WMS processes made available on a PDA (Barcode Scanner)

The following PDA process are supported: Arrival, Put-Away, Picking, Replenishment, Pallet Movements (inbound, put away, replenishments and outbound), Counting, Pallet / Item information and Printing of labels. The PDA user will be guided through the different processes.

WMS processes made available on a PDA (Barcode Scanner)Availability of PDA processes driven by user related security roles

The different PDA processes can be linked to user roles and employees. With this you can make sure that certain employees will only be able to perform certain predefined warehouse activities.

10-Minute principle

All the processes on the PDA are built as straight forward as possible and guide the user through the process. It should be possible to learn a PDA process within 10 minutes

Value added logistics

Additional text messages can be shown on the PDA based on attention codes. These attention codes can be linked to an item(group) and/or customer(group). I.e. while handling dangerous goods you can make sure that during replenishments and picking an warning will be shown on the PDA.

Quantity information during picking

Besides the single quantity also the amount of packed quantities will be shown during picking. I.e. when you need to pick 5 batteries (packed per 4) the pick line will say 1 package and 1 single quantity.

Automatic creation of pallet ID's

During the arrival process on the PDA the required pallet ID's will be generated automatically. These ID's can also be printed during the arrival process in order to be able to track these pallets in the warehouse

EAN Code identification

In all the processes EAN codes can be used for identification

Item / Inventory settings

Support of packed quantities

Besides the single quantities on the item master, you can also add a packed quantity. This packed quantity can be used in the PDA as well.

Labels based on SSCC standards

Labels based on the SSCC standard (Serial Shipment Container Code) can be generated and printed

Label templates

Different label templates (SSCC, PickLP, etc) can be linked to items and item groups as well as to customers and customer groups or a combination of these entities

RT-WMS Group

The RT-WMS group can determine some item warehouse setting on group level. The RT-WMS group also determines what needs to be scanned during picking. I.e. just the location or a combination of location and item.

Volume increase factor

Standard AX calculates the physical dimensions based on the setting on the item master. In the case of stackable goods there will be a difference between the calculated volume and the real volume. With the volume increase factor this is not longer an issue. I.e. when handling buckets the first bucket will use the normal volume and the second one in example only 20% of the original volume.

Added Item Warehouse settings

In standard AX it is only possible to add a store zone to an item. With the added functionality of RT-WMS it is possible to define three different storage levels/priorities. These are location, area and zone.

Batch/item unique on a location

Per item/warehouse combination it is possible the make sure that a certain item or batch is unique on a location

Added inventory parameters

Several inventory parameters are added to the inventory parameters like: Cross dock location, label template, Check picking location, RT-WMS counting journal, etc.

Generation of best before date and last sales date

Based on settings on the item master the best before date and the last sales date of a batch can be automatically calculated.

Dangerous Goods

Dangerous goods documentation

Dangerous goods ID's can be added to the item master. These dangerous goods documents contains the required dangerous goods information like ADR class, DGD calls, ADR label, etc.

Danger classes / Hazard groups

Danger classes can be linked to items and hazard groups can be linked to locations. Based on these combinations RT-WMS makes sure that certain items can only be stored on predefined locations.

Warehouse / Location setup

Maximum fill factor

On the locations can you can add a fill factor. Since locations hardly can be filled for the full 100% the fill factor can make sure the administrative location dimensions match the real dimensions in the warehouse.

Item master field check for PDA usage

Since in the PDA certain fields are required we will check for these fields when the extended field check RT-WMS is enabled to make sure that only checked items can be used in the PDA

Max allowed weight per location

On the locations the check for a max allowed weight is added to make sure that you aren't able to store more weight in a location than allowed.

Added volume calculation

The volume of the pallets is calculated per pallet which makes it possible to store multiple pallet types on the same location. The allowed volume will be recalculated when adding two different pallet types on one location.

Quality codes

Quality codes can be added/assigned to pallets. Based on these quality codes pallets can be blocked for further transactions. The quality codes are free definable and can be tracked by pallet and employee

Automatic prioritizing of replenishment transports

When a picking location reaches its minimum, a replenishment transport is created with the highest priority to make sure that this transport is handled first.

Overview of pallet movements

An additional form is added to present the different pallet movements. In this form you can see all the relevant pallet information including inbound and outbound moment

Route optimalisation

Route optimalisation for transports. Based on type of forklift, priorities and sort code of the different locations. Based on a 'get work' function a forklift operator will receive the different assignments in the correct order.

FIFO/LIFO Margin

Within the margin of one day the pallets can be handled based on LIFO although the standard storage method is FIFO

Picking check

Picking check added for warehouses where certain areas need to be picked by paper. Via the picking check functionality the picked items will be checked/posted via a checkout system (with scanner).

Support of picking bin's

In standard AX it is very hard to pick for multiple customers at the same time. This picking bin can be used during the picking process to separate the different picking lines for the different customers.

Picking sequence

The picking lines will be presented in the logical picking order

Shipment templates

Additional selection criteria's and functions are added to the shipment templates. I.e. Delivery mode as a selection criteria, activation of pick bins, generate bill of lading and printing shipment list options.

Combining shipments

It is possible to combine multiple shipments into one shipment. All the shipment related documents will be combined as well.

Bill of lading for shipping-agents

Besides a customer bill of lading RT-WMS can also generate a master bill of lading for the shipping-agents

Automatic generation of shipment file

Automatic generation of the shipment files for the shipping-agent. The base template class is available. The specific requirements for the different shipping-agents only need to be added

General

RT-WMS cockpit screen

In the RT-WMS cockpit the user can see the open shipments and keep track of the progress of the picking routes and transports of that shipment. In the cockpit overview the user can also keep track of which employee is working on the picking list and/or pallet transports

Extended ABC classifications

In the ABC model the abc classifications 'picking lines' and 'bulk' are added. Based on these entities an ABC classification can be made.

Cross dock functionality

Purchase orders created from a sales order will be indentified as cross dock and handled accordingly