Dexterity WMS v3

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Dexterity Warehouse Management

• Jim Southern

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Company Profile

• Established 1992 Clitheroe, Lancashire
• Dexterity Software is wholly developed and owned
  by Dash
• Accredited Developer for Sage Mid Market (Sage
  200)
• Microsoft Development Partner
• Cisco Select Certified Partner (WiFi Networks)

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Dexterity Technology

• Microsoft SQL Server 2008/2012
• Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Development
• Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8 Compatible
• Virtual Server Compatible VMware / Microsoft
  Hyper V
• Sage Integration via Sage Business Objects (SBO)
  -Live
• Same environment as Sage 200

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Industries Served
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Dexterity WMS Functionality
Inbound
Outbound
Dexterity Warehouse Management
Order Management
Pick Face Replenishment
Goods Receiving
Inbound
Outbound
Stocktake PI Checks
QC Checks
Order Picking
Despatch Carriers
Intelligent Putaway
Audit Traceability
Efficiency
Accuracy
Optimisation
The Smart Warehouse
Payback ROI
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Manage Every Process

• Goods Receipts
• ASN / Containers
• QC Procedures
• Label on Receipt
• Cross Docking

• Guided Putaway
• Open Putaway
• Zoned Putaway
• Primary Locations
• Space Managed

• Stocktake
• Cycle Counting
• Batch/Lots
• Date Managed
• Replenishments

• Order Planning
• Order Picking
• Packing Despatch
• Documentation
• Carrier Integration

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Dexterity Process Map

Goods Receiving

• Inbound Processes
• PO Receipts
• Containers
• Guides the Putaway

• Inbound Processes
• Label on Receipt
• QC on Receipt
• Pallet Management

Guided Putaway
Replenish Pickface
Bulk/Rack Storage
QC Manage

• Manage the Stock
• Locations
• Quantities
• FIFO/FEFO Dates
• Batches / Lots
• Expiry Dates
• Traceability

• QC Management
• Manage Release
• User defined QC Reasons
• QC History of Stock
• QC Labelling
• QC Emails

On-Hold
Stocktake / Counting
Manage Stock
Release
Stock Moves
Works Orders
Sales Order Management

• Pick, Pack Ship
• Manage Release
• Single/Group Picking
• Pack Process
• Courier Labelling
• Despatch

• Manufacture
• Works Orders
• Bill of Materials
• Issue to Production
• Finished Goods
• Labelling

Issue Raw Materials
Order Pick/Pack
Receive Finished Goods
Order Despatch
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Top Warehouse Issues

• Inventory Inaccuracy
• Poor Space Location Management
• Poor Picking Put-Away Procedures
• Stocktake Timeouts Effort
• Bookings to / from Manufacturing
• Inefficient Labour Utilisation
• Order Picking Errors

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Warehouse Efficiency Improvements

• Efficient Labour Utilization
• Efficient Put-Away Procedures
• Efficient Picking Procedures
• Eliminate Picking Shipping Errors

Paper Based
Travel Time
Pick Orders
Find Products
Process Orders
Time analysis in a typical warehouse Tompkins
Associates 2008 - USA
WMS Based
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Equipment in the Warehouse
Handheld Terminals
Fork Truck Terminals
Wireless Network
Mobile Printers
Desktop Printers
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Barcode Driven
SSCC Pallet Label
GTIN Item Barcode

• Product Labels
• Batch Numbers
• Pallet ID Labels
• Pick Notes
• Package IDs
• Tracking Numbers
• Despatch Notes

GTIN Case/Carton Barcode
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Managing Stock

• Stock Management Rules
• FIFO / FEFO
• Batch / Lot Numbers
• Expiry / Best Before Dates
• Shelf Life
• Serial Numbers
• Pallet IDs
• Packages / Boxes / Bundles
• Complete Traceability

The Rules
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Managing Storage Units

• Dexterity manages multiple storage units and
  barcodes
• Each, Carton, Box, Pallets
• Unique Pallet ID binds the stock together in
  the system
• Manage pallet sizes locations
• Single scan for pallet movements
• Pick whole pallets units for bulk orders
• No item counting or errors

