InStock Technologies completes Arya Home warehouse logistics automation project

2021: Implementing InStock WMS

InStock Technologies on March 30, 2021 announced the completion of the Arya Home warehouse logistics automation project.

The growing turnover of the company, the expansion of the assortment requires accurate accounting and automation of warehouse operations. In addition, part of the company's products is subject to the obligatory mark Fair Sign. This creates additional traceability requirements for a product warehouse with Data Matrix codes. It was required in the warehouse to optimize the placement of products for storage, to increase the speed and accuracy of the selection and shipment processes, taking into account the requirements of different customers. To solve these problems, the InStock WMS system was selected.

The peculiarity of this project is that that acceptance is always carried out with piece-by-piece re-scanning of the goods. To increase the acceptance speed, first acceptance was organized for incoming deliveries, and then a detailed acceptance of each product.

In the process of acceptance, pallets with homogeneous goods or mixed pallets are formed. After the end of the process, the WMS InStock has all the data on the accepted good, marriage, numbers of the accepted SGTIN goods with mandatory marking.

A detailed warehouse audit was conducted before WMS was implemented to optimize storage and further inventory operations for picking and shipping. During the SOW and Business Analysis process, merchandise group groups were defined.

• Dimensional goods
• Average goods
• Small-pieces goods

The customer provided data on the number of cases for each group. On the basis of this data, each group is divided into subgroups for ABC of the goods.

Using this data, the system determines in which area and cell after acceptance each product should be placed. The employee scans the pallet, box, and WMS InStock sends a task to the employee's MSD where to move this item. Placing the product in the specified cell, the employee scans its number and sends information about the placement to the system for storage. If the cell specified by the system is full, the WMS InStock generates an inventory job for that cell and suggests another free cell for placement.

Thus, the goods are placed in strict order in the warehouse. WMS always provides real-time storage location information for each item.

Orders come to the WMS InStock from the ERP. WMS then reserves the items for the orders. For InStock WMS, information on the number of goods is available and, if any goods are not enough in the selection areas, the warehouse employees receive tasks from the System for replenishing the selection bins.

From the warehouse of the company, goods can be shipped both to their own stores, franchise stores, and to various customers and online stores. When compiling a selection task, the system takes into account where the products will be shipped and takes into account the requirements and nuances of customers.

The product can be selected in several type boxes. Before selecting the InStock, WMS forms a route and determines how many boxes and what size the employee needs to take to the trolley.

In this case, wms takes into account

• Limited trolley volume.
• Volume of boxes
• Selection zone

A single-order picker cannot receive more than a preset number of lines and more than a preset number of cart orders in a single job.

Goods come from the selection area for inspection and shipment.

The system has rules for checking selective or complete before shipment. This depends on the rules and settings in the system. For example, according to the rules, you need to check the pallet with an item selected by a certain employee from a custom list. Some customers also require 100% inspection of the goods, the requirements of others - to check at least a certain% of the products shipped to the customer.

If the control reveals a shortage, then wms gives the task of obtaining the necessary goods. If a surplus is detected, the system generates a task for placing the goods in the corresponding cells.

High speed and accuracy of selection is facilitated by the availability of the necessary goods in the selection areas. For this purpose, replenishment of selection cells is automated. Hot refills are used, which are carried out when reserving an item and proactive refills.

The system creates proactive replenishments on the basis of ABC of the exigency of goods and given thresholds of the minimum number of goods in the selection zone.

In the system, based on the ABC of the necessity of goods, the filling thresholds are determined.

It is possible to launch tasks of proactive replenishment according to the rules: once in a certain period of time, or at a certain hour.

Result:

• Accurate inventory accounting achieved
• Zoning of the warehouse is organized and the placement of goods is optimized
• Accurate traceability of goods, subject to mandatory labeling, has been established.
• Automated and simplified operation with kits.
• Processes of different types of selection and control are optimized, which made it possible to minimize errors due to the human factor and increase the accuracy and speed of shipments.
• Storage capacity has increased.