A day of work

This page presents the features in the order in which a warehouse encounters them, so that the relation between them is clear. Every section links to the page with the details.

Morning: what arrived

A supplier delivery is booked against a purchase order. Receiving records quantities, prices and batches, and the goods are placed in the receiving buffer, not yet on their target shelves. → Receiving

If quality control is switched on, the goods go to quarantine first and wait for a decision. → Quality control

Put-away moves goods from the buffer onto the shelves. The module proposes locations that match the storage rules; the operator may choose a different one. → Put-away

During the day: what leaves

A picking wave collects orders into one piece of work and determines a route through the bins. → Picking waves

The pick list can be printed before the walk begins: a printing rule sends it the moment the wave is planned, so the operator collects the printout from the printer. → Automatic printing

Picking consists of scanning and collecting. When a shelf is short, the operator reports the shortage. The report appears on a separate list and triggers a decision. → Picking in practice · Reported shortages

Packing verifies that the parcel contains exactly what was ordered. Each order travelled through the warehouse in its own place on the picking cart — half a shelf, a whole shelf or several, depending on the size of the order — so the goods reach the bench already separated per order. The operator can be guided by voice. → Packing and the assistant · Voice picking

The label is supplied by the carrier and sent to the printer at that bench automatically. The queue routes it according to the operator’s packing station, so no device has to be selected from a list. → Printing · Print queue

The work itself can be delivered to the device instead of being searched for: a rule displays a card on the kiosk at the bench, or on the tablet that is about to be carried into the hall. → Work automation

The hand-over closes the day: the boxes a driver takes away are combined into one hand-over, and the signed list is the record of when the parcels were collected. → Hand-over · Parcels

When something is missing

A backorder is work held for lack of goods. It is presented by order and by product, so that both questions are answered: which order is held, and what has to be purchased. → Backorders

Reorder suggestions determine what to order from suppliers, based on demand, lead time and thresholds. → Reorder suggestions

Replenishment suggestions and schedules move goods between buildings before they run out where they are sold. → Replenishment suggestions · Schedules

Continuously: keeping the figures consistent

A stocktake counts a selected part of the warehouse and books the differences together with their root cause. Guided sessions propose what to count in a given week. → Stocktakes

The integrity check searches for inconsistencies that are not visible in day-to-day work: stock with no location, reservations with no cover, rules pointing at inactive warehouses. Some findings are repaired automatically, and for larger numbers the repair wizard leads through the decisions. → Integrity checks · Repair wizard

Movement history documents the origin of every figure: every movement has a source, a target, a reason and an operator. → Movement history

Periodic checks

• Read the reports: low stock, depletion risk, overstock, dead stock.
• Review the min/max thresholds; they drive every suggestion.
• Check the background jobs for anything stuck in the queue.
• When something is not working, start with troubleshooting: symptom, likely cause, where to look.