Flexibility:

The office system provides the flexibility to review daily work load, assign jobs to operators to maximize staff and equipment utilization, restart or reschedule jobs, and monitor job progress. Since operators can be assigned multiple jobs, the forklift operator can switch between jobs as needed.

Control:

Bar-coding of all product and locations increases the control in all warehouse operations as well as inventory management. With this in place, nothing enters or leaves the warehouse unless under firm control of the system. This allows you to:

• Easily locate inventory anywhere in the warehouse, including a forklift or truck, and at any stage of processing
• Reduce shipping errors, and therefore subsequent issuance of customer credits
• Have reliable inventory, reducing the instances of inventory shortages
• Analyze inventory in relation to storage locations

Productivity:

Full screen, touch screen computers on warehouse equipment provides significant benefit over standard character based, hand held units. More information available gives the operator the ability to better manage the task at hand. For example, an inexperienced operator can pull merchandise in the order specified for the job, while an experienced operator could review merchandise assigned for the job and determine the best approach to get the job done most effectively.

Metrics maintained in the system will allow you to identify operator performance. The result will be an upward spiral of performance of warehouse operators and therefore in all warehouse operations.