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Warehouses are Stock Locations within Host Companies where stock can be stored. You can have as many as you like and as many levels as you like.
Stock locations
Stock can be stored in multiple owned and 3PL warehouses with n levels as defined in Stock Locations. Special areas (fridges, freezers, return or damaged stock etc) can be defined with limitations of stock that can be stored there. Inventory Articles can be directed by the system to be stored in special locations (Freezer, returns location, etc).
Tracking Stock levels
A stocktake of everything in a warehouse can be very time consuming. Normally there is a hierarchy of importance for stock levels - some are expensive or critical to know stock levels, others are plentiful, cheap or easy to A solution is to use regular small Stock Takes of different areas at different times reduces the work to continuously check stock levels. The Locations can be
- owned by you
- 3rd Party Logistic warehouses owned by others
You can define n levels for each Warehouse - for example general packing area, Pick face, Web Orders packing Area, Row, Rack, Bin etc..
- Denote special areas in the warehouse for fridges, freezers, returns, damaged stock, samples etc
- Special Areas can limit the stock that can be stored - for example to stock that requires refridgeration
- Special Areas can be default locations for some transactions - for example returns, repairs, sample receipts, inspections etc
- Denote a pick sequence to be used by the pick slips for the order of visiting locations.
- Denote if an area is accessible using a forklift or not. Locations visited by forklift can be grouped together on picks to be done together.
Tracking Stock levels
Stock Takes can be done in the system as a first count followed by a second count. There are a number of ways to reduce the time taken to keep stock levels accurate
- Each count can be done as multiple people counting in the system at the same time
- You can use a cycle counting strategy
- Expensive and critical to track items are counted regularly
- General items are counted on a different frequency (perhaps every week you count a different Rack)
- Cheaper, less critical and easy to source items are counted infrequently or only as required.
The Low Stock Dashboard makes it easy to find stock that is low based on sell rates and expiring items in the warehouse. You
Stock can be kept up to date using Record Stock Adjustment when changes need to be made.
Moving stock around and Pick Pack Ship
You can easily move stock to refill pick faces or make room for newly arriving stock in the system. Automatic stock Some stock moves can be configured in the system to be Automatic (such as automatically moving full pallets that have been opened by a pick process to a bottom bay location). Stock can be kept up to date using Record Stock Adjustment when changes need to be made.
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- The picking process will
- direct you first to open boxes and bottom level locations
- Sequence the pick around the warehouse based on locations pick sequences you setup.
- The Pick Dashboard makes it easy to find filter and Quick Pick Sales Orders.
- Then Pack Sales Order simplifies the packing into cartons and onto pallets allowing adjustments to the original cartonising plan from the Cartonising process and printing of shipping documents once complete.
- The Dispatching Dashboard makes it easy to find the right items when the carriers arrive and quickly mark them all as shipped.
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