Sage 500 ERP
B E N E F I T S
•Manageinventorymoreefficientlywithadvancedwarehousemanagementfeatures.
•Three-stepinventorytransfersallowitemstobereplenishedfromotherwarehousesandtracksuppliesastheymovebetweenwarehouselocationswithintheinternalsupplychain.
•Advancedbinmanagementisusedextensivelytomanagestockmovementandinventorytransactionsforreceiving,picking,physicalinventorycounting,manufacturingmaterialissues,andfinishedgoodsprocessing.
•Reducecostsandimproveefficiencywithadvancedcapabilitiesincludingwaveandzonepickingforlargerwarehousesanddistributioncenters.
•AnalyzeandmonitorWarehouseManagementdataforgreaterinsightsintoinventorymovement.
S A G E 5 0 0 E R P S O L U T I O N S
•FinancialsandProjectAccounting•ManufacturingandDistribution•CRMandE-Business•HumanResourcesandPayroll•CustomizationandIntegration•BusinessIntelligence
Warehouse Management
Manage Inventory Transfers, Stocking Locations, and Wave and Zone Picking With Warehouse Management
Sage500ERP(formerlySageERPMAS500)providesindustry-leadinginventoryandwarehousemanagementcapabilitiesforwholesaledistributors,manufacturers,andothercompaniesthatbuy,stock,sellormanufactureproducts.TheWarehouseManagementmoduleisanextensionoftheInventoryManagementandInventoryReplenishmentmodules,providingadvancedfeatures,includingbintracking,three-stepinventorytransfers,andbothwaveandzonepicking.
Three-stepinventorytransfersutilizein-transitwarehousesandreplenishmentlogictodrivedemandbackwardtosourcewarehouseswhiletrackingsuppliesastheymovefromwarehousetowarehousewithintheinternalsupplychain.
Binsareusedformuchmorethanidentifyinginventorylocations.BinsareembeddedwithinSage500ERPtomanagestockmovementandinventorytransactionssuchasreceiving,picking,physicalinventorycounting,andevenmanufacturingmaterialissuesandfinishedgoodsprocessing.Random,fixed,temporary,andstagingbinsprovideampleflexibilityforvirtuallyanysizecompany,regardlessofwarehouseconfiguration.
Itisnotefficienttopickasingleorderatatimeinlargerwarehouseenvironments.Pickerswouldberunningupanddownaislesalldayjusttopickafeworders.Consequently,distributorsandmanufacturerswithlargerwarehousesandmoresophisticateddistributioncenterstypicallyusezoneorwavepickingmethods,whichallowpickerstoconcentrateonitemswithinaparticularareaofthewarehouse.Thesepickingmethodsminimizeemployeemovementwhiledramaticallyincreasingthenumberofordersthatcanbepickedduringeachshift.Binscanbearrangedusingasingleprecedenceorwithseparateprecedencefordistributionandmanufacturing.
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Sage 500 ERP I Warehouse Management
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Three-Step TransfersWarehouseManagementtakesinventorytransferstoanotherlevelbytrackingthegoodsintransitbetweenwarehouselocations.• Itemsmaybereplenished(transferredfromotherwarehousesinsteadofbeingreplenishedbypurchaseordersormanufacturingworkorders.
•Onceapproved,transferordersarepickedjustlikesalesorders,withpicklistsandshippinglinescreated.
•Whenthetransfershipmentisposted,itismovedtothespecifiedtransitwarehouse.
•Whenthetransfershiphasbeenmovedtothetransitwarehouse,itisavailableforreceiving.
• Transferitemsarereceivedthroughthesameprocessasitemsonpurchaseorders.
• Leadtimescanbeestablishedtodefinetransittimesbetweenwarehouselocations.
• PlannedtransferorderscanbegeneratedandconvertedtoactualtransferordersthroughtheInventoryReplenishmentorMaterialRequirementsPlanningmodules.
Bin ManagementBinsarebuiltintorelatedSage500ERPactivitiestomanagestockmovementandinventorytransactions.• Specifyvolume,weight,andcountcycleforbins.• Definepreferredbinsforspecificitems.• Usefixedbinsforitemsthatarealwaysstoredinaspecificbinlocation.
• Userandombinsforitemsthatmaybestockedinvariousbinlocationswithinthewarehouse.
• Stagingbinscanbeusedtotemporarilyholditemsthatdecreaseinventorybutarenotusedintransactions.Astagingbincancontainanyitemandmultipleitemssimultaneously.Itemsinstagingbinsareconsideredon-handforvaluationbutarenotavailableforfulfillment.
• Anybintypecanbedefinedasatemporarybin,whichisautomaticallydeletedwhenquantitiesaredepleted.
• Binsareassignedtowarehouselocationsandzoneswithinthewarehouse
• Abincanbelockeddownduringput-awayorpicking.• Binscanbeflaggedtoexcludequantitiesfromavailableon-handinventories.Thisisusefulwhenreceivingproductsforinspectionorquarantine.
• Anunlimitednumberofbinscanbedefinedperwarehouse.• Inquiriesandreportsprovideaudittrailstoviewinventorytransactionsfrombintobinlocation.
• Picksheetscannotifywarehousepersonneltoemptybinsduringpickingortoemptyrandombinsfirst.
• Binsareintegratedwithpurchaseorderreceiving;picking,packing,andshipping;physicalinventorycounts;customerreturnsprocessing;andotherinventoryprocesses,suchasinventorytransfersandmanufacturing.
Advanced PickingWarehouseManagementprovideswaveandzonepickingforlargerwarehousesanddistributioncenters.• Inventoryitemscanbeassignedtoawarehouselocationandzonewiththewarehouse.
• Zonepickingcanbeusedtosortpicklistsbyzonesothatwarehousepersonnelpickproductsonlywithinaspecificzone.Pickingprogressesfromzonetozoneinanassembly-linefashionuntilordersarecompletelypicked.
•Wavepickingisavariationofzonepickingwherebypicksheetsaresortedsothatmultiplewarehousepersonnelpickitemsfrommultipleorderswithinthesamezone.Thepickeditems(frommultiplezones)arelaterconsolidatedintoindividualshipments.
Business InsightsAnalyzeandmonitorWarehouseManagementdataforgreaterinsightsintoinventorymovement.•Organize,analyze,andgraphinventorybylocation,movementbetweenbinsandwarehouses,andmore.
• UsetheDataAlertsmoduletomonitorSage500ERPwhenitemsfallbelowtheirminimumormaximumquantity,arecompletelyoutofstock,orfallbelowtheirsafetystocklevels.
• Built-inintelligencereportsprovideinsightintostockinglevels,inventorybybinlocation,andtransferstatus.