warehouse Management helps you handle the physical flow within a warehouse and optimize the use of space. Fast moving products can be assigned to prime locations and slow movers relegated to less convenient areas. Sharpened customer service is combined with money-saving logistics control.

IBS Warehouse Management helps you make profitability-based decisions on typical warehousing problems:

Should products be stored in empty spaces or be mixed with others?
Which are the best put-away locations?
Should received goods go to a primary replenishment picking area or a bulk storage area?
Pallet or load carrier management of goods in inventory throughout the entire chain of tasks

RECEIVING

Direct or staged reception – Reception can be made direct to final location or staged via a reception zone.

Pallet generation – At reception, pallet labels can be generated if there is a need to handle goods on pallets. Pallet quantity can be automatically calculated based on a product supplier set-up, or manually entered based on actual quantities received. If pallets are generated, goods can be identified via the pallet identity code (SSCC).

Cross-docking – If sales orders are waiting to be shipped when goods are received, these goods are stored in a specific cross-docking location to enable speedy shipment. A cross-docking time horizon can be entered to check if there are sales orders to be shipped within a given period.

Reception – The application offers a host of smart reception functions in order to streamline the process. For instance, lines can be sorted by using the supplier's item description from delivery documents.

PUT-AWAY

Product placement – Determines if products should go only to an empty space or be mixed with other goods.

Put-away feature – In order to control how to store and later pick different packages of the same item, put-away logic suggests different units as zones and/or locations within the warehouse.

The solution suggests the best put-away locations based on user-defined controls. Extensive put-away rules include pallet/load carrier measurements to optimize space while reducing the need for internal stock movements.

Labels – Additional labels for put-away and replenishment can be printed, which is especially useful for conveyer belt systems.

Restriction identification – Identifies any restrictions or preferences a product might have (refrigerated, flammable, non-pallet area etc.).

Reviews and analysis – The system reviews and analyses each reception of goods and every open space in a complete warehouse facility to determine the optimum locations for put-away.

Shipment determination – Determines whether goods received should go to replenish primary picking areas or to a bulk storage area.

REPLENISHMENT

Replenishment suggestions – Helps keep the right amounts of inventory available at all times. Preferred pick and put-away unit handling can even handle location replenishment to ensure that only full packages are picked from the overstock for replenishment.

Critical stock level – Performs replenishment of primary pick areas for the entire warehouse or only products that are critically low. This will help during peak periods when personnel resources are under pressure.

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This panel shows existing RF batches. From this panel you can create, maintain and control RF batches.

PICKING

Zone picking – Pick suggestions can be separated and directed to different zones – including per item and location type level.

Preferred pick unit – Often, an item could be stored and picked in pallets and/or stock units. In reality, a pallet often has outer boxes, with each containing one or more boxes inside. IBS Warehouse Management identifies these different packages in the warehouse to be able to pick the best combination to cover the ordered quantity.

Pick list print preparation – In order to ensure that the highest priority order gets the goods in case of a physical shortage, pick lists can be printed in order priority sequence.

Pick suggestion print – Volume picking control allows the system to suggest large pick quantities from the overstock locations and small quantities from the primary pick location.

Suspend short picked – When an item is 'short picked' there is an obvious problem with the stock balance on that item and location. The IBS application can automatically suspend the location, meaning that no more activities are created against that location. An alert about stock shortage will be created, keeping your staff up to speed.

Merge lines for pick – Order lines with the same item, customer number and delivery address can be grouped to save time. This means that when pick list per order is selected, the same items within the order can be merged into one list – when running pick lists per customer, multiple orders with the same items can be merged.

This enhancement will also help select a more suitable location and more suitable pick unit for fulfilling the total merged quantity.

Best location – The picker is directed to the best location for order fulfillment based on quantity ordered. A number of different pick rules (pallet-based, quantity-based etc.) can be used in order to optimize picking activities.

PACKAGING / SHIPPING

Staging of goods – After picking, goods can be assembled for packaging and final shipping preparations in a staging area. Extensive methods for separating or combining goods are available to create suitable and cost-effective shipping units.

WAREHOUSE OPTIMIZATION

Prioritize 'fast movers' – Products are classified by number of transactions. Fast-moving products can be assigned to prime locations and slow-movers relegated to less convenient areas.

RADIO FREQUENCY (RF)

After instructions are created, they can be assigned from the host to Radio Frequency terminals for scanning and verification. Instructions can be dispatched to an RF resource using different batch rules, such as weight, volume, number of instructions and many more selection criteria.

Instructions include put-away, pick, replenishment, counts and free form messaging.

Flexible dispatching – Assignment of instructions to RF resources with different batch rules.

Combined activity – Put-away, pick, replenishment and count.

Pick to parcel support – Items are scanned for verification and then placed directly in a shipping parcel, which can also be scanned.

Real-time tracking of RF resources and staging locations – Pick locations are free for the next put-away directly after picking.

STORAGE AND PRODUCT DEFINITIONS

Enclosure of selective parts – It's possible to selectively exclude parts of the inventory from the warehouse management process and allow products to be handled by IBS Distribution alone.

Lot handling – Tracks single lots in multiple locations and multiple lots in a single location.

Measure support – Metric and other standards can be concurrently supported.

Product recognition – Recognition by height, width, depth and storage orientation, to help determine storage questions, such as whether a product should be stored lying flat or facing out.

Random or fixed storage – Products can be stored in multiple, random and/or fixed locations.

Reservation of inventory – Reserve inventory at location level.

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IBS PlannerView provides an adaptable, graphical and operational work-bench for Warehouse Planning that improves visibility and efficiency.

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You can define each unique pick/put-away location within a warehouse from a single panel.

Space calculations – Calculates how many units of a given product will fit into any given location.

User-definable parameters – Warehouse administration is based on user-definable parameters for storage facilities and products.

Stock take – To ensure optimal inventory levels, IBS Enterprise supports both rolling inventory and traditional inventory methods. In addition, IBS Alert Management can monitor and notify you about discrepancies in warehouse inventory.

INTEGRATION WITH IBS PLANNER VIEW

IBS Warehouse Management is integrated with IBS PlannerView. IBS PlannerView is a powerful and adaptable PC-based, graphical planning and information management tool that provides real-time visibility. The software enables you to collect, manage, present and use information from multiple servers, database management systems, companies, applications and software releases – all into one common interface.

The Warehouse planner and Transport handler roles in IBS PlannerView enable you to manage the planning of deliveries from the warehouse. Functions to view suggestions, pick lists, RF batches, shipments and routes are included.

THE FULLY INTEGRATED SOLUTION

IBS Warehouse Management is fully integrated with IBS Distribution. It allows you visibility across your supply chain, makes you more responsive to your customers, and you have a single vendor – IBS – to support your entire solution.

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