• Inbound

• Putaway

• Full Pallet Move

• Rainbow Pallet Pick

• Bulk Relocation

• Driver Signature

• Catchweight

Inbounds

Purpose — Capture unique pallet ids, quantity and possibly other information.  Stage the pallets, or put them away immediately with a second scanner.

Description — Inbound Paperwork is used to scan Batch and Product information, after which pallets and box quantities per pallet are entered. Customization idea: We could capture other information like expiration date or customer batch number, either from the barcode or from the operator using our jumbo on-screen numeric entry screen.

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Putaway

Purpose — Associate a pallet ID with a location.

Description — This process is simple.  We allow the user to scan a pallet id, and then the location.

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Full Pallet Move

Purpose — During outbounds, regardless of whether we do piece pick or bulk pallets, some of those orders will likely involve moving a full pallet directly out to the dock. When doing piece picking we split the work between the high reach and the piece picker, each getting their own paperwork.  The high reach gets full pallet moves.

Description — After scanning the Batch, customer, and # of moves from paperwork, the high reach operator scans from the same paperwork the id, product, quantity, and From Location.  The From Location and quantity are verified immediately if wireless is enabled, and then the To Location is scanned.

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Rainbow Pallet Pick

Purpose — Some operations require the creation of a single pallet that contains a multitude of different products, which we call a Rainbow Pallet.  This pallet is identified with a unique number in the order, or a Drop ID.  We must instruct the operator what location to get the "donor" pallet from, what the donor pallet's ID is, and how much quantity to take.

Description — From the paperwork, we scan the Batch, then the Drop ID, then the details about what they need to take for this pull, or line as it's called. Following, the men confirm to the scanner what pallet ID they took, and if wireless is enabled, can execute a very important "Count Back" step.  Countback involves telling the system the tie, high, and loose remaining on the pallet so it can determine if the men took the correct quantity.  This alone reduces quantity mispicks by a huge factor.  Combined with location and id verification, and your mispicks are virtually eliminated!

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Bulk Relocation

Purpose — This is similar to Full Pallet Move (described above), but is designed for the pick operation where a high reach is dedicated to doing bulk drop downs to replenish the picking locations during an outbound batch fulfillment.  The idea is that the piece picker radios to the high reach when one of his pick locations is about to go empty.  The high reach then consults his paperwork to match the product needing fulfillment, and then scans the information from his paperwork into his scanner so it can confirm that he is taking the correct pallet.

Description — The men scan the number of pallets needing to be moved for this batch, followed by the particulars — what id, product, from location.  The men confirm the pallet ID by scanning it from the actual pallet, and then move it to the location. Wireless systems catch incorrect pallet ID real-time.

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Driver Signature

Purpose — (Requires WebView) Outbounds require the driver to sign paperwork, which needs to be stored on file.  Capturing the signature electronically opens up a few exciting possibilities.  You don't need to store BOL's with their signature since the system can do that for you.  You can also email the BOL with the signature included, adding to the professionalism of your operations.  Also, with WebAlerts, this emailing could be completely automated each time a shipment is made.

Description — A batch is scanned or entered, then the driver signs right on the scanner's screen.  After pressing "Accept", his signature is tied to that batch, and printing a BOL out of WebView shows his signature.

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Catchweights

Purpose — To capture weights as the product arrives or as it ships.

Description — After scanning in the Batch, then lot information from the paperwork, the scanner captures the weights off each box.  This information is merged into your WMS, or into our WMS, from which reports can be printed.  We take full advantage of the touch screens to make manual entry of unreadable barcodes simple.  A screen similar to the one pictured below is used to capture weight as well as other information. Please see our catchweights section for more details.

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