An Overview

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WMS

• An Overview

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Benefits

• Faster Turnaround times
• Optimize your resources
• Reduce Paper work
• Seamless integration with transaction (ERP)
  systems
• Control Inventory

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Modules

• Receiving
• Storage
• Wave planning
• Picking
• Replenishment
• Packing
• Inventory control
• Packing
• Cycle Counting

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Typical Warehouse Layout
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ERP Integration
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Inbound Operations

• WMS

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Flow of Information
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Receiving

• Accelerate receiving process by
• Identify inventory and improve tracking
• Identify with our without In bound Order
  numbers
• Associate with ASN
• Preassigned Tags or container labels

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Advance Shipment Notification

• ASN
• Received through EDI, Web service, ERP
  integration
• Details of the shipment to the customer
• PO Numbers
• SKUs, Quantity
• Lot Numbers
• Pallet /Container Numbers
• Carton Numbers
• Verification of the ASN with actual receipts
• Handling Shortages and breakages

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License Plate Number

• Unique Identification and locator
• Single LPN for a group of Items
• Primary identifier to locate the inventory across
  the warehouse
• Increases receipt throughput and traceability

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LPN Process
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Inventory Hold

• Inventory hold Special Handling
• Seamless integration with QA and QC of ERP module
• Based on the rules defined in the ERP, the
  material is under Hold for QC or identified for
  special handling

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Put Away Inbound

• Put Away
• Move from Staging area to final location
• Location is decided based on
• Product Velocity Fast moving , Slow moving
• Storage constraints Size, Weight, Hazardous,
  Climatic control
• Other user defined parameters
• System suggest put- away sequence for an
  optimized travel path
• Put away confirmation by the operator
• To LPN if drop in another LPN
• Cross docking of materials

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Release Hold

• Hold released after
• Required events are fulfilled
• Inspection
• QC, QA approval
• Material classified as Active
• Available to Issue

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Out bound

• WMS

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Wave Planning
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Wave Planning

• Breakdown and pool orders
• To manage and optimize
• Picking
• Packing
• Replenishments
• Shipping activities
• Create Batch or Wave of orders
• Optimize quantity to be picked from each zone to
  fulfill a wave

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Wave Planning- Pick and Pack Orders

• Pick Wave created based on
• Mode of transportation
• Weight, Volume
• LTL, FL
• Customer Specifications
• Shipment time restrictions
• Order Prioritization
• Pick from drop to tasks identified
• Fulfillment of order
• Full LPN, Partial LPN
• Cases
• Loose packs in active zone

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Wave Planning- Pick and Pack Orders

• Pack wave
• Subtype of Pick wave
• Honor material handling constraints
• Create smaller Pack waves to meet material
  handling constraints

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Wave Planning- Replacement Orders

• Created after processing pick material
  requirement
• Create orders to move goods from Bulk to
  forward pick locations
• Activity can run parallel to pick and pack
  activity

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Wave process

• Create a Wave
• Select the criteria for orders to participate in
  the wave
• Customer, time, shipment etc
• Planning a wave
• Check for resources
• Items, Labor, material handling equipment
• Releasing a wave
• On release the resources are allocated against
  the wave.

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Cycle Count

• Random Counts
• Creation of Random cycle count order
• Based on ABC classification and frequency of cycle

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Cycle Count

• Zero Confirmations
• Performed during day- to day operations
• Creates cycle count order if zero inventory was
  recorded previous day / shift
• Process similar to random count

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Thank you

• afrank_at_katalysttech.com