Produmex WMS for SAP Business One

Operational Reality (Capabilities)

Shopfloor functions run on the Produmex Mobile Client in scanner or touchscreen mode. Operators carry out production, packaging and logistics operations, and the information is transferred to SAP Business One. Produmex WMS connects to barcode scanners and to label and document printers.

• Scanner mode and touchscreen mode
• Purchase, Sales, Logistics and Production functions
• Barcode scanners, label and document printers

Licence and prerequisites: Produmex WMS Terminal licence for each device connected at the same time

Executive ROI Value

Each operation is recorded on the floor where it happens, not keyed in later from paper.

• Fewer re-keyed transactions
• Floor and office work on the same stock

Operational Reality (Capabilities)

Mobile Client flows cover reception, put-away, cross-docking, ad hoc moves and move orders, picking (including multi-picking and zone picking), packing, shipping, and sales and purchase returns. Pick lists generated in the office are immediately available on the shop floor.

• Reception Flow and Put Away Flow
• Ad hoc moves and move orders
• Picking, packing and shipping flows

Licence and prerequisites: Shopfloor flows: Produmex WMS Terminal licence; office functions: Produmex WMS Professional licence; with EDI files, a Produmex EDI licence is needed in addition to Produmex WMS Professional

Executive ROI Value

Receiving, storing and shipping follow the same guided steps for every operator.

• Consistent steps across shifts
• Office pick lists reach the floor at once

Operational Reality (Capabilities)

Products are received directly into silos and tanks on the Mobile Client, without creating a logistic unit. Reception can follow a purchase order, several purchase orders grouped for a supplier, or no purchase order, and the Goods Receipt PO document is booked in SAP Business One.

• By purchase order, auto-selected orders or no PO
• No logistic unit created for bulk receipts
• Goods Receipt PO booked in SAP Business One

Licence and prerequisites: Goods reception: Produmex WMS Terminal licence. Not used for serial-managed or catch weight items

Executive ROI Value

Bulk materials are received against the purchase order at the silo or tank, and the receipt reaches SAP Business One as it is booked.

• Bulk receipts recorded at the tank
• Purchase order matched at receipt

Operational Reality (Capabilities)

Received goods can be delivered to the customer straight after reception, based on the sales order linked to the purchase order. Where the received stock is not enough, a pick list is generated to meet the sales order quantity. Only docks used for both loading and unloading can be selected.

• Purchase order linked to a sales order
• Pick list for any remaining quantity
• Docks used for loading and unloading

Licence and prerequisites: Cross-docking: Produmex WMS Terminal licence

Executive ROI Value

Goods received for an open sales order do not wait in storage before they are shipped.

• Less double handling of goods
• Linked orders shipped from the dock

Operational Reality (Capabilities)

Received purchased items, for example damaged or expired, are returned to the supplier from the shop floor, with or without a base Goods Receipt PO. A Goods return document is added in SAP Business One, and after all products from a Goods Receipt PO have been returned, the purchase document is closed.

• Return with or without a Goods Receipt PO
• Scan the SSCC or the location
• Goods return document in SAP Business One

Licence and prerequisites: Purchase return: Produmex WMS Terminal licence; with EDI files, a Produmex EDI licence is needed in addition to Produmex WMS Professional

Executive ROI Value

Rejected goods leave the warehouse with a matching document, so the stock in SAP Business One stays correct.

• Returns recorded at the dock
• A clear record of what went back

Operational Reality (Capabilities)

The stock allocation algorithm decides which stock is reserved and picked for sales orders, production orders and inventory transfer requests. Inventory locks reserve stock at item and quality status, batch, logistic unit (LUID) or detail level, and transactions that would change a locked parameter are not allowed. Locks can be created by users or by the system, for example when a pick list is generated.

• Locks at item, batch, LUID or detail level
• System locks from pick list proposals and pick lists
• Sales orders, production orders and transfer requests

Licence and prerequisites: Stock allocation and inventory locking in advance: Produmex WMS Professional licence

Executive ROI Value

Stock reserved for one order is not picked for another.

• Fewer short shipments from double-booked stock
• Reservations made before picking starts

Operational Reality (Capabilities)

Items for one or more pick lists are picked in a wave on the Mobile Client onto movable locations, each pick list to its own movable location. The operator is suggested to pick the allocated stock, and a packing process follows the picking.

• Waves of pick lists for different customers
• One movable location per pick list
• Packing after picking

Licence and prerequisites: Picking: Produmex WMS Terminal licence

Executive ROI Value

One round of the warehouse serves several customer orders.

• Fewer trips per order
• Orders kept apart on the cart

Operational Reality (Capabilities)

Picking is performed by wave, and only the items in the operator's current zone are listed. Once a product is identified it is locked, so other users cannot pick it. When a wave holds pick lists for different customers, a movable location is used and a packing process follows.

