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Masters
B2B Outwards
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Outward bulk order creation
Outward Order
Bulk orders can be placed directly from by specifying order identifiers, product SKU codes and ordered quantities. Outward orders can be sales orders, return orders or inter warehouse stock transfer orders. Bulk order can only originate from a valid customer and customer location that has been created for the client in question
Bulk Orders and Order types
Outward Order
Assure supports all kinds of B2B orders, stock transfer, return to vendor, B2B to customers, to popular XYZ like shopper shop etc
Print Invoices in multiple formats eg shopper stop, Myntra etc based on the customer requirement.
Bulk Order Tax data and breakup
Outward Order
Assure supports placing B2B orders with and without invoice and tax breakup. Tax can also be auto calculated at time of invoice generation. Tax rule /(GST) compliant invoicing mechanism
Option to upload tax details at an SKU level to ease financial reco of inward and outward orders. Auto tax computation for Inter state, Intra state stock transfers.
Bulk Order Auto Inventory allocation
Outward Order
Configurable Immediate "Auto inventory allocation" for All orders. Also if inventory is assigned partially, Assure can auto assign more as inventory is GRNed
Auto allocate inventory at the time of placing the order itself to improve fulfilment of B2B orders.
Bulk Order Manual Inventory allocation
Outward Order
Bulk orders can be marked to not be retried automatically. Instead, the allocation may be performed manually by selecting the order and performing the retry
Manual order retry it is not desirable to automatically allocate inventory to an order. This provdes a degree of control over how inventory is allocated to orders
Manual Order Deallocation
Outward Order
Items within an order for which inventory has been allocated can be manually deallocated without cancelling them. Deallocated orders, when retried, are re-allocated based on update inventory present
Deallocation of a order item frees up inventory previously allocated to it. This inventory is made available for other orders. Such deallocation is useful if it is not desired to allocate/fulfill certain orders
Order Item expiry related details specification through minimum-expiry date
Expiry
For order items of perishable products, a minimum-expiry date must be specified. Order allocation is done to ensure allocated inventory expires after the provided minimum expiry date
Orders for perishable items can be placed keeping a custom expiry threshold. This prevents allocation of inventory that might be expiring too soon
Order Item expiry related details specification through batch ID
Expiry
For order items of perishable products, instead of the minimum-expiry date, the internal batch ID can also be specified. Order allocation is done only from the specified batch (even if
Orders for perishable items can be placed keeping a custom expiry threshold. This prevents allocation of inventory that might be expiring too soon
Manual Bulk Order picklist release
Bulk Pick List Release
Picklist of Bulk Order is not automatically released in the system. Instead, order can be searched by orderId and on clicking the release picklist button, the system marks this order for picklist release and it is released in background within a few minutes.
Release B2B picklist by order to prioritize among bulk orders.
SKU wise Picklist release Bulk Orders
Bulk Pick List Release
Since Bulk Order can be of huge quantities, Picklist can be released partially for order by releasing SKU wise. This can be helpful for Warehouse Supervisor if there are not enough resources to process the whole order.
Release picklist by SKU for a B2B order
Zone, Aisle and order wise picking pendency is shown on this screen
Bulk Pick Pending
This is similar to Piece Pick Pending screen, only difference being Picking Pendency is shown order wise for different Aisles.
Monitor Order- Aisle level pick pendency for B2B orders.
Order wise picking for bulk orders
Bulk Pick Item
This is similar to Piece Pick Item screen, only difference being Picking happens for single order in the Aisle.
Pick by order removing the need to sort the products later for B2B orders.
Easy Outward box creation
Bulk Packing
Unique Outward Box Barcodes are generated on packing screen
Unique box Ids and box wise packing list give item level tracking which serial bar code is present in which box.
Bulk packing is again just scanning serial barcodes of an Order against an Unique Outward Box Id
Bulk Packing
Put items in boxed by just scanning Item ID and box Id
Add products to a box by just scanning Item barcode
Visible error Item list
Bulk Packing
if any item is scanned wrong, Assure enforces packed to scan it again to confirm physical removal
Assure ensure wrong product cant be added to the box
Auto Boxwise packlist generation
Bulk Packing
As soon as boxes are digitally closed, packlists are generated and printed
Auto printing of the box wise packing list.