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Goods Receiving QC

• Receives against the PO record or ASN
  (Containers)
• Label Pallets / Items at Goods In
• QC Stock Status Management
• On receipt by product
• In location at any time
• By reason (Approval, Quarantine, QC hold)
• Mobile terminal process
• Dexterity screen process
• Cross Dock / Back to Back / Reservations

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Receiving Putaway Strategies

• System can guide the putaway based on warehouse
  rules
• Pickface for product first (pickface(s) per
  product)
• Bays above the pickface
• Zones the warehouse
• Reduces putaway time and accuracy
• Puts product nearest to pick locations
• Increases order pick efficiency

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Pickface Management

• Pickface Replenishment Tasks
• Task lists to fill pick face locations
• Active Dashboard Views and Alerts to Identify Low
  Pickface Replenishment Tasks
• Replenishment tasks driven by
• Empty Pickface
• Low (Minimum) Stock Levels
• Demand for an item based on current orders

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Stocktaking / Cycle Counting

• Physical Counts Scan the locations and items to
  quickly count stock
• Create Count Sheets
• Products
• Locations
• Cycle Counting Periodically by Location

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Planning Order Management

• Colour codes for order status
• Live view of all outstanding orders
• Carrier Service selection
• Prioritise Orders for picking
• Print Pick Notes Labels
• Paperless Get Next Pick
• Group and Sort Picks by parameter
• Due Dates
• Order Priority
• Carrier Collections
• Singles Multi Line
• Tabbed Views show order progress
• Drill Down to order detail
• Mission Control for the warehouse

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Order Pick, Pack Despatch

• Automates Order Picking via Mobile Terminals
• Dexterity guides the picker to the correct
  locations to pick order lines with validation
• Prioritise, Group Release Orders Customer,
  Carrier, etc.
• Single Order, Collective Consolidated Picking
  Processes
• Pick Notes with Barcode or Get Next Pick
  (Paperless)
• Pack by Order or by Carrier in Packing / Despatch
  Bay
• Print Despatch Notes with Shipping ID, Customer
  Labels, Package Labels, Carrier Tracking Labels
• Ensures Customers Receive Accurately Picked /
  Labelled Documented Orders

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Order Pick, Collective, Consolidated

• Single Order Picking One Order at a time
• Pick one order at a time
• Pick Note with barcode or Get next Pick -
  Paperless
• Collective Picking Multiple Orders - Item Qtys
  by Order
• Pre-printed labels / Pick notes with multiple
  orders
• Order 001, Pick 2 Order 002, Pick 4 Order
  003, Pick 5 - Order 004, Pick 1
• Pick direct to box ready for shipping
• Scan Despatch
• Consolidated Picking Multiple Orders Item
  Qtys Totalled
• Pick notes with multiple orders
• Pick total Qty for all orders, 2451 12
• Marshall and Split out individual orders at
  Packing
• Label, Scan Despatch

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Pick Strategies - Pickface Bulk
Packing Stations
Drop Off Locations
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Pick Strategies - Pickface Zones
Packing Stations
Drop Off Locations
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Pick Strategies - Zoned Picking
Packing Stations
Drop Off Locations
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Carrier Software Integration

• Seamless Integration with Carrier Shipping
  Software

• Automatically creates shipping labels, scan to
  record carrier tracking details
• Complete traceability from pick to delivery

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Live Messaging - emails

• Automates the line of communication from
  Warehouse to Sales / QC / Management
• Emails when orders are despatched (Account
  Managers)
• Emails when stock is received (Purchasing)
• Emails when stock lines are low
  (Purchasing/Warehouse)
• Emails when pickfaces are low/empty (Warehouse)
• Emails when QC status changes (QC)

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Pick to Box/Bundle/Pallet

• Pick Pack Multiple Packages for an Order /
  Shipment

Unique Package Label
small items

• Individual package numbers shown on delivery
  documents with contents

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Works Orders BOM

• The Kitting and Bill of Materials (BOM) module in
  Dexterity WMS allows you to manage top level
  items and sub-components.
• The Dexterity module can integrate with the ERP
  BOM and Manufacturing modules or operate as a
  standalone feature.

