Inventory Management
- Low stock "item alert" client email notification (multiple product class)
- FAI maintained print-on-demand items for low stock
- Primary location restocking reports for pick and pack
- Cycle counting based on usage reports
- Physical Inventories done annually
- Online reporting
- Quality Control
Materials Handling
- Receipt
- Advance receipt notifications
- Bar-coding
- Receiving against PO system
- Quality Control checkpoints
- Storage
- Wire guide racking system (keeps storage costs down)
- High Bay (keeps storage costs down)
- Primary and secondary bin locations for picking
- State-of-the-art forklifts
- Climate control
- Building Security
- Fire/theft etc.
- Picking / Packing / Assembly / Labeling
- Picker never packs
- Double check packing
- Pick to order
- Batch pick
- Roll-outs/Assemblies
- Quality Control - random carton checks every 10 minutes
- Kitting
- Ability to Kit for stock or build kits on the fly
- Client custom kitting online
- Quality Control
- Shipping
- Real-time update of tracking information for web reporting
- All common carriers (UPS, DHL, FedEx, Airborne, USPS)
- LTL and TL
- Appropriate mode selection
- Scheduling
- Shipment consolidation
- Route optimization and cost analysis for all outbound shipping activity
|