Sound feedback on wrong scan
Bulk Packing
Sound feedback on wrong scan
Additional audio msg/tone for success and error scan to alert the operator.
Bulk handover on Outward box level
Bulk handover
No box can be accidentally scanned. for missing boxes counts are show for scanned ve pending
Ensure no wrong/short dispatch.
Feature | Category | Summary | Value Add |
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Creation of clients | MastersClients | Clients can be added by specifying their name, tax information and address details. | Clients represent the legal entities which are capable of independently holding and selling inventory. Each client can have its separate products that it can sell |
Creation of suppliers and customers for clients | MastersPartners | For a client, multiple suppliers and customers can be added. Each supplier or customer has their own name and address. | A supplier is the entity from where a client procures inventory. Similarly, a customer represents a business entity to which a client may sell their inventory. Tracking suppliers and customers allows keeping a record of the source and destination of products |
Creation of locations for suppliers and customers | MastersLocations | For a given supplier or customer of a client, multiple physical locations can be added. | Supplier and customer level locations allow defining physical (geographical) locations which could be the source or destination of products in an order |
Creation of Products | Products | Product creation requires a CSV based upload of details such as client's SKU ID for the product, brand ID, size, color and other features | Product data consolidates all information for identifying the product uniquely as well as for storing product description, attributes and images which can be used for comparison and QC status determination in other stages |
Inwards
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Inward order (purchase orders, return orders and stock transfer orders) creation
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Inward Order
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Inward Orders can be created by specifying client, supplier, supplier location, destination warehouse and order details. The orders can be created individually or in bulk through CSV uploads
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The inward order creation allows setting the expectation of inventory to be received at a warehouse from the specified client, supplier and supplier location. The inward order type allows defining whether the incoming inventory is part of a new purchase order or a returned order or an inter warehouse stock transfer order
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Digitalisation of all documents in Inward Process
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Gate Entry
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Storing scanned copy of physical documents received with material at the time of Inward Process.
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Storing scan copy of physical documents received with material. Easily downloadable from the system when required.
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Unique Inward Box IDs
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Gate Entry
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Each vendor carton gets a unique inward box id which is mapped to PO and Invoice. This helps in optimising processes in the inward staging area and ensures products are in warded against the correct PO by just a scan of barcode printed on inward boxes.
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Optimised inward staging area with improved box level traceability of invoices received.
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GRN Notifications to ERP at piece level and digitally close gate entry
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ERP Postings
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Inward data can be posted to ERP (if any integrated) on closing Gate Entry.
This means all items in this Gate Entry are serialised and QC is complete.
Inward data can also be posted to ERP (if any integrated) as GRN progresses.
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Push data of receipt against an invoice/ PO to the ERP as per requirement i.e GRN in progress or post invoice completion or post PO completion
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Gate Entry Search
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Gate Entry
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Gate Entry can be searched on Date range, Supplier, Client, PO Number and Invoice Number. This search can help in closing gate entry.
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Search Invoices and mark them GRN complete by multiple parameters
Most used and operational search params are provided.
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Gate Entry Remarks
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Gate Entry
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Warehouse supervisors can capture data/remarks at the time of closing the Gate Entry, which can be accessed through Reports whenever needed.
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Add operational or financial remarks to a received Invoice. Use case is in reporting.
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Upload Batch Information for perishable products
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Gate Entry
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Information about batches of products with similar manufacture date, expiry date and external batch identifier can be uploaded. Batch information can be uploaded during gate entry based on the batches that are expected to be received for GRN
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Definition of batch information allows the logical grouping of perishable products such that expiry dates can be taken into consideration when exposing inventory and allocating orders
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Generate Item IDs in system by giving Inward Order ID as input
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Stickering Item
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Assure gives the created Item ID in the form of CSV. This can be used at Manufacturer's end to paste Item ID on tag itself before arriving to Warehouse
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Serialize the inventory at the manufacturer end,
Enabling tracking from the manufacturing unit itself.
Improves GRN speed and efficiency.
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No Keyboard required, No documents required to do inward
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GRN
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Only a scan of the Unique ID generated by the Assure system needs to be done.
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Errors (no typo errors, GRN mismatch between products) dramatically reduce,
No human decision making is required, the operator only has to scan and continue.
All checks and balances in place to ensure the operator does not pick & pack or dispatch the wrong product.
