Warehouse Receipts
Summary
Orders are generally entered prior to receipt at the warehouse. How an order is processed depends on whether you have a paper driven system or have the Ranger mobile solution for hand held and truck mounted terminals.
Paper Driven System
- Order unloaded.
- Check sheet printed and used for checking process.
- Check sheet returned to office and used to register actual quantities received.
- Warehouse locations allocated either automatically or manually.
- Movement lists printed instructing where pallets are to be moved.
- Pallet labels optionally printed.
- Pallets moved to locations.
- Movement lists returned to office and pallets confirmed as located.
- GRN printed any time after checking.
- Order closed.
Ranger Mobile Solution
- Order unloaded.
- Checker selects order and check sheet is sent to mobile device.
- Order is checked and Stocker is updated with received quantities immediately.
- Optionally warehouse locations reserved as part of checking process.
- FLT driver selects order and movement list sent to FLT mobile device.
- FLT driver locates pallets and WMS updated immediately.
- GRN printed any time after checking.
- Order closed.
Additional Information
- Orders can be manually entered or electronically received.
- Order numbers can be manually entered or automatically created by Stocker.
- Products can be received against standard or variable pallet quantities.
- Storage locations can be automatically selected using pre-defined rules.
- Rules can include: preferred storage locations, don't mix customer's stock, don't mix product, don't mix BBE dates, don't mix batch numbers, don't store above level, move to quarantine, etc
- Alternatively, locations can be manually selected.
- A comprehensive set of status indicators provide instant visibility of order status and individual order line status.
- Ranger informs the WMS of any problems immediately.
- Vehicle Scheduling planner.
- Consignments enable processing of batches of orders.
- Processing of back orders (partially completed orders).
- Optional confirmation of goods received can be sent to an external computer system.
- A comprehensive set of order reports e.g by order/due/received date, supplier etc.