Raw Materials WH
Manufacturing
Pick Issue Components to Works Orders
Receive Finished Goods
Works Orders

• Complete history of the Works Order from creation
  through issuing materials to manufacturing to the
  booking of finished goods. Links Works Order to
  Sales Order Customer.

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Dashboards KPIs

• The Dexterity Dashboard is a powerful tool used
  to provide a real-time mission control view of
  Warehouse Operations as well as giving instant
  reporting of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Live data views in dials, charts, graphs
  grids
• Say goodbye to hearsay figures
• This is actual live information
• Save on manual and spreadsheet work for monthly
  KPIs
• Measure Actual v Planned in real-time
• Data Analysis based on Historical Data
• Pick out warehouse wide statistics
• Specific Process Statistics (Picking, Receipts,
  Issues)
• User Specific Statistics (User Activity Levels)

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Promotes Efficient Layout

• Use Dexterity statistics to determine the most
  efficient warehouse layout
• Generating velocity statistics helps the
  Warehouse Manager improve warehouse layout

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Real Time Processes - WiFi

• Real Time, Easy to Use, Touch Screen User
  Interface

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Systems Integration
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System Architecture

• Built on Microsoft.NET
• Live end-to-end system

ERP
email alerts
Carriers
Integration
GRN
Putaway
Labels
Picking
Rules
Dexterity
Documents
Pick Notes
Locations
Despatch Notes
Zones
Processes
Mobile Terminals/Printers
Warehouse Operatives
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Dexterity Software Demonstration
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Dexion

• Warehouse Storage Solutions
• Sage 200 Integration
• Distribution Operation
• QA Inbound Process
• Back to Back Stock Reservations
• Pick to Bundle Unique ID Labelling
• Vehicle Loading
• Delivery Documentation
• Multi-Company with Sage 200

We chose Dexterity WMS from Barcode-IT primarily
because of its very tight integration with Sage
200. However, in addition to the software, we
have been very impressed with the completion of
the project by Barcode-IT within our very
demanding timescale. says Eric Wood-Thompson,
Warehouse Inventory Manager at Dexion.
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Endon Lighting

• Premier UK Lighting Wholesaler
• Sage 200 2011 Integration
• Container Management
• Automated Pick Order Allocation
• Bulk Order Picking
• Housekeeping Dual Cycling
• Carrier Software Integration
• Delivery Documentation

"Dexterity has allowed us to refine our stock
profile, without compromising our customer
service." says Greg Ward, Logistics Manager at
Endon Lighting. "We now always have the right
products ready to ship without over stocking,
which was previously a major problem. Before
Dexterity we re-checked all picked orders before
despatch, but now accuracy is so high we pick and
directly despatch to the customer, which saves
time and man power."
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Eat Natural

• Fruit Nut Cereal Bars Mueslis
• Sage 200 Integration
• Manufacturing Distribution Operation
• QC Stock Status Management
• Ingredients, Packaging Finished Goods
• Works Order Manufacturing Traceability
• Order Picking with Batch Julien Date Management
• Delivery Documentation
• Carrier Software Integration (UPS)

Our customer Eat Natural, a manufacturer and
supplier of nutritional cereal bars, needed a
solution to manage and automate their inventory
and warehouse operations and processes to work
alongside Sage 200. After considering their
requirements we introduced Barcode-IT with their
Dexterity WMS solution because it offered a Sage
listed solution and a complete warehouse
management system. Says Natalie White, Managing
Director at ESPI.
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Coach House Antiques

• Furniture Giftware Wholesaler
• Sage Integration
• Distribution Operation
• 500,000ft2 Warehouse
• 14,000 SKUs
• Route Planning Picking
• Reverse Load Building
• Pick to Box ID Labelling
• Customer Returns
• Delivery Documentation
• Showroom Order Taking