Very less training required
Scan based operation with all checks and balances in place, ensuring no human decision is required and avoids human errors. easy to train and simple to use.
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Auto QC pass and mandatory QC Fail Reason selection
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GRN
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Auto QC Pass makes GRN faster,
and for each QC Fail item, a QC Fail reason is captured.
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Reason for QC Fail is tagged to each product and is tracked at a vendor, PO or item level. Later can be used to pick only items for a specific reason.
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Info button is present near QC Fail reasons drop-down which links to QC Fail Reasons documentation
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GRN
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The link provided to the info button has a description of all QC Fail reasons.
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Clear explanation of QC reasons available on the screen for quick reference which helps in deciding correct QC Fail reason.
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PrePrinted Item ID GRN Process
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GRN
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New Item ID sticker is not created by Assure, instead uses a PrePrinted Item ID sticker. (Refer to Stickering Item sub-module)
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Print Item ID in bulk at the warehouse to improve efficiency of GRN
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Print Bulk Item IDs
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GRN
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Multiple Item ID stickers for the same SKU can be printed at one go for a box.
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Print Item ID in bulk for an SKU at the warehouse to improve efficiency of GRN. This enables us for Box level Item ID printing.
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NEW item status GRN Process
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GRN
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This allows Warehouse to have different desks for item stickering and QC process. Item Stickering is done from a different screen and QC of that item/ adding to bin is done on this screen.
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Split the GRN process by
Stickering Item ID at manufacturer and QC at Warehouse.Increasing speed of GRN and enabling tracking from manufacturing unit.
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Don't allow GRN if SKU not in PO
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GRN
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System checks Inward PO details to match SKU scanned and SKUs present in that order.
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Enable/disable to receive products in excess than PO qty
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Don't allow Excess GRN
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GRN
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System checks Inward PO qty of SKU and count of items already GRNed against. This is configurable
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By default the system doesn't allow excess but if required it cant be configured to allow excess GRN. Sku wise Grn Progress is traceable.
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Don't allow putting items in wrong QC bin
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GRN
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QC Fail items can go only in QC Fail bins, Qc Pass Items can go into QC pass bins
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Ensure fail and pass products are kept separately to maintain hygiene
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Image of the product and all master details are shown on the screen when SKU is scanned
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GRN
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All these product master details and images are prerequisites of Assure System.
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Visual Aid provided to the operator by showing image and relevant data of the product on the screen.
eg: during GRN, Picking and Packing
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No next button is required in screen to process subsequent items on GRN desk
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GRN
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Focus on Screen automatically resets itself on a successful GRN process.
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Automatic cursor movement to the next field ensuring that the operator doesn't skip any step. Also makes sure he does not need to use a mouse or keyboard for processing the next Item.
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Item-Batch Mapping
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GRN
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Batches that represent a grouping of items with same manufacture and expiry dates can be mapped to perishable items to indicate their manufacture date, expiry date and external batch identifier. During GRN, the appropriate batch must be selected for the perishable item based on matching batch details
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Based on the expiry date of the associated batch, perishable items can be made available or non-available for sale based on expiry status
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Item Stickers can be printed even without SKU/EAN input
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Bulk Inwards
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This screen is used when a large number of items are inwarded with SKU being the same.
Stickers don't have Increff SKU ID printed on it, instead mapping of Item ID and Increff SKU ID is done later on item scan
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Print Item IDs without SKU mapping to increase speed of printing and stickering.
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System suggests closest empty location (if required)
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Put Away
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Scan any location and get the closest empty location for Putaway
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Reduce time and distance travel by the operator to find empty locations.
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Any Empty location in the Warehouse can be used for Bin Putaway
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Put Away
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System doesn't restrict putaway of bin and item at any empty location
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Flexibility to putaway bins as per convenience of the operator
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Direct Item Putaway to bins present on locations
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Put Away
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Item can be also Putaway to a location directly into a bin using Item Putaway Tab
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Capability to put away by piece or by bin.
