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Feature | Category | Summary | Value Add |
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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. |
Check complete history of an item or bin by scanning it | Audit Log History | All the activities with the time and person who performed them will be shown. | Know the complete history of the product, who picked it, who marked it lost, where the product was marked as lost etc |
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. |
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Feature | Category | Summary | Value Add |
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Configurable Wave Size and Wave Frequency. i.Near real time inventory sync. 5-30 second. | Inventory : Channel Inventory Sync | Near real time inventory sync across all sales channels. Market places, custom brand websites and ERPs . 5 - 30 second sync time | Near real time inventory sync across all sales channels. Market places, custom brand websites ands . 5 - 30 second sync time |
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. |
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B2C Returns
Cycle Count
Feature | Category | Summary | Value Add |
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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
Return Data Integration with Marketplaces | Returns Creation | Expected return data is auto populated and stored as reference with forward orders. Incase integrations are not there same can be uploaded manually | Fetch returns expected data from the MPs paytm, flipkart, Myntra |
Process Returns with many packet identifiers like | Return Order Processing | Return Orders can be processed using multiple identifiers as different marketplace return items have different parameters on packets. Yet screen and return flow remains the same for the operator. | Easy Return processing for marketplaces. |
Capture Images for Bad Returns | Return Order Processing | Capture upto 10 images of the bad returns while processing them to claim SPF | Capture upto 10 images of the bad returns while processing them to claim SPF |
Return Item ID Reprinting | Return Order Processing | Same Item ID gets reprinted on return process as the forward Item ID. very useful in long tem tracking | Reuse of the same Item ID that was dispatched from the warehouse. This improves the visibility of the life cycle of any product, how many times it was dispatched and received as a return - so if an item is frequently being returned, you can track the issue/number of times it has been returned/take decisions for refurbishment if needed |
Expiry
Feature | Category | Summary | Value Add |
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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 |