Wireless Warehouse Management Manco Systems Inc 2005

Wireless Warehouse Management Manco Systems, Inc. 2005

Wireless Warehouse Management • Who is Manco Systems, Inc? • What Is Auto ID And How Does It Help? • Why Automate The Warehouse? – What Is The Business Case? – Who Should Consider Warehouse Automation? • What To Look For In A WMS Solution? • Where Do I Go From Here?

Wireless Warehouse Management • Who is Manco Systems, Inc. – A Pioneer and Leader in Warehouse Management Automation & Barcode Data Collection Since 1984 • Turnkey Software Applications (WMS, Shop. Floor, WIP, 3 PL) • Systems Integration • Hardware & Media – Superior Knowledge and Expertise in Manufacturing, Warehouse and Logistics – Trained & Skilled In-House Engineering Department – Over 250+ Installations World Wide

Wireless Warehouse Management Customers Zeiss Humphrey Systems Philips / Adac Labs IBM Sun Microsystems Fishhouse Foods Lord Corporation Nordam Wide-Lite Feit Electric Delta Design SHS International Saint Jude Medical Valley Fresh E. D. Bullard PAR

Wireless Warehouse Management • What Is Auto ID And How Does It Help? – Auto ID Technology Is Automated Data Capture Or Data Entry Using: • Barcode Technology • RFID Tags

Wireless Warehouse Management • How Does Auto ID Help? – Fast And Accurate Data Entry / Data Capture • Error Free • Orders Of Magnitude Faster Than Manual Entry – Ability To Add Intelligence To The Data • Combine Or De-Compose Information Automatically

Wireless Warehouse Management • Why Automate The Warehouse? – Eliminate Data Entry Errors – Eliminate Erroneous Shipments – Eliminate Down Time Due To • Stock Out Situations • Physical Inventory • ERP Environment Maintenance Or Problems – Reach 99. 99% Inventory Accuracy

Wireless Warehouse Management • Why Automate The Warehouse? – Significantly Reduce Overhead Costs • 100% Space Utilization • Eliminate Lost Time Tracking Misplaced Goods • Improve Customer Satisfaction • Increase Employee Productivity – Reduce Employee Idle Time Via Automated Task Queues – Paperless Work Flow Across Complementary Groups Such As Order Picking And Order Packing Functions

Wireless Warehouse Management • Why Automate The Warehouse? – Meet Supply Chain Compliance Requirements • Compliance Labeling (e. g. UCC 128) • Automated Advance Ship Notice (ASN) • Regulatory Requirements (e. g. FDA)

Wireless Warehouse Management • Why Automate The Warehouse? – Leverage Multiple Carriers • Reduce Shipping Costs Using Rate Shopping • Access Multiple Carriers Using The Same Station • Link Yourself & Your Customers With Wealth Of Carriers’ Shipment Tracking Information • Track On-time Delivery • Accurately Track Package Contents

Wireless Warehouse Management • Who Should Consider Warehouse Automation? – All Businesses Can Benefit From WMS – You Know You Need A WMS When You • Can’t Keep Up With Increasing Volume Of Transactions But Can’t Add Head Count • Must Reduce Costs But There Is Nothing Else To Cut • Are Not Certain Of Your Inventory Accuracy • Have A Non-Linear Production & Shipment Schedule

Wireless Warehouse Management • What To Look For In A WMS Solution? – Provides Needed Functionality & Features – Ability to Interface to ERP/MRP/Accounting Systems (Windows & Legacy) – Expandable / Modular / Scalable – Supports DOS, CE, Pocket PC & Linux RF Devices, and Most Printers (Mobile or Fixed) – Proven History Providing Turn-Key Solutions – Owned & Supported In-House

Wireless Warehouse Management • What To Look For In A WMS Solution? – Must Be Turn-Key At Fixed Cost – Built On Open & Non-Proprietary Technology – Runs On Any Wireless Platform (e. g. Cisco, Symbol, etc. ) – Easy To Use – Flexible And Customizable – Provides Decision Support & End User Computing Platforms

Wireless Warehouse Management KEY FUNCTIONS & FEATURES

Wireless Warehouse Management – Supports Multiple Plants – Supports Internal and External Warehouses – Interplant & Warehouse Transfers – Directed Receiving and Put-A-Way Functions – Receive into Inspection, Staging or Stock – Import Supplier Manifest – All Functions Available on the Hand-Held

Wireless Warehouse Management – Enforce PO Policies and Tolerances at Dock – Auto Calculate Quantities by Box & Pallet Size – Generate Labels Upon Receipt – First in First Out Inventory (FIFO) – Segregate Inventory by Supplier or Age – Supplier or Internal Lot Tracking – Manage Lot by Expiration – Web Enabled Front-End (Admin/Reports/Etc. )

Wireless Warehouse Management • Paper-less Picking – Electronic Pick Lists Directly on Hand-Held – Order Priority Drives Picker’s Queue – Picker Efficiency Driven by Consolidation – Immediate Visibility of Orders – Real-Time Movement of Pick Information

Wireless Warehouse Management • Order Allocation – Flexibility to do Soft or Hard Allocation – Determine Feasibility to Fulfill Orders Prior to Warehouse Personnel Getting Engaged – Guide Operator to Exact Location with Appropriate Inventory to Fulfill Order

Wireless Warehouse Management • Flexible Sales Order Processing – Partial or Complete Order Designation – Hold Management / Quality Control (QC) • Automatic And Manual Product Hold And Release Management – Location Hold – Pallet Hold – Item, Lot And Day Code Hold

Wireless Warehouse Management • Order Consolidation – Improve Picker Productivity – Automatically Consolidate All Order Lines for All or a Given Customer – Consolidate Items for a Given Order – Group Consolidated Items by Pick Ticket – Flexible sorting of pick tickets by locations – Wave Picking Options

Wireless Warehouse Management • Pallet Processing – Automatically Create Pallets and Pallet Labels – Track and Report Contents of Pallets on Labels – Pallet Hold and Release Capabilities – Audit-Trail of Pallet Life-Cycle

Wireless Warehouse Management • Automated Packing Processes – Automatically Pack Items Picked for Sales Orders – Pack by Order Line or by Box – Unique Package Identifier Tracks Each Package and its Contents – Two Sets of Packing Lists at Box and Order Level – Operator Can Chose Box to Pack

Wireless Warehouse Management • Real-time And Seamless Integration With Carrier And Multiple Carrier Systems – Scan or Enter Shipment Information Once – Carriers Get Their Data Electronically – Carriers Just Scan the Barcode Package ID – Item Weight, Tracking Number, Shipping Charges are Automatically Updated on WMS – Each Package has its own AWB No.

Wireless Warehouse Management • Decision Support Platform – Provides a Data Warehouse of All Receipts, Inventory Movements and Shipments – Allow End-User Reporting – Supports Off-The-Shelf Low Cost DSS Tools – Reports Can be Launched from Hand-Held – Reports Can be Launched on Pre-Defined Schedules and Intervals