Features and modules of our EGO solution

Functionalities covering all the activities of the warehouse

WAREHOUSE ENTRY PROCESS

PROGRAMMING

  • Container tracking management
  • Integration of DESADV
  • Entry planning
  • Load forecasting
  • Management of delivery announcements
  • Management of a pick-up delivery schedule
  • Load smoothing.

Functions : Dynamic DESADV schedules, load calculation algorithm

UNLOADING

  • Driver reception
  • Queue management
  • Definition of dock doors
  • Unloading and unloading control
  • Digitalization of unloading controls
  • Digitalization of the CMR.

Functions: Dock management, orphan appointment management, queue management, photo taking, management of tablets and mobile desks

RECEPTION

  • Single reference/multiple reference reception
  • Management of pallet containers and sub-containers
  • Management of logistic variants
  • Taking into account of batches, DLP, entry deadline
  • Management of disputes in reception
  • Management of control tasks
  • Taking into account dimensions, weights and barcodes in the reception flow
  • Automatic labelling of units in cartons, bags and pallets
  • Identification of goods to be cross-docked and cross-marked.

Functions: Management of containers and sub-containers, multi-typology barcode integration, GS1 compliance, multi-attribute stock management, dynamic labeling and integrated label management, reception on tablet and mobile console, simultaneous and real time multi-operator reception management, declaration of disputes with photo taking

STORAGE

  • Automatic addressing under multiple constraints
  • Taking into account rotation classes
  • Dynamic location management
  • Mass management
  • Accumulation rack
  • Management of stackability
  • Cross docking with direct docking
  • Short-circuiting of the reserve for direct picking
  • Management of pallet storage and multi-reference cart storage with optimization of deposits.

Functions : Multi-criteria storage algorithm, dynamic optimization of the algorithm, management of capacity and multiple paths, management of carts and machines, taking into account storage constraints, container and cell capacity, management of combined missions

Internal warehouse processes

PRODUCTION

  • Management of production deadlines
  • Integration of production orders
  • Generation of pick lists
  • Preparation of pick lists
  • Production declaration
  • Management of losses
  • Closing of manufacturing orders
  • Raw material traceability
  • Management of the requests of exit of production
  • Consumption declaration.

Functions: Integration of bills of material, management of ranges, integration of machine concepts, declaration of losses and