The Warehouse Management System is an optional system that focuses on streamlining the Order Picking, Packing and Invoicing Process. The flags below pertain to the Paper based Warehouse Management System which has been replaced with the Wireless Warehouse in most instances. The paper based Warehouse Management system is still available as an optional system.
Move Multiple Times per Session – When Changing Product Locations through the Warehouse Management system, if you typically move more than one product at a time you should answer yes to this flag. After changing the location of an item if this flag is set to yes, the prompt will return so that you can immediately move another product instead of going back to the menu. If you typically change locations on single items, you should default this flag to No.
Product Inquiry Style – This is the same flag that is available through User Flags – Inventory. It is located here for convenience. Each User can select which type of Product Inquiry they would like to use. This flag pertains to the Product Inquiry when selected through a Menu. There are four options for the Product Inquiry screen. The options are described as General, Sales Oriented, Expert and Expert with Stocking Information. The General Screen contains a quick overview of the on hand, on PO’s and Committed quantities. It also gives you quick access to all other information with the function keys. This is the default setup for all Users. Users that are more Sales Oriented may want to select the Sales Oriented Inquiry, which will begin with the first screen presenting all previous sales for the part you are inquiring on. You can then access all of the other information on the Product through the function keys. The Expert Screen and Expert Screen with stocking information have a great deal of information that a User in purchasing or management may want to have as their first screen. All other information is again available through the function keys. Press spacebar or click on this flag with your mouse to make your selection.
Information to show in Customer Scroll Box – When you do a partial lookup of a Vendor either by typing in part of their Name or Spacebar and Enter to show all Vendor’s you can select what kind of information you would like to see in the Scrolling Window. Your choices are Code and Name, Name and Full Address, or Code, Name, City, State, Zip. Press Spacebar to see the drop down list where you can highlight your preference and press enter.
Information to Show in Vendor Scroll Box – This is the same flag that is available in User Flags – Accounts Payable. It is also located here for convenience. – When you do a partial lookup of a Vendor either by typing in part of their Name or Spacebar and Enter to show all Vendor’s you can select what kind of information you would like to see in the Scrolling Window. Your choices are Code and Name, Name and Full Address, or Code, Name, City, State, Zip. Press Spacebar to see the drop down list where you can highlight your preference and press enter.
Print Package Labels with Pick List – If you would like to print Customer Package Labels at the same time that you print the Pick List answer Yes here. This would typically be answered No since the package labels are normally printed after the products have been allocated in the system.
Stay in Order During Allocations – If you are allocating from a Pick Ticket versus a Pick List and you normally have multiple line items on an Order you should answer yes here. If you are doing a wave pick with a Pick List you should answer No here, as the product that is scanned will automatically select the order.
Stay in P.O. During Receipts – This flag pertains to the Warehouse Management System. If you would like the prompt to stay in a particular Purchase Order you are receiving, answer Yes here. The default is No, but while formulating your procedures this may be an option to consider.
Stay in Processing PO During Sending – This flag pertains to the Warehouse Management System. If you would like the prompt to stay in a particular Processing Purchase Order you are sending, answer Yes here. The default is No, but while formulating your procedures this may be an option to consider.
User Flags-General- The following flags pertain to the system overall.
Printer Flags- Default Printers each User can select the printers that they would like to be the default when printing documents from the system. When you print the particular document, the default printer will be selected automatically. You then have the option of changing the default printer by simply pressing spacebar and enter or clicking on the lookup button. While in User Flags-Order Entry you can view or change you default printer by clicking on printers on the right side of the screen. You will see the screen below. Simply click on the lookup button or press spacebar enter to see a drop down list of available printers.
