Logistics automation is often considered as barcoding extension to Sales Order Processing, Purchase Order Processing, Inventory Control modules. Software extensions makers may disagree with this simplification, but budget solution works exactly like barcoding extension and is usually done via Great Plains Dexterity, Modifier with VBA and SQL stored procedures. If your company is looking for implementing automated inventory bin/item pickup and conveyer ? then you need specialized software. However if you just envision your warehouse workers with barcode scanners ? then read this article to understand your options with Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains.
? Warehouse Automation. When you are looking for warehouse management automation ? you should research supply chain management applications available on the market. Usually they are expensive and targeted to large logistics clients. You can use Microsoft Great Plains inventory module features, such as locations or sites, serial/lot number tracking, inventory count, inventory transfers and combine these with simple VB-based barcoding to feed documents from your barcode scanners to Great Plains directly.
? Random Weight. Food distribution ? you might be purchasing food in cases or other variable weight units and resell them in pounds or kilograms to end customer. So ? you need parallel quantities tracking with probably serial numbering for each case. This is typical customization for Inventory, Sales Order Processing (SOP) and Purchase Order Processing (POP) modules in Great Plains. It should be done in Great Plains Dexterity to provide seamless interface for GP users. In addition to parallel weight measures (cases and pounds) you may also need average weight control to prevent issues with your warehouse workers
? Recurring Customer Orders. You may figure out that majority of your customers order the same items each time with regular intervals. In this case you can have customer typical order screen to automate order taking. Plus ? you may have associated and replacement items logic incorporated in this screen.
? Automated Shipments. If you sell on consignment ? you may simply send trucks to your customers every day with recommended combination of items, based on historical data ? day of the week, holidays, seasonal variations, etc. And barcode could help you in automatic picking ticket printing and allocation
Good luck and you can always seek our help in customization, implementation, integration and support. Call us: 1-866-528-0577 or 1-630-961-5918, help@albaspectrum.com
Andrew Karasev is Chief Technology Officer in Alba Spectrum Technologies ? USA nationwide Great Plains, Microsoft CRM customization company, serving Chicago, California, Arizona, Texas, Florida, Georgia, New York, Australia, UK, Canada, Continental Europe, Russia and having locations in multiple states and internationally ( http://www.albaspectrum.com ), he is Dexterity, SQL, C#.Net, Crystal Reports and Microsoft CRM SDK
Lincoln Stretch rentals Alsip ..Our company, Novaprof Inc., developed unique software - DB Integration.... Read More
Document Manager and Version HistoryIn previous articles I have discussed... Read More
Shareware is software that you can try before you buy;... Read More
The most important things you can do for your computer... Read More
Looks like Microsoft Great Plains becomes more and more... Read More
Trying to figure out a stream in banning one email... Read More
Before being able to choose a secure Internet communication system,... Read More
For a windows user like me, just can watch with... Read More
SAP Inc., a global leader in client/server enterprise application software... Read More
Although statistics often is blamed for various deadly sins --... Read More
If you've been using MySQL database to store your important... Read More
Accounts payable is just one area of office management where... Read More
Task Manager is a Windows system utility that displays thetasks... Read More
Hey Guys! Don't raise your eyebrows or fear by hearing... Read More
As you probably know, when Microsoft purchased Great Plains Software... Read More
First we had the original Google search that evolved into... Read More
Looks like Microsoft Great Plains becomes more... Read More
Microsoft Great Plains may be recommended for international freight forwarding... Read More
Microsoft Business Solutions Small Business Manager is scaled down Great... Read More
Logistics automation is often considered as barcoding extension to Sales... Read More
Just the thought of a duel-boot scares many people away,... Read More
Usually, the easiest way to tell you have spyware is... Read More
It is really interesting that a bug can create problem... Read More
You turn on your computer, and it doesn't look quite... Read More
Microsoft CRM is winning market share step-by-step from such the... Read More
Western Springs shuttle limo ..A wiki is an editable text-based website. But you don't... Read More
What is Spyware?Spyware monitors your surfing habits and sends the... Read More
Current Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains has more that 10... Read More
While Adobe is the most known maker of PDF tools,... Read More
OEComplete is a utility for managing the personal information of... Read More
If you are in the market for new staffing software,... Read More
I love new technology. I am still ready to wait... Read More
Formatting and reinstalling windows 98 is very easy if you... Read More
While I was in college, if you would have asked... Read More
An integral part of any quality CRM system is lead... Read More
Document Management or Enterprise Information Management is perhaps one of... Read More
Spyware is like the new technological nuclear weapon on the... Read More
Do you want to get quality software at a reasonable... Read More
We would like to give you several situations, when you... Read More
When you first think about multicurrency ? you probably have... Read More
Microsoft Business Solutions CRM is present several years on the... Read More
Once upon a time not so long ago, there was... Read More
Microsoft CRM ? Client Relationship Management package from Microsoft Business... Read More
Whether you are an experienced web programmer or a complete... Read More
Logistics automation is often considered as barcoding extension to Sales... Read More
Microsoft Great Plains, Navision, Solomon and Axapta are Microsoft Business... Read More
Microsoft CRM is CRM answer from Microsoft Business Solutions. If... Read More
This article is for advanced Microsoft CRM SDK C# developers.... Read More
If you look back to the history, you will see... Read More
Google Inc. has launched a new software package that allows... Read More
Software |