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Credits/Returns

Started by Andrew Wiedemann in Warehousing. Last reply by Thomas Ruszkowski on Wednesday. 3 Replies 1 Like

Inventory Control and Cycle Counting.

Started by Tony Tomsic Jr. in Warehousing. Last reply by Dick Hairston on Wednesday. 5 Replies 1 Like

I have a question about inventory and cycle counting. We do cycle counting daily. I'm wondering if other companies also do a cycle count of some kind daily or weekly, and does it help with keepin…Continue

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Voice Picking Solutions- Who did you use and why? Why didn't you use the other guy?

Started by Ramon Osuna in Warehousing. Last reply by Stacy Luker Nov 18, 2011. 4 Replies 0 Likes

I am researching a voice picking solution, I have spoken with several of the players and generally find that their products are not much different. For those of you that have implemented voice, why…Continue

IFDA DSC 2011 - Fort Worth, TX

Started by John M. Calhoun in Warehousing. Last reply by John M. Calhoun Oct 28, 2011. 2 Replies 1 Like

I'm back at the office today following the Distribution Solutions Conference in Ft. Worth and I'm wondering what others thought about the conference. Our company has been attending this conference…Continue

Tags: Unloading Service, Ft. Worth, DSC11, Distribution Solutions Conference

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Thomas Ruszkowski replied to the discussion 'Credits/Returns'

All returns are put under quaranteen until a manager can determine if it is resaleable. This normally happens on the night shift. as close the the drivers return as possible. it it is saleable the product is returned to the pick…

Wednesday

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Andrew Wiedemann replied to the discussion 'Credits/Returns'

Thank you for the information, I am going to discuss it with my supervisor and see if it is something we can do with our system.

Wednesday

Dick Hairston replied to the discussion 'Credits/Returns'

One method is to put product returned into a separate bucket that is not sellable. Let’s assume you have on hand ( total qty), reserved ( orders against) and available (for sale). A fourth bucket called unsalable would hold any qty that…

Wednesday

Credits/Returns

I have been reading the comments regarding cycle counts and inventory and came accross a main area of concern we have here. In theory, a warehouse would like to have the least amount of down time possible between an item being credited in the system and physically being returned to the slot. This limits issues with "false" inventory discrepencies and product being lost in translaion. Due to personel and timing issues, it can be difficult to limit this time window. For example, as soon as the…See More

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Dick Hairston replied to the discussion 'Inventory Control and Cycle Counting.'

Cycle counting is an opportunity to see how good your systems and processes are. While your checking this out, why not make sure on hand qty agrees with perpetual inventory qty. If they are off the real detective work begins.…

Wednesday

Tom replied to the discussion 'Inventory Control and Cycle Counting.'

Yes, we do cycle counting every day. We attempt to count 200 items each day. The items we count are those items that go to zero or negative on hand, items that are high volume, items that are high dollar value, and items that Purchasing wants…

Monday

Bob Howard replied to the discussion 'Inventory Control and Cycle Counting.'

That is the main reason we count the pick on Shorts. The pick location will be correct if the driver made the error leaving the case at the wrong location. (meaning rthe selctor did pick the case) The pick location will have a plus…

Monday

Tony Tomsic Jr. replied to the discussion 'Inventory Control and Cycle Counting.'

Thanks for your reply Bob. I have one question. How do you determine if the short was a selector problem or a driver problem? We also count on a non shipping shift, but between credits and returns, our count tends to be off. Any idea?

Monday

Bob Howard replied to the discussion 'Inventory Control and Cycle Counting.'

High value and code dated items are cycle counted each day. This count is completed on a non-shipping shift when there are no pulls from the selection location. Each shift we will also conduct an empty location walk off (WMS systems)…

Monday