• A wave picked zone by zone
• Identified products locked to the picker
• Pick list types set for zone picking

Licence and prerequisites: Picking: Produmex WMS Terminal licence

Executive ROI Value

Pickers work in parallel zones, and two pickers do not pick the same product.

• Pickers stay in the zone they know
• No double picking of one product

Operational Reality (Capabilities)

Purchase or sales order lines, or complete routes, are grouped into containers. One order line can be shipped in several containers, purchase and sales container lines can be imported from a CSV file, open containers are listed in the Open documents report, and reception can receive only the open items of an in-transit purchase container.

• Purchase and sales containers
• One order line across several containers
• Open items of an in-transit container received

Licence and prerequisites: Container management: Produmex WMS Professional licence

Executive ROI Value

Imports and exports are followed container by container, so the warehouse knows what is on the way.

• Partial shipments recorded by container
• A clear list of open containers

Operational Reality (Capabilities)

Products returned by customers are received on the Mobile Client against a Return Request, a delivery or no delivery, and a Sales Return document is created in SAP Business One. Returned items are placed on a chosen location or logistic unit, with an optional reason and a default quality status.

• With a Return Request, a delivery or no delivery
• Reason and default quality status
• Sales Return document in SAP Business One

Licence and prerequisites: Sales return: Produmex WMS Terminal licence; with EDI files, a Produmex EDI licence is needed in addition to Produmex WMS Professional

Executive ROI Value

Returned stock is recorded with a reason and a quality status as it arrives.

• Returns recorded at the dock
• A reason captured for each return

Operational Reality (Capabilities)

Cycle counting checks the stock kept in SAP Business One against the stock actually in the warehouse. Direct Cycle Count books differences as goods issues or goods receipts in SAP Business One; Cycle Count first registers differences in Produmex and books them in a processing step; Recount verifies an earlier count. Locations can be flagged for counting after a set number of days or operations, or when they become empty during other operations.

• Direct Cycle Count, Cycle Count and Recount
• Counts after days or operations, or when a location empties
• Counting prompted during other operations

Licence and prerequisites: Creating and processing cycle count tasks: Produmex WMS Professional licence; cycle counting on the floor: Produmex WMS Terminal licence

Executive ROI Value

Stock differences are found location by location, close to when they arise.

• Fewer surprises at the year-end count
• Each count logged from task to processing

Operational Reality (Capabilities)

Company-defined quality statuses control whether stock can be shipped, picked for replenishment or production, used for production, or stored on pick locations. The allowed changes between statuses are defined and can ask for a reason, and the Change Quality Status Flow changes the status on the floor by location or logistic unit.

• Can be shipped, picked or used for production
• Status changes limited to user groups
• Changed by location or GS1 label on the floor

Licence and prerequisites: Quality status management: Produmex WMS Professional licence and Produmex WMS Terminal licence; with EDI files, a Produmex EDI licence is needed in addition to Produmex WMS Professional

Executive ROI Value

Stock whose status does not allow shipping is not picked for a customer.

• Fewer wrong batches shipped
• Who changed a status, and why

Operational Reality (Capabilities)

Returnable items such as logistic carriers and reusable packaging are added automatically to the receipt or delivery document when an item that contains them is added. An inventory and a non-inventory variant of each returnable item avoid double booking, so returnables are charged on documents without their stock changing twice.

• Added automatically to receipts and deliveries
• Inventory and non-inventory variants
• Deposits charged on documents

Licence and prerequisites: Returnable items: Produmex WMS Professional licence

Executive ROI Value

Crates and pallets are counted and charged as they go out and come back.

• Fewer lost returnables
• Deposits on delivery notes and invoices

Operational Reality (Capabilities)

Stock is tracked in two units of measure at once: the inventory unit of measure and weight as the second unit. Catch weight works in purchase receipt, purchase return, ad hoc moves, replenishment, picking, packing, shipping, cycle count, cross-docking, put away, sales return and the production flows. Serial-managed catch weight items are not supported.

• Inventory unit and weight tracked together
• Supported from reception to shipping
• Set per item

Executive ROI Value

Products sold by the piece and checked by weight carry both figures through the warehouse.

• Weight recorded at each step
• Pieces and weight both visible

Operational Reality (Capabilities)

Reception, shipping, item and production labels and the New Master SSCC label are printed from the Inventory Report, choosing the report and the printer. Item labels can also be printed on the Mobile Client, in the Reception Flow and during picking, and logistic labels can be reprinted on the Mobile Client.

• Labels from the Inventory Report
• Item labels during reception and picking
• Logistic label reprint on the Mobile Client

Licence and prerequisites: Label printing: Produmex WMS Professional licence and Produmex WMS Terminal licence

Executive ROI Value

Logistic units carry a scannable label from reception to shipping.

• Scan instead of type
• Labels printed where the work happens