Store Receiving

The Receiving System provides for shipment container license plate labels with a bar code for unique store and shipment handling, tracking, outbound scanning and destination delivery and receiving scanning. Cartons and containers from other logistics operations such as pick-and-pack and pick-to-store operations are integrated with a like license plate label that allows for tracking of multiple SKU (Stock Keeping Unit) items within one container for less than case lot item replenishments which may or may not span multiple cases in an order picking scenario.

Shipment containers are stored in a staging configuration for delivery to stores and/or destination end-points as per a predetermined schedule in the system that controls the conveyance and outbound scanning of cartons into an awaiting trailer at a given lane loading point at the end of the conveyance workflow.

Outbound information is passed along to carriers, the chain store merchandising system and the receiving points via communications file relaying in-transit and delivery information for cartons and their license plate bar code information allowing for an up to date inventory picture and receipt expectation at the delivery point.

Hard Lines Inventories are managed somewhat differently with worksheet processing of distribution inventories for carton pallet collection and stacking where inventories are higher in weight criteria and loose staging is not possible. The flow of this operation results in similar exception management with pallet label license plate, multiple contents on a multiple case and item basis. Typical of a pick to store operation where product is moved across a bank of store staging locations for later store delivery runs.

Using the same interface as the Soft Lines or cross-dock operations and with the same paperless environment with a palletized format rather than a per case license plate. Typical of lower cost and higher weight and handling criteria and also for the purposes of removing items that can cause more expensive damage to other lines. An example would be glass bottled product that should not be intermixed with expensive linens and thus flow through a separate and distant logistics channel.

A distribution worksheet or portable computing device is used to move the product to its staging area in the quantities as pre-determined by the inventory item distribution.

Typical of hard lines or production oriented environments, automated label applications at the carton and/or pallet level provide for automated license plate application, vendors such as Weber, Monarch and TEC are ideal providers of this technology to name a few.