Inventory Control Modules - Inventory functions are driven by individual customer requirements with maximum flexibility provided under the RDBMS structures to accommodate a wide range of business sectors. By establishing a flexible database system, information required to make decisions and drive algorithms are available in the part master database or the pallet or unit database.

• SKU, Product, and unit load ID maintenance
• Storage Criteria
• Routing Criteria
• Movement criteria
• Handling and packaging information
• Quarantine or special condition status
• Dating, aging information
• Pallet/product information
• Pick and replenishment information
• Custom requirements information

Order Entry & Processing Modules - Order entry provides for both manual input and Host downloaded order receipt. This module provides order maintenance for processing by best practice, such as order consolidation by truck route and pick consolidation by order. Decision criteria for order processing will be determined by the following information and then processed to fill the order, as follows:

• Best location to pull from base on FIFO, LIFO, Customer Requirement
• Material allocation to orders
• Closest quantity to order requirements
• Order pick consolidation, where possible
• Best route and destination to merge and stage order
• Order timing requirements
• Special instructions/truck fill sequence

Order Picking & Replenishment Modules - Picking requires rapid, easy to use interfaces for maximizing operator productivity. Order pick software develops best approach path selection to meet the order processing by location requirements. Order pick software prompts equipment and pick operators to move efficiently through order requirements and provides input for verifying decrements to inventory as order levels are filled. Tasks performed in this software are as follows:

• Pick sequence assignment by zone/area/equipment
• Priority assignment by order requirement
• Pick slot replenishment status
• Output prompts to pickers and devices
• Input receipt from devices
• Verification of pick completion messages to devices/inventory modules
• Status and anomaly information handling for pick slots
• Pick to pallet status creation

Shipping Modules - Shipping functions require accurate handling of materials merging from various origins. Verification of actual receipt of expected materials to shipping staging slots is executed in this software to properly complete order fulfillment or create a reconciliation request for shortage materials. Tasks operating in these modules are as follows:

• Dock destination assignment/verification
• Anticipated receipts from order processing by origin
• Verification input via RF or CRT terminal entry or bar-coded data
• Shipping operator notification of staging completion
• Anomaly handling for sequence errors in staging
• Truck loading data from Host
• Emergency shortage requests
• Manifest printing
• Reconciliation/shortage reporting