EBITA Systems

Business Challenges

Physical inventory shows quantity on hand without exact zones and bins. Inventory movement and status are not visible in system. Production job progress is not visible in system. Purchase Order is only showing as being received or not received, not showing status of work-in-progress. Sales Order is only showing as being shipped or not shipped, not showing status of work-in-progress. Many needed insights for warehouse activities and inventory status are missing.

NAV Users started to ask whether they can use Warehouse Management System module to effectively manage their warehouse.

When a company's warehouse is disorganized, inefficient, and not accurate, any warehouse management software will make it worse. Mistakes can be amplified even faster. "Garbage in, garbage out". Software cannot make a messy warehouse streamlined.

Some companies try to implement everything without any consideration for their current operation, the operational efficiency would actually decrease, because of the increased overhead and maintenance that are required.

This particular discrete manufacturing company has the manpower and the infrastructure to absorb the overhead and maintenance required so the increase in efficiency and accuracy can be realized.

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The company analyzed the desired processes and was convinced Advanced Warehouse Management module (WMS) would be a good fit.

Using Warehouse Management companies can tighten distribution processes and improve inventory management, for single or multi-site warehouses, in addition to handling order processing and demand planning. 

Inventory Management in NAV provides comprehensive functionality to increase operational efficiency across your business, improve customer service, and reduce inventory and distribution costs. NAV Inventory Management is fully integrated with the Sales, Purchase and General Ledger with all transactions stored in the inventory ledger for inventory valuation and other costing calculations. 

Warehouse Management in NAV allows companies to effectively control control warehouse and stock. A properly implemented Warehouse Management solution would help ensure the most effective use of space, streamline warehouse operations and accelerate order fulfillment. 

With Warehouse Management, users can access real-time data saving time spent locating stock items and performing physical inventories, knowing where each item is located and what processes are required. In addition, receipt to shipment timing can improve significantly by automating receipt, put-away, pick and shipment processes. 

To support the warehouse management function further, the NAV Role Tailored Client can be used to give clear and concise views of the warehouse activities and aid resource management and planning accordingly. 

NAV Warehouse Management Benefits

• Optimize warehouse space and processes. Establish and automate the most resourceful picking routines, bin quantities and put-away locations with NAV Warehouse Management. Pick items per order, per customer, pick up times or delivery routes. With available information, cross-docking options can easily be taken advantage of. 
• Improve order fulfillment. With Dynamics NAV Warehouse Management, status updates can be easily given due to the real-time data available. Having the ability to view the stage of each order in the delivery process from pick and, pack to delivery, you can give your customers an accurate status. 
• Streamline operations and increase productivity. With the NAV Warehouse Management system, receipts, put-aways and picks can all be processed using mobile devices reducing data input and significantly speeding up warehouse processes. 
• Flexibility for growth. NAV Warehouse Management gives the option to select your level of simplicity or complexity. This means warehouse management solution will flex to meet particular business needs, both now and in the future. 

Configuration as Verified Solution

The company configured the warehouse module with full-blown setup for two main warehouse locations and simplified policy for other secondary warehouse locations.

The main warehouse locations have major features turned on:

• Directed Pick and Put-away
• Require Receive
• Require Put-away
• Require Pick
• Require Shipment
• Bin Mandatory
• Use Put-away Worksheet
• Use ADCS
• Use Cross-Docking
• Base Calendar
• Put-away Template

Combined with "Item Tracking" for easy handling of serial and lot numbers, Supply Chain becomes more sophisticated to have ability to keep track of an item’s transaction flow, either to meet legal requirement, or to monitor products with warranties or expiration dates for customer service reasons.