Basic Warehouse Processes

Receiving goods is crucial in inventory control and traceability processes. Effective management of receiving orders and notifications, along with recording all characteristics of received goods, ensures that all subsequent processes—storage, picking, and shipping—are executed efficiently and effectively. Since speed in receiving is imperative in daily warehouse operations, a well-defined reception procedure, supported by technological solutions, should ensure both data accuracy and swift receipt and allocation processes.

Systematic control of carriers and suppliers during the reception process, whether it involves monitoring goods and vehicle temperatures, handling damaged packages, handling substitutions, discrepancies between documentation and physical conditions, or other discrepancies, is a critical element in the reception process and inventory quality control.

Receiving finished products within manufacturing processes, as part of the production order realization, ensures complete traceability in the contribution of raw materials and packaging to the final product.

Systematic addressing and zoning of warehouse space in WMS allows for goods storage based on various criteria such as frequency, type, dimensions, weight, volume, etc. Received goods in the reception process are automatically directed to the designated zone based on predefined parameters and space availability.

Users of WMS can access real-time information about the location and all characteristics of stored goods: quantities, expiration dates, lots, serial numbers, customs numbers, critical dates, statuses, and other parameters crucial in inventory control processes.

WMS ensures manual and/or automatic blocking of goods—expired items, damages, customs goods—as well as status changes of goods in manufacturing processes, rework, non-conforming, under inspection, etc.

Our WMS solution ensures that goods are always available to pickers in the picking zone and generates real-time replenishment orders for the picking zone. Replenishment orders direct forklift operators or pickers on how and where to relocate items.

The key objective in the supply chain regarding goods delivery is to deliver goods accurately, on time, and to the right place. In a dynamic warehouse environment with numerous orders and items, especially when traceability is considered, automating the goods picking process is crucial and minimizes dependence on pickers.

With our WMS solution, the path of the picker is predefined, and the system selects goods while the picker is entirely guided by the system. Inventory consumption is recorded with each picking, ensuring that the system's inventory status reflects the real stock levels. Our WMS solution ensures that goods are always available to pickers in the picking zone and generates real-time replenishment orders for the picking zone.

The system's ability to track inventory at the unit load level (e.g., pallets) enhances operational comfort and virtually eliminates the need for physical inventory counts. Order management, assignment of picking tasks to specific pickers, task allocation between pickers and forklift operators, enhances efficiency in picking and workforce management within the warehouse. A production order in the manufacturing process generates a production requisition and a picking order for material pickers or packaging in manufacturing warehouses, ensuring complete traceability of their contribution to the final product.

A well-defined shipping process and its systematic coverage guarantee that goods will arrive at the right place in accurate quantities. Separated goods need to be directed to a pre-selected ramp (gate) for loading into the designated vehicle. In this process, especially in capillary distribution, packaged goods or pallets may require labeling for easier identification upon delivery, and loading should follow a specified sequence best managed by our TMS solution.