Client warehouse Mappings | Client Warehouse Mapping | Client-warehouse mappings are added by specifying the details of a created client and a warehouse. This mapping can also have an associated billing address which can be the client's address, the warehouse's address or any custom address | Mapping of clients to warehouses allows the specification of which warehouses a client has access to. This provides support for multi-warehousing by allowing a single client to be mapped to multiple warehouses and vice-versa |
General
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Configuring physical storage locations within the warhouse | Location Configuration | The location configuration screen allows uploading the names of different zones within the warehouse as well as aisles composed of storage locations. Structurally, the warehouse can be organized into zones which contain aisles which contain locations. The specification of whether an aisle is to be used for normal storage or pigeonholing (for consolidating combo type orders) can also be done here | Through the location configuration screen, the physical organization of the warehouse can be defined in terms of zones, aisles and locations. Zones allow arbitrary grouping of aisles that can be used do demarcate different regions of the warehouse (if needed). Creation of locations generates location ID barcode stickers that uniquely identify each location in the warehouse |
Defining distance for each storage location | Location Configuration | When creating locations within an aisle, the distance can be specified. This numeric value indicates the distance of the location from an arbitrary starting point (usually the start of the aisle) | Specification of the location distances allows the system to intelligently order the picking decision to minimize the distance to be walked before picking the next item for an order |
Take bins offline to stop inventory exposure | Bin Offline | Bins can be taken offline from location if inventory is to be made non live. | Turn off exposure of a particular bin by just a scan of either bin id or the location id |
"Bin Offline" by scanning Bin or by scanning location | Bin Offline | System already knows the mapping of location and bin. So any of the above scan can achieve Bin Offline success. | Turn off exposure of a particular bin by just a scan of either bin id or the location id |
Serial barcode powered Cycle count | Cycle Count | Scan the Bin ID and all the products present in the bin, Assure would correct the inventory by adding the excess inventory and marking the missing of the bin as LOST | Correct inventory in real time without blocking the inventory exposure to marketplaces or stopping any warehouse activity |
Timezone specification | General | Warehouses can be associated with a specific timezone at creation based on their grographical location. When accessing the UI from other modules like OMS, the user is given the option of choosing the desired timezone. Based on the chosen timezone, all date-time related information on the UI is updated to reflect the values in the specified timezone | For supporting warehouses operating in geographically different locations with differing timezones, this feature allows the defining of a timezone for each warehouse separately. All time related inputs and ouput on all screens and documents are converted according to the timezone specified for the warehouse. |
Inwards
Feature | Category | Summary | Value Add |
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Inward order (purchase orders, return orders and stock transfer orders) creation | Inward Order | Inward Orders can be created by specifying client, supplier, supplier location, destination warehouse and order details. The orders can be created individually or in bulk through CSV uploads | The inward order creation allows setting the expectation of inventory to be received at a warehouse from the specified client, supplier and supplier location. The inward order type allows defining whether the incoming inventory is part of a new purchase order or a returned order or an inter warehouse stock transfer order |
Digitalisation of all documents in Inward Process | Gate Entry | Storing scanned copy of physical documents received with material at the time of Inward Process. | Storing scan copy of physical documents received with material. Easily downloadable from the system when required. |
Unique Inward Box IDs | Gate Entry | Each vendor carton gets a unique inward box id which is mapped to PO and Invoice. This helps in optimising processes in the inward staging area and ensures products are in warded against the correct PO by just a scan of barcode printed on inward boxes. | Optimised inward staging area with improved box level traceability of invoices received. |
GRN Notifications to ERP at piece level and digitally close gate entry | ERP Postings | Inward data can be posted to ERP (if any integrated) on closing Gate Entry. Inward data can also be posted to ERP (if any integrated) as GRN progresses. | Push data of receipt against an invoice/ PO to the ERP as per requirement i.e GRN in progress or post invoice completion or post PO completion |
