Success Stories / Case Studies
DATASCOPE WMS – CASE STUDIES
The DATASCOPE WMS has been implemented into a number of different industries and companies. Benefits are being experienced on a daily basis by these companies by making use of the functionality and tools within the WMS to optimise the warehouse. A few Case Studies follow to demonstrate how DATASCOPE adapts to suit each client’s need to bring into relief these very real benefits.
GENERIC FMCG SOLUTION FOR LARGE FOOD DISTRIBUTOR:
An importer of household grocery consumables (mustard, microwave popcorn, etc) is making good use of DATASCOPE WMS to process large volumes of LCT receipts, zoned put away into bulk and replenishment into a separate pickface warehouse within the same facility.
Pickslips are generated by reserving stock from the pickface locations only and over-reserving if required to the tune of the stock available in the bulk warehouse. This automatically triggers a replenishment which must be transacted in advance of the picking.
Good use is made of the Routes in SYSPRO and WMS pickslips are reserved and print out per route. The picking, checkout and automatic invoicing is performed and the pallets of stock are then truck loaded quickly by making efficient use of dispatch cages and lanes within each cage.
The DATASCOPE KPI module is a key driver of this type of environment because head reduction and re-allocation is a key focus in today’s warehousing environment.
RFID CONTROL IN KANBAN ENVIRONMENT FOR PLASTIC INJECTION MOULDING MANUFACTURER:
Manufacture of automotive components is a fast-paced process that requires a high level of accuracy, simultaneously giving the speed required for the large volumes of transactions.
The DATASCOPE WMS RFID (radio frequency identification) module was implemented to assist with this. At strategic positions in the facility, RFID readers were placed and Kanban-type production cards were used to backflush the manufactured automotive parts into SYSPRO quickly and easily.
Using Kanban stock management with WMS and RFID has greatly enhanced the facility and continues to provide valuable tools to the client to control their stock accurately and with the speed required.
HIGH-VOLUME CARTON PICKING SOLUTION FOR CARTON DISTRIBUTION CENTRE:
Hundreds of cartons containing a large range of textiles being receipted from a non-WMS managed warehouse into a WMS managed warehouse is easily handled with DATASCOPE WMS. Scanners are used for stock transfers to bring the product into the WMS-managed warehouse, for pallet building, for zoned put aways and for carton picking, carton checkout and carton truck-loading.
If the requirement to track and trace cartons as opposed to pallets through the warehouse process is a reality, the DATASCOPE WMS software suite caters for this need. Add 2D barcode scanning to the process and the transactions can be performed quicker and more accurately.
The WMS KPI Reporting tools are a vital for such a company, and warehouse benchmarks and targets are easily set and monitored to ensure a continual process of improvement and optimization in the facility.
CONVEYOR AND VOICE SOLUTION FOR ADVANCED PICK AND PACK TO CUSTOMER ORDER DC:
Customer orders are loaded into SYSPRO referencing a custom form field for packing instructions – in this case, a wearer’s name for clothing products. Customer orders are loaded into SYSPRO referencing a custom form field for packing instructions – in this case, a wearer’s name for clothing products. DATASCOPE WMS carton cubes the orders into a carton per wearer and prints carton labels and packing slips showing the wearer details. Cartons are placed on an automated conveyer system and routed to many different picking zones. Product is picked directly to the cartons using a Vocollect voice-directed module. All cartons are automatically mass checked on the conveyer system after picking to ensure picking accuracy. Any carton failing this check is diverted into a QA area. Completed cartons are routed to one of five invoice destinations. Cartons are scanned into dispatch bins by order until the last carton enters the invoice zone and the invoice is automatically printed. Each order is then handed over to the LSP for delivery.
ADVANCED RETAIL SOLUTION:
This five-storey retail park has two open stories at floor level for the warehouse and three retail floors above. Each retail floor sells a different product range such as electronic goods or furniture goods.
As customers in the stores order product, the sales reps in the store offers three delivery options:
1) the product is picked in the warehouse and delivered to the customer in the store or
2) the product is picked and delivered directly to the customers home or
3) the customer gets a 2D barcode on their smartphone and drives to the ground floor warehouse where the barcode is scanned and an automated system directs the customer to the dispatch bay for collection.
