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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 | Multiple outward Orders can be created by the user in same CSV upload reducing the time and effort. | ||
Bulk Orders and Order types | Outward Order | Increff OMS 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 | Increff OMS 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, Increff WMS can auto assign more as inventory is GRNed | Increff OMS looks up the inventory and allocates inventory to order as per the availability after order creation. | ||
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 helps where it is not desirable to automatically allocate inventory to an order. This provides a degree of control over how inventory is allocated to orders. This can also help in prioritising specific orders in scenarios where B2B/B2C operations take place along with replenishments for other fulfillment locations like stores, dark stores, etc. | ||
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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 ordersOverall, zone, aisle, and order-wise picking pendency analysis provides valuable insights into the picking process's efficiency and helps warehouse managers make informed decisions to optimize operations. By identifying and addressing bottlenecks, reallocating resources, and implementing process improvements, they can streamline the picking process, reduce pendency, and enhance overall warehouse productivity. | ||
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. |
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Pre pack staging area and Consolidation of Pack Boxes | Bulk Picking | This feature enables the functionality to create Pre-Pack Staging Areas for storing and consolidating pack boxes before packing B2B orders. |
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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 wrongVisible error Item list | Bulk Packing | If any item is scanned wrong, Increff WMS enforces packed to scan it again to confirm physical removal | Increff WMS 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. | ||
Customisable Invoice formats for different Partners (Vendors/Customers) | Bulk Invoicing | Custom Invoices can be created through Retail Microservice for different Partners (Vendors/Customers) as per the data required by them in the Invoices For Eg: Customer Name, Company Name, Barcodes of Serialised Item Code/Order Number/ Invoice Number, Transporter Name can be added in the Invoice. |
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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. | ||
Customisable pack-box labels support for B2B orders | Packing | The B2B box labels can be customised in terms of format as per the client requirement. |
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Pick order group, Batch picking & cluster picking | Picking | This feature enables to group multiple outward orders and release picklists, pick items for the order group. |
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Post Pack Staging & Handover Using Gate Pass In Increff Omni | Packing & Consolidation |
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Packbox/ Package SKU Masters | Packing | We now supports defining Box SKU Masters for Pack boxes and Package SKUs used in B2B and B2C operations, allowing to auto-populate the Predefined Dimensions and Volumetric weight values in Box SKU Masters in OMS with the scan of box SKU/ package SKU in Omni screens. | Enables Faster order fulfillment by automating Carton SKU scan which has the provision to populate the Carton Dimensions (Length,Breadth,Height) and Volumetric weight stored in system in Carton SKU Masters. This can optimize space utilization, reduce packaging waste and minimize shipping costs. |
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Near real time inventory sync. 5-30 second. | Inventory : Channel Inventory Sync | Near real time inventory sync across all sales channels. Market places/ Marketplaces, and custom brand websites and ERPs . 5 | Real- 30 second sync time Near real time inventory sync across leads to inventory accuracy at all sales channels. Market places, custom brand websites ands . 5 - 30 second sync time/ marketplaces and brand portals. It would also help avoiding any excess orders. | ||||
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. |
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Guided Picking : | Piece Pick Item | On location scan of any Aisle, system suggests The system recommends the next location/bin to goto visit for picking . System only suggests which when scanning first location in an aisle. It suggests the SKU to pick and , allowing the picker to choose any item of that particular SKU at from the same location/bin can be picked. At this moment, . Currently, the Item ID is associated with the released Picklist 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 . Pickers receive picking suggestions in a forward manner within an aisle. They do not zigzag or move backward-forward in an Aisleaisle. In During the creation of locations in the Location Configuration Screen while creating locations, distance information 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. This allows the system to determine the sequence of locations and provide picking suggestions. |
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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) Express Picking for priority orders or orders whose CPT is strict and close. | Piece Pick Item | Express Picking has two definitions: Express Picking 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 and Priority-based picking. When the Express Picking CPT is defined for a marketplace, orders that fall under the same day SLA are released for picking. Priority-based picking allows the system to pick items based on the priority given to the channel, with higher priority items being picked first. | Narrow down picklist by showing only urgent/express orders for a channel. This feature helps in optimizing the picking process, ensuring urgent orders are fulfilled efficiently and improving overall warehouse operations. | ||
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. | It helps in inventory accuracy and avoid excess orders. | ||||
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 | Increff WMS 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 | Increff WMS 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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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. Eg, paytm, flipkart, Myntra, etc | ||||
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 Iitem 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 | B2C return processing from any warehouse | Return Order Processing | Any return for which forward order went from Increff WMS can be processed at any WMS location. | This will improve ease of return processing |
B2C return processing from any warehouse | Return Order Processing | Any return for which forward order went from Increff WMS can be processed at any WMS location. | This will improve ease of return processing. | ||||
Video Capturing during return Order Processing | Return Order Processing | Return video is captured by system and stored in NAS device. The return videos can be retrieved by the user from Search Return Orders screen. |
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Expiry
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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 |
System to pick prior expiry product in same bin | Expiry | The system enforces picking prior expiry products in the same bin by providing pickers with detailed information during the picking process. In the picking screen, if the suggested pick item belongs to a perishable SKU, the User Interface will display the External Batch ID and Expiry Date along with the master data. This helps pickers to identify and pick items with the same SKU and batch, ensuring that items nearing expiry are picked first. Additionally, during putaway, there is no restriction on mixing multiple batches of the same SKU in the same bin, which further facilitates picking prior expiry products in the same bin. | Streamlined warehouse operations: The system's guided picking process, which includes SKU data, batch details, and expiry dates, makes it easier for pickers to locate and pick items, leading to more efficient warehouse operations. Minimized wastage and losses: By picking items nearing expiry first, the system helps minimize product wastage and financial losses associated with expired products. |
Phasing out expired products | Expiry | The consolidation of expired items through a special picking process at warehouses involves segregating expired items from non-expired items to ensure proper inventory management | The consolidation of expired items through a special picking process provides several key benefits and value additions to inventory management:
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