Gate Entry Search | Gate Entry | Gate Entry can be searched on Date range, Supplier, Client, PO Number and Invoice Number. This search can help in closing gate entry. | Search Invoices and mark them GRN complete by multiple parameters |
Gate Entry Remarks | Gate Entry | Warehouse supervisors can capture data/remarks at the time of closing the Gate Entry, which can be accessed through Reports whenever needed. | Add operational or financial remarks to a received Invoice. Use case is in reporting. |
Upload Batch Information for perishable products | Gate Entry | Information about batches of products with similar manufacture date, expiry date and external batch identifier can be uploaded. Batch information can be uploaded during gate entry based on the batches that are expected to be received for GRN | Definition of batch information allows the logical grouping of perishable products such that expiry dates can be taken into consideration when exposing inventory and allocating orders |
Generate Item IDs in system by giving Inward Order ID as input | Stickering Item | Assure gives the created Item ID in the form of CSV. This can be used at Manufacturer's end to paste Item ID on tag itself before arriving to Warehouse | Serialize the inventory at the manufacturer end, |
No Keyboard required, No documents required to do inward | GRN | Only a scan of the Unique ID generated by the Assure system needs to be done. |
Scan based operation with all checks and balances in place, ensuring no human decision is required and avoids human errors. easy to train and simple to use. |
Auto QC pass and mandatory QC Fail Reason selection | GRN | Auto QC Pass makes GRN faster, | Reason for QC Fail is tagged to each product and is tracked at a vendor, PO or item level. Later can be used to pick only items for a specific reason. |
Info button is present near QC Fail reasons drop-down which links to QC Fail Reasons documentation | GRN | The link provided to the info button has a description of all QC Fail reasons. | Clear explanation of QC reasons available on the screen for quick reference which helps in deciding correct QC Fail reason. |
PrePrinted Item ID GRN Process | GRN | New Item ID sticker is not created by Assure, instead uses a PrePrinted Item ID sticker. (Refer to Stickering Item sub-module) | Print Item ID in bulk at the warehouse to improve efficiency of GRN |
Print Bulk Item IDs | GRN | Multiple Item ID stickers for the same SKU can be printed at one go for a box. | Print Item ID in bulk for an SKU at the warehouse to improve efficiency of GRN. This enables us for Box level Item ID printing. |
NEW item status GRN Process | GRN | This allows Warehouse to have different desks for item stickering and QC process. Item Stickering is done from a different screen and QC of that item/ adding to bin is done on this screen. | Split the GRN process by |
Don't allow GRN if SKU not in PO | GRN | System checks Inward PO details to match SKU scanned and SKUs present in that order. | Enable/disable to receive products in excess than PO qty |
Don't allow Excess GRN | GRN | System checks Inward PO qty of SKU and count of items already GRNed against. This is configurable | By default the system doesn't allow excess but if required it cant be configured to allow excess GRN. Sku wise Grn Progress is traceable. |
Don't allow putting items in wrong QC bin | GRN | QC Fail items can go only in QC Fail bins, Qc Pass Items can go into QC pass bins | Ensure fail and pass products are kept separately to maintain hygiene |
Image of the product and all master details are shown on the screen when SKU is scanned | GRN | All these product master details and images are prerequisites of Assure System. | Visual Aid provided to the operator by showing image and relevant data of the product on the screen. |
No next button is required in screen to process subsequent items on GRN desk | GRN | Focus on Screen automatically resets itself on a successful GRN process. | Automatic cursor movement to the next field ensuring that the operator doesn't skip any step. Also makes sure he does not need to use a mouse or keyboard for processing the next Item. |
Item Stickers can be printed even without SKU/EAN input | Bulk Inwards | This screen is used when a large number of items are inwarded with SKU being the same. | Print Item IDs without SKU mapping to increase speed of printing and stickering. |
System suggests closest empty location (if required) | Put Away | Scan any location and get the closest empty location for Putaway | Reduce time and distance travel by the operator to find empty locations. |
Any Empty location in the Warehouse can be used for Bin Putaway | Put Away | System doesn't restrict putaway of bin and item at any empty location | Flexibility to putaway bins as per convenience of the operator |
Direct Item Putaway to bins present on locations | Put Away | Item can be also Putaway to a location directly into a bin using Item Putaway Tab | Capability to put away by piece or by bin. |
B2B Outwards
Feature | Category | Summary | Value Add |
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Outward bulk order creation | Outward Order | Bulk orders can be placed directly from by specifying order identifiers, product SKU codes and ordered quantities. Outward orders can be sales orders, return orders or inter warehouse stock transfer orders. Bulk order can only originate from a valid customer and customer location that has been created for the client in question | |
