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Customer Implementation Requirements Guide

OrderFlow Ltd.

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Goods In and Putaway

Goods-in and Putaway

Goods In

Your goods-in and putaway requirements for OrderFlow depend on how closely your instance of OrderFlow should be integrated with your accounting or ERP system. For example, some customers require purchase orders to be imported into OrderFlow (from systems such as Sage) before deliveries can be accepted into the warehouse.

The processes that will be most suitable to use will depend on a variety of factors, including the nature of products received, the layout of your warehouse, and the knowledge/capability of your workforce.

Goods-in

  • Will you be using a third-party Purchase Order or ASN system to manage deliveries?
  • Do you require Desktop or Handheld-based processing of deliveries?
  • Do you use any form of cross docking, or does every delivered item go straight to stock?
  • Are deliveries processed immediately on receipt into the warehouse, or is there typically a few hour lag before this happens?

Putaway

  • Do you wish to use the OrderFlow goods-in delivery process to put away to stock, or a separate putaway process?
  • Can incoming SKUs be put away one at a time or should putaway be a two stage process that scans items into a cart and allows a user to put away the contents of the cart in a separate operation?
  • Do you wish each putaway item to be scanned separately, or simply mark the delivery as putaway once, at the end of the putaway process?
  • Do you wish OrderFlow to suggest putway locations, or should a user select them manually? If the former, what rules should OrderFlow use to select locations?
  • Are deliveries typically received in mixed pallets or totes that require sorting before they can be put away efficiently?

Recommendation

During the requirements gathering phase we recommend a dedicated session (using a TeamViewer demonstration) to explain the system options available for receipt and putaway, and to match these against your business requirements.