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Warehouse management software
News Release from: Eclipse Systems | Subject: DCMS warehouse management system
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 13 October 2005
Optimised slotting smartens location
management
With new optimised slotting feature, DCMS warehouse management system users can experience intelligent location management in their distribution centre/ warehouses.
Eclipse Systems, a leading provider of warehouse management system (WMS) from India, announced the enhanced Slotting Optimisation feature in its WMS product suite DCMS With new optimised slotting feature, DCMS users can experience intelligent location management in their distribution centre/ warehouses
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 17 Aug 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Slotting identifies the most efficient placement of each item (SKU) in a warehouse.
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Slotting feature makes sure that the items picked the most often are stored in the shelf area closer to the dock doors.
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Items with less demand due to seasonality or some other reason, are placed farther from the dock doors.
This reduces the travel time required to pick frequently picked items and increases the productivity of labor force.
Besides, popular items are allocated more number of shelf areas and are spread through out the storage area to avoid crowd/ clutter at the time of order picking.
Slotting feature supports different algorithm of location management to suit different warehouse operations.
Replenishment and Restocking modules are well integrated to support slotting feature.
They make sure that shelves/ locations are never empty.
DCMS supports real time technology, hence moment the inventory on shelves reaches at some minimum level, DCMS alert the concerned staff for necessary replenishment process.
It generates instructions for pulling items from reserve storage area and fills shelves in forward pick area.
DCMS is a user friendly Warehouse Management System WMS, designed to track the activities performed in a Distribution Center or Warehouse.
It automates entire process flow of warehouse right from receiving of goods in the warehouse to managing them till finally shipping to customers.
It is designed for all sizes of businesses, warehouses, and budgets.
DCMS will help you to prevent stock outs, stockpile -up, pending orders and loss of sales due to customer dissatisfaction.
Due to its modular design, DCMS can be easily customized for various clients as per their requirements.
DCMS is an intelligent investment that will bring instant accuracy in your warehouse operations and yield you long-term financial benefits.
Major modules are Receiving, Quality Checking, Putaway, Replenishment, ERP Interface, Order Processing, Pick Pack n Ship, Validation, Cross Docking, Slotting, Custom labeling, Web Based Reports etc.
* About Eclipse Systems - Eclipse Systems, founded in 1990, is an ISO 9001 certified company and Oracle certified partner having rich experience in providing software development services.
We are an enterprise solutions provider with specialisation in Supply Chain Management Systems for manufacturers, distribution centers and service organisations and have expertise in application and systems programming, e-commerce and multimedia applications development.
We have clients spread across US, Europe and Asia.
Major clientele includes Maidenform (USA), Guess Jeans (Canada) and more and Jesta (Canada) and Computec (USA) as our software partner.
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