Bulk Orders and Order types | Outward Order | Assure supports all kinds of B2B orders, stock transfer, return to vendor, B2B to customers, to popular XYZ like shopper shop etc | Print Invoices in multiple formats eg shopper stop, Myntra etc based on the customer requirement. |
Bulk Order Tax data and breakup | Outward Order | Assure supports placing B2B orders with and without invoice and tax breakup. Tax can also be auto calculated at time of invoice generation. Tax rule /(GST) compliant invoicing mechanism | Option to upload tax details at an SKU level to ease financial reco of inward and outward orders. Auto tax computation for Inter state, Intra state stock transfers. |
Bulk Order Auto Inventory allocation | Outward Order | Configurable Immediate "Auto inventory allocation" for All orders. Also if inventory is assigned partially, Assure can auto assign more as inventory is GRNed | Auto allocate inventory at the time of placing the order itself to improve fulfilment of B2B orders. |
Bulk Order Manual Inventory allocation | Outward Order | Bulk orders can be marked to not be retried automatically. Instead, the allocation may be performed manually by selecting the order and performing the retry | Manual order retry it is not desirable to automatically allocate inventory to an order. This provdes a degree of control over how inventory is allocated to orders |
Manual Order Deallocation | Outward Order | Items within an order for which inventory has been allocated can be manually deallocated without cancelling them. Deallocated orders, when retried, are re-allocated based on update inventory present | Deallocation of a order item frees up inventory previously allocated to it. This inventory is made available for other orders. Such deallocation is useful if it is not desired to allocate/fulfill certain orders |
Custom Invoice formats for popular store-chains like shoppers stop and OLABI | Create Bulk Invoice | Custom Invoice formats for different vendors | Get Invoice in multiple formats eg shopper stop, Myntra etc based on the customer requirement. |
Order Item expiry related details specification through minimum-expiry date | Expiry | For order items of perishable products, a minimum-expiry date must be specified. Order allocation is done to ensure allocated inventory expires after the provided minimum expiry date | Orders for perishable items can be placed keeping a custom expiry threshold. This prevents allocation of inventory that might be expiring too soon |
Order Item expiry related details specification through batch ID | Expiry | For order items of perishable products, instead of the minimum-expiry date, the internal batch ID can also be specified. Order allocation is done only from the specified batch (even if | Orders for perishable items can be placed keeping a custom expiry threshold. This prevents allocation of inventory that might be expiring too soon |
Manual Bulk Order picklist release | Bulk Pick List Release | Picklist of Bulk Order is not automatically released in the system. Instead, order can be searched by orderId and on clicking the release picklist button, the system marks this order for picklist release and it is released in background within a few minutes. | Release B2B picklist by order to prioritize among bulk orders. |
SKU wise Picklist release Bulk Orders | Bulk Pick List Release | Since Bulk Order can be of huge quantities, Picklist can be released partially for order by releasing SKU wise. This can be helpful for Warehouse Supervisor if there are not enough resources to process the whole order. | Release picklist by SKU for a B2B order |
Zone, Aisle and order wise picking pendency is shown on this screen | Bulk Pick Pending | This is similar to Piece Pick Pending screen, only difference being Picking Pendency is shown order wise for different Aisles. | Monitor Order- Aisle level pick pendency for B2B orders. |
Order wise picking for bulk orders | Bulk Pick Item | This is similar to Piece Pick Item screen, only difference being Picking happens for single order in the Aisle. | Pick by order removing the need to sort the products later for B2B orders. |
Easy Outward box creation | Bulk Packing | Unique Outward Box Barcodes are generated on packing screen | Unique box Ids and box wise packing list give item level tracking which serial bar code is present in which box. |
Bulk packing is again just scanning serial barcodes of an Order against an Unique Outward Box Id | Bulk Packing | Put items in boxed by just scanning Item ID and box Id | Add products to a box by just scanning Item barcode |
Visible error Item list | Bulk Packing | if any item is scanned wrong, Assure enforces packed to scan it again to confirm physical removal | Assure ensure wrong product cant be added to the box |
Auto Boxwise packlist generation | Bulk Packing | As soon as boxes are digitally closed, packlists are generated and printed | Auto printing of the box wise packing list. |
Sound feedback on wrong scan | Bulk Packing | Sound feedback on wrong scan | Additional audio msg/tone for success and error scan to alert the operator. |