"The Dexterity WMS has enabled us to expand the
business to a level that we could not have
reached without its implementation." 
says Marilyn Burgoyne, IT Manager at Coach
House. With Dexterity our warehouse operation
is really efficient and completely transparent.
The equipment is easy to use so training new
staff is incredibly quick."
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Kays Medical

• Medical Supplies
• Sage 200 2010 Integration
• Linked Back to Back Orders
• Discreet Order Picking
• Kit Building / BOM
• Customer Returns
• Delivery Documentation

"The Dexterity WMS solution was ideal to
integrate with Sage 200 and Barcode-IT made our
barcoding ideas into a reality." says Andy
Johnson, Operations Manager at Kays
Medical. Dexterity has allowed our operation to
be much more efficient and picking accuracy is
almost 100. Staff literally can't pick the wrong
items now!"
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Caledonian Bottlers

• Manufacture Soft Alcoholic Drinks
• SAP R/3 Integration
• From End of Line to Despatch
• Pallets, Part Mixed
• Bonded Non-Bonded Stock
• 3rd Party Products
• Delivery Documentation

"The project was carried out in a very
professional manner with both the Barcode IT team
and the in house teams creating a very good
understanding from the start. All our
requirements were met and the Barcode IT team
were most helpful when the scope of the project
was in the development stage." says Martin
Meldrum, General Manager at Caledonian Bottlers.
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SCO-FRO Seafood

• Food Plant Manufacture Breaded Scampi
• 4m Factory Expansion Project
• Raw Materials / WIP / Finished Goods
• Pallets, Part Mixed, Weights, Grade
• Expiry / Best Before Dates Key
• Microsoft Dynamic NAV Integration
• Product Material Traceability Key

We selected Barcode IT over other companies due
to their demonstrated experience. The Dexterity
system was delivered to coincide with our 4M
factory expansion in August 2010. Barcode-IT
understood our requirements and delivered the
project they promised on-time says Michael
Murphy, Production Director at SCO-FRO Seafood.
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Dexterity Summary

• Goods Receiving and Putaway
• Location Management
• Quarantine Locations
• Pick Face Management
• Sales Order Management
• Create Manage Shipments
• Directed Order Group (Wave) Picking
• Despatch Documentation
• Carrier Software Automation
• Event notifications (email)?
• Sage 200 Live Integration

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The Dexterity Advantage

• Flexible Software Matches your Working
  Practices
• Takes the Warehouse Rules outside ERP
• More Flexible Product / Location Management
• Pallets / Bundles / Boxes
• Powerful Flexible Order Management Utilities
• Dashboards KPI Management Reporting
• Shipments Container / ASN Management
• Works Order Management for Manufacturers
• Carrier Software Integration Auto Generate
  Tracking Labels
• Manages All Warehouse Documentation
  Automatically
• Live Messaging to Staff / Customer / Carrier
• Flexible Equipment Options to Suit the Warehouse
  Operation
• Software Configuration for a 100 fit

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Project Services

• Project Scope Design
• Determine Warehouse Best Practice
• Wireless Site Survey
• On-Site Installation
• Configuration Services
• Systems Integration
• Project Management
• System User Training
• On-Site Go-Live Support
• On-Going Support

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ROI Justification Questions

• Payback is gained by increasing warehouse
  productivity and throughput, accuracy and
  efficiency, whilst maintaining or reducing cost
  levels.
• Be able to deliver more with the same resource
  levels
• Typical Questions
• Is your labour resource in the warehouse fully
  utilised?
• Are your warehouse tasks and processes
  streamlined and performed in the most efficient
  way?
• How many putaway, pick and despatch errors do you
  currently have?
• Do you have customer returns and fines for
  incorrect deliveries?
• Do you have to shut down warehouse operations to
  do stocktakes?
• Do you have additional practices and checks that
  could be eliminated by introducing a WMS system?
• Are you holding too much stock with poor stock
  rotation practices?
• Do you have to print customer labels despatch
  documentation manually?

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