Improve Warehouse Operation via Chronos eStockCard (Tip #2)

Most inventory errors start from receiving. If you make a mistake here, numerous problems such as inventory inaccurate, item misplaced and causing extensive searching will occur in later stage. Numerous efforts and resource must be devoted to rectify it.

Typical problems start from data recording.

How to record crucial information such as Item, Quantity, Lot number, Batch number, Special instruction, Expiry date, Manufacturing date and which particular location to be located during receiving?

Paper and pen can be warehouse keeper’s nightmare. Excel can be inefficient for high varieties but low volume items.

You may consider implement barcode technology at receiving function which may help you to speed up the receiving processes, eliminate paperwork and improve data accuracy.

To further speed up your receiving process, you may further to look into your put away methodology.

Barcode-enabled Warehouse Inventory Software from Chronos, was designed to help warehouse keeper to improve their data entering and recording during receiving.

IN screen was designed to handle single pass transaction, i.e. Single item per order and this is very useful for large volume but less item. User can record data within a second and system will automatically locate the best location for put away.

Goods Receiving screen was designed to handle multiple passes transaction, i.e. Many items per order and this is very useful for low volume but high mixed items. To further eliminate clerical work, single button conversion from Purchase Order to Goods Receiving enable the user reap the benefit and power of Chronos eStockCard.

Chronos eStockCard can be downloaded from www.estockcard.com

Improve your warehouse operation via Warehouse Inventory Software

Have you ever think to improve your warehouse's operation? Prior to identify and develop a viable plan for improvement, you may conduct warehouse’s operation audit regularly which enables you to measure your warehouse productivity with several key performance indicators : -

a. Number of orders processed per warehouse operator

b. Receiving and put-away turnaround times

c. Items picking turnaround times

d. Order processing turnaround times

Once you gather the data and make comparisons before and after, you will be able to develop an action plan for improvement.

There are several tips to be included into your audits.

Tip #1 Warehouse layout and planning

Warehouse layout has a significant effect on put-away and picking processes. If the warehouse is not properly laid out, considerable amount of efforts such as searching, walking and traveling may be required to go from one item to the next.

Traveling time is dependent upon distance. One way to reduce distance is to locate the fast moving items near the frequent accessing point. If we follow Pareto's Law or the 80-20 rule, then we can put 20% of the items close to the frequent access point, they may account for 80% of picking.

80-20 rule are designed and embedded in Chronos eStockCard which helps warehouse operator to identify the frequency of moving (picking) for every item after a period of time. This will help user to assign the fast moving items to frequent access point to improve productivity by cutting picking time.

Free version of eStockCard, one of the powerful warehouse inventory software, can be downloaded from www.estockcard.com for trial.