Bulk handover on Outward box level | Bulk handover | No box can be accidentally scanned. for missing boxes counts are show for scanned ve pending | Allow operators to handover only after all boxes of the Invoice are scanned. |
B2C Outwards
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Configurable Wave Size and Wave Frequency. i.e Number of picks (items) that can happen in given time | Picklist Release Priority | These values are set by the Warehouse supervisor on the basis of manpower and productivity. Wave size denotes the number of items for which Picklist will be released and Wave Frequency denotes the number of minutes after which system will try to release the next wave of Picklists. | Automate release of the picklist based on processing capacity. |
Picklist Release Preference Options :
| Picklist Release Priority | This config is used to rank the orders present in the system which are eligible for Picklist release. When selected "By Channel", values of channel priority are taken into consideration. When selected "By SLA", orders having SLA date closer to now will be prioritized. | Set priority for channels and release picklist based on the priority set. |
Guided Picking : | Piece Pick Item | On location scan of any Aisle, system suggests next location/bin to goto for picking. System only suggests which SKU to pick and any item of that particular SKU at the same location/bin can be picked. At this moment, Item ID is associated with the order for which Picklist is released. | Guided picking by showing the bin, location and product. |
Guided picking on location wise distance | Piece Pick Item | Pickers will get suggestions for picking only in forward manner in an Aisle. He will not go ZigZag or backward-forward in an Aisle. In the Location Configuration Screen while creating locations, distance is also provided so that the system knows which location arrives before which location and that's how it manages to give picking suggestions only in forward direction. | Reduce the distance travelled by the operator during picking by sending him in a forward direction ensuring all allocated products are picked simultaneously. |
Image and other master details of SKU are shown on the screen to let pickers identify the same SKU items in the bin. | Piece Pick Item | This acts as a visual aid for pickers to identify items of the same SKU in the bin. Also, stickers present on the item have SKU mentioned with the last three digits in bold and big font, just like the SKU mentioned on the screen and this makes it easy for pickers to only match the last three digits of the SKU. | Product images are shown on screen to ease and improve picking productivity. |
Prioritize orders whose CTP (channel's SLA) is strict and close. | Piece Pick Item | CPT Picking config can be enabled which will result in a system giving suggestions only for orders of given channels and today's SLA. | Narrow down picklist by showing only urgent/express orders for a channel. |
Audit based Not Found | Piece Pick Item | Not Found can be marked if an item of SKU suggested on screen is not present in the given bin. | Mark product not found by scanning Bin id ensuring that the picker is looking for the product in the right bin. All this is audited |
Direct Item Picking for an order | Item Based Picking | Pickers can bypass the picklist release process and directly pick items against an order. Only for correct sku qty | Pick products for an order even without releasing the picklist. So When you know exactly what to pick this is useful |
Multi-level sorting by Preferred nomenclature of PigeonHole locations | Item Sorting | If the name of PigeonHole location uses a defined nomenclature (e.g.: Z1-A1-L1 where Z1 is Zone, A1 is Aisle and L1 is location), it allows user to sort 3 times on the basis of Zone and Aisle consequently | Multi Level Sorting |
Channel, Single Piece/Multi Piece, SLA Sorting Using Item ID | Item Sorting | This screen helps in segregating items on the basis of order type and channel of items picked After Item Picking of Piece Orders, all items are mixed in a pallet having different orderId and different channels. On scan of Item ID, screen shows order type(Single or Combo) and Channel name. Operator sorts on the basis of above parameters for further processing. | Sort ecommerce order by channel, SLA and combo to sending the product to right packing station |
One single screen for packing all marketplace orders | Piece Packing | There is no information of which marketplace is getting packed. Packer don't need to learn different processes for different marketplaces | Simple and single process to pack orders of all channels, by just scanning the unique id |
Scan Serial Barcode for packing. No keyboard inputs. No Manual entry | Piece Packing | No keyboard Required. Scanning Serial barcode eliminated the possibility of item getting packed against wrong order | Assure fetches all relevant data like invoice and shipping label based on Unique id scanned. No need for any human decision. Less chances of errors |
Audio feedback on correct and incorrect item scan | Piece Packing | Assure gives sounds on success and failure pack scans | Additional audio msg/tone for success and error scan to alert the operator. |
