placement and storage

§  Specify different location and storage policies at both the warehouse level and the item level

inventory dimensions

Eight different dimensions to specify exact location of items in inventory

Identification of:

§  physical location: warehouse and location*

§  physical location: warehouse, location and pallets

§  item origin: serial number and batch number

§  characteristics: configuration, color and size

Serial and batch number control

§  Stamp a single item or a group of items with a unique number for tracking

Random-location storage

§  Determine the storage location based on rules regarding size, volume and height

§  Allocate storage based on priority of picking locations first and then buffer locations

arrival journals

§  Use for item registration

§  Make items available on-hand in inventory immediately after posting of arrival journal

§  Have the option of either manual or automatic suggestion of arrival and output locations according to storage and item setup

warehouse zones

§  Organize warehouses into storage zones in order to prioritize selection of locations for incoming inventory

warehouse locations

§  Specify warehouse locations on five levels: warehouse, aisle, rack, shelf and bin

shipments

§  Drill down output orders to possible pick locations through the shipment journal

§  Specify that shipments are sales order specific or customer specific

§  Include shipments for multiple orders per customer

Output orders

§  Derive output orders from sales order lines or production order lines

§  Generate output orders as requisitions to warehouse

§  Define shipments so that they result in the creation of optimized picking routes

pallet transports

§  Create pallet transports from the following order types: input, output or refill orders

§  Allocate prioritization to order types

pallet types

§  Consider different pallet types corresponding to different sizes when selecting locations

bar-coding

§  Read and write the following five different types of bar codes: EAN128/UCC128, Code 39, Interleaved 2 of 5, Code 128.

§  Print pallet label, location label and bill of lading labels containing bar codes

quarantine management

§  Specify quarantine requirements at the item level

§  Automatically send and lock quarantine items pending inspection to the quarantine warehouse