RetailLogisticsindetails

Retailer'sConsolidationFunction
Empoweredwithatotaloverviewofordersaswellasanoverviewofvendor'sabilitytofulfill
orders,theretailercancombineprocurementfrommorethanonevendortofulfillallorders.
Further,incasevendorsareunabletosupplyitemstocompleteallorders,thedealercanallocate
goodstostoresusingavarietyofmethodssuchasFairShareandTopDown.

PriceCalculation,PurchasePrice,AutomatedSellingPrice
Itispossibletocalculatepricesautomaticallybasedonthepurchaseprice,termsofdelivery,and
thecountryoforigin.Yoursystemofaddons,suchasfreightcosts,commissions,orcustoms
chargeswillbeappliedtothepurchasepricetoreachacorrectCostPrice,NetPrice,andNetNet
Price,thatis,thesellingprice.Costprices,sellingprices,andstockvaluesaredynamic,being
continuallyupdatedasaddoncostsareupdated.

VendorDeliveryControl
TheuseofVendorGroupswilloptimizeyourvendordeliverydocumentsandallowyoutogroup
ordersindifferentcategoriessuchasNonFood,DryFood,Perishables,andProduce.Further,you
canutilizesubcategoriessuchasFruitorVegetables.Itispossibletolimiteachpurchaseorderto
onecategoryofgoods.Usingthismethod,youcanminimizeintrawarehousetransportationsince
thevendorcanspecifytowhichportthegoodsshouldbedelivered.

CrossDocking
Crossdockingisanoperatingstrategyatflowconsolidationcentersordistributioncentersthat
movesitemsfromthereceivingdocktoshippingdockdirectlywithoutshelvingthemaspartofthe
inventory.ThisisalsoknownasNoStock.Crossdockingeliminatesinventory,anditimproves
transittimeandminimizestransportationcostwithoutincreasinginventory.

CrossDockingWorkflow
Requestsarereceivedfromstore.
Requestsareconsolidatedintoaprocurementorpurchaseorder.
Thepurchaseorderissenttoyourvendors,andthevendorsconfirm(ordon'tconfirm)
theirabilitytosupplytherequestedgoods/items.
Itemsaredeliveredandmarkedasreceived.
Theconnectionbetweentheeachlineoftherequestandtherelatedpurchaseorderline
causesacrossdockingmovementtobemaderatherthananinstockmovement.
Thesalesorderismarkedasready.

PreAllocatedCrossDocking
Preallocatedcrossdockingislikecrossdocking,butthevendorpacksandlabelstheorderdirectly
forshipment,throughyourdistributioncentertotheshippingdepartment.Thiseliminatesthe
needforunpackingandrepackinginthedistributioncenter.

AdditionalFeaturesOtherfeaturesincludeRequestCollection,EANStandards,Procurement,
FreightHandling,CustomsHandling,InvoiceVerification,PalletHandling,InboundArea,Out
boundArea,DistributionArea,WarehousePrepicking,WarehouseAvailabilityCheck,Warehouse
ReceivingPlacement,WarehouseManagement,WarehouseManagementSupportFunctions,and
HandheldTerminals.

SoftBASECrossDockingFunctioninterfacescancommunicatewiththirdpartyapplicationssuchas
otherERPsolutions,warehousemanagementsystems,robotcontrolsystems,andhandheld
terminalsystems.

WarehousingandDistribution
Optimizationofthewarehouseorganizationispossiblethroughthevendorandcustomerdelivery
control.Forexample,mostretailfirms
havenumeroussuppliersdeliveringa
largeassortmentofitemsthrough
diversewarehouseswhichmustbe
deliveredtomanystores.
Inordertohandlethiseffectively,itis
necessarytodivideyourwarehouse
organizationsintocategoriesas
mentionedabove.Youmaychooseto
dedicateseparatewarehousestoan
individualcategoryofgoods,oryou
maychoosetodivideindividual
warehousesintocategories.
SoftBASECrossDockingFunction
allowsyoutouseanywarehouse
organizationsystemthatbestfitsyour
organization.

Illustration2:DedicatedWarehouseOrganizedbyContent

Illustration3:IndividualWarehouseOrganizedbyContent

CrossDocking
SoftBASECrossDockingFunctionestablishesaNoStocksituationinwhichstockisnotshelved
uponreceiptbutissenttoastagingareawhereitissentimmediatelyforpackingwiththeproper
order.Thisisaccomplishedbyaccumulatingstores'ordersintopurchaserequisitionswithcross
dockingreceiptsmarkedaccordingtotheorderwithwhichitwillbepacked.Deviationscanbe
handledthroughautomateddistributionmethods.

PreAllocatedCrossDocking
Thepreallocatedcrossdockingenhancesthecrossdockingprocessbyrequiringthesupplierto
attachspecificinformationabouttheitems'finaldestination.Whengoodsarereceived,theyare
sentdirectlytotheoutboundareawithoutunpackingorrepacking.

PalletHandling
SoftBASEcanhandlebothhomogeneouspalletsandmixedpallets.Whenpalletsarereceived,
theyareassignedauniquepalletidentificationcode.Thepallet'sorderinformationisscanned,
anditisdeterminedifthepalletistobeshelvedwithexistinginventoryorhandledbythecross
dockingfunctionality.Finally,thepallet'sfactorisdetermined.(Thepalletfactorreferstothe
amountthatthepalletisfilledwith.5ashalffilledand1ascompletelyfilled.)Pickingcanbedone
fromexistingshelvedinventory(nocrossdockingfunctions)ordirectlyfromtheinboundareafor
crossdockingorders.Foreachpick,thepalletfactorisdeterminedandthepalletisidentifiedasa
homogenouspalletoramixedpallet.

HomogenousPallets
Ahomogenouspalletwithapallet
factorof1takenfromexistingshelved
inventorywillbemoveddirectlyto
theoutboundarea.
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area.

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receiving
reatothedistributionarea.

,itis
theoutboundareafor
shipping.

Inthecaseofapalletbeingprocessed
throughcrossdockingorpre
allocatedcrossdocking,thepalletwill
bepickeddirectlyfromtheinbound
areaandmovedtotheoutbou
MixedPallets
SoftBASE'spickingofmixedpallet
accommodatesbothpreliminary
pickingfromshelvedinventorytothe
distributionareaaswellaspickingfor
crossdockingitemsfromthe
a

Inbothcases,thepalletismovedto
thedistributionareaandfilleduntilit
reachesapalletfactorascloseto1as
possible.Whenthepalletisready
movedto