Capture dimensions of packed shipment by scanning AWB | Capture Packet Dimensions | Pay logistic based on actual volmetrics of the shipments being dispatched. |
Expiry
Feature | Category | Summary | Value Add |
|---|---|---|---|
Marking product as a perishable/expirable product | Products | Products which have a definite expiry date can be marked as perishable when uploading product details | Expiry of perishable items is taken into consideration when allocating orders. Orders for perishable items are allocated from non-expired inventory in a FEFO (First Expiring First Out) manner |
Item-Batch Mapping | GRN | Batches that represent a grouping of items with same manufacture and expiry dates can be mapped to perishable items to indicate their manufacture date, expiry date and external batch identifier. During GRN, the appropriate batch must be selected for the perishable item based on matching batch details | Based on the expiry date of the associated batch, perishable items can be made available or non-available for sale based on expiry status |
Manually expire a Batch | Batch Details | A Batch (representing a grouping of items with same manufacture and expiry dates) can be manually marked as expired prematurely | In case of defects with a certain batch of perishable items, the entire batch can be marked as expired to prevent allocation to orders |
Unique Piece Barcode (UPB / USN) based WMS | UPB ensures that following information can be associated with a single pieceLocationQC statusOrder association |
100% scan based operations | Every action is only scan based, which allows the highest level of accuracy and efficiency. UPB + Scan beats RFID hands down |
Multi location warehousing | Can operate multiple warehouses and fulfil an order from the nearest warehouse. |
Digital Inventory Reservations | Digitally dedicate inventory to specific channels for peak sales period, without physically moving / allocating the inventory. |
Faster GRN with Unique Piece Barcoding | Print and paste UPB in bulk and then do mapping for faster GRN |
Short, Excess, Rejects | Available at PO, Invoice, shipment and box level |
Traceability of Inward Boxes | UPB given to each carton received |
Bin / Item Offline | Can make an item or all items in a bin offline for various purposes (audit, bin consolidation, repackaging, refurbishing etc.) |
Partial Order Fulfillment | Warehouse can keep packing items for a large order till the truck arrives, thereby enabling maximum possible operations and transportation utilization |
Product photograph | Product photograph is shown at every critical scan – GRN, picking and packing |
Mobile Based WMS | All features like putaway, picking, cycle count and bin consolidation etc. can be operated on mobiles / HHTs |
Both B2B and B2C fulfillment | System is capable of meeting all types of fulfilment orders (piece orders, bulk orders, marketplace, B2B etc.) |
Pick Path optimization | Automatically ensures that pickers are required to travel less within the warehouse and access minimum number of bins to fulfill an order |
Superior Reporting | Increff system uses Jaspersoft, a TIBCO product for all its reporting. Also most micro level data (who did what and when, and exhaustive list of item statuses) are captured. Hence customized and accurate reports can be created quickly. Can create custom email alerts. |
GST compatibility | Full GST compatibility for invoicing |
Digital scan of Documents | Physical documents received (invoice, tax forms, transport documents) can be scanned and stored digitally |
Inward QC | Every piece can be QCed and reason for rejections captured against every rejected item |
Pigeon Hole | Pigeon Hole enables to combine multiple pieces for multi-piece orders this enables full and accurate packing of such orders |
User Roles and Permissions | User Roles allows complete safety and security of the system and adherence of processes |
Order Prioritization | Orders can be prioritized based on TAT and Channel type |
Inventory Live on Putaway | Inventory becomes live automatically and only on Put Away |
Formula Based Inventory Exposure | Can provide a channel-by-channel formulae for inventory exposure. For example if(available_qty < 3) then 0 else available_qty. This ensures that even excess orders can be fulfilled with low-depth inventory in hand. |
Fast Inventory Syncing | Syncs only SKUs whose quantities have changed, as opposed to full inventory syncing. This ensures that inventory changes are not dropped by channel APIs. Hence Increff Assure is able to sync with inventory changes with all channels correct every 2 minutes. |
Back Order Syncing | Feature to do backorder syncing. This allows fulfilment of JIT orders. Myntra and Jabong follows JIT, which many channels are now looking at adopting. |
Custom Integrations | Increff can do custom syncing with any private label website (e.g. ShopNaari, TitanEye website, ERP systems via FTP folders). |
Gift Label Printing | Integrations like Amazon Seller Flex require to print Gift Labels. Increff technology enables seamless integration for such special requirements |
Bin Consolidation | Merge items from two bins into one bin for storage efficiency |
Cycle Count | Be able to do cycle count for every bin to check for inventory accuracy |