Warehouse Inventory Management Systems Reduces Labor Costs and Increases Inventory Accuracy

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Inovity features Visual Warehouse from Kare Technologies, the full-featured, modular warehouse management inventory system for small businesses to large enterprises picking and shipping millions of dollars of inventory per day.

This highly flexible warehouse and inventory management software is designed to improve productivity and inventory accuracy in warehouses, distribution centers and manufacturing facilities, helping to manage workflows and provide the data for your business intelligence systems for any type of inventory management function in your business:

Receiving – To manage the flow of raw materials from vendors or from internal production operations and goods for distribution.
Put Away – Track product or material received from staging or storage locations and moved to holding or locations.
Order Picking – Know where and when your workers who are group picking, zone picking, either for production process or customer orders, and track items and quantities throughout the warehouse for inventory tracking.
Packing and Shipping– Manage and print shipping labels, manifests and packing lists from anywhere in the connected warehouse.
Physical Inventory and Cycle Count – Stay up-to-date with either user or system-directed inventory reviews by location or specific items.
Replenishment – Know when your materials are at a low point and need to be replenished.
Work Orders – Track and manage the inventory for manufacturing and assembly operations as well as track the flow of finished goods throughout your warehouse.

Operating as a stand-alone system or as a modular integration with your enterprise systems, the Visual Warehouse warehouse inventory management system allows you to choose which tasks and functions to automate so you can implement integration at your own pace and purchase only the functionality that you need.

Visual Warehouse is a fully modular system automating critical tasks and processes in warehouses, distribution centers and even integrating with manufacturing workflows:

Receiving

Track the receipt of material with warehouse management software.

The Receiving module lets you track the receipt of material from vendors or from internal production operations. Bar code labels may be produced for items, containers or pallets. If desired, items and quantities may be validated against an expected receipts list. Because Visual Warehouse is a real-time system, received material is immediately available to fill customer orders. Material may be set aside for crossdock, received directly to a storage location, or placed in a temporary staging location to be handled later with the Putaway transaction.

Put Away

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The Putaway module is used to move material from staged receiving locations to final storage locations. Based on system configuration, material may be moved to prime locations, locations holding like items, empty locations and more. Users may specify the Putaway sequence or use the system’s suggested sequence which directs users through the warehouse in an optimized travel path.

Order Picking

Gather picking information at the source eliminating errors from data entry error prone data entry.

The picking module provides an extremely flexible and efficient method for picking orders without any paperwork. Many options are offered including order picking, group picking and zone picking. If desired, orders may be picked by priority or user-defined type (customer order, production order, etc.) Consistent with other Visual Warehouse functions, the system suggests pick locations in an optimized travel path, and alternative pick locations are available at the touch of a key.

Packing and Shipping

Verify, ship orders that have been picked and packed with warehouse management software.

The Packing and Shipping modules are used to box, verify and ship orders that have been picked. Packing lists and barcode labels may be produced to identify boxes and order contents.

Physical Inventory and Cycle Count

The Cycle Count module can be used to verify inventory for a specific item or location, or it can be used to perform a complete physical inventory. Cycle counts, like other Visual Warehouse tasks, may be performed in user-directed and system-directed modes. Inventory discrepancies may be corrected automatically and immediately, or they may be flagged for later review. Because Visual Warehouse is a real-time system, there is no need to “freeze” inventory during the cycle count process.

Replenishment

Knowing when you need to restock WIP inventory and parts-on hand is possible with inventory management software.

The Replenishment module lets you move material from bulk storage to forward pick locations that are running low on material. Visual Warehouse maintains maximum and minimum quantities for any desired item and location. As an on-hand quantity falls below the defined minimum, Visual Warehouse creates a replenishment requirement for that item and location. Users are later directed to move material to depleted locations.

Work Orders

Track work orders are they go station to station with warehouse management software.

The Work Order module manages and tracks inventory for manufacturing and assembly operations. The module effectively handles the consumption of raw material and component parts as well as the introduction of finished goods in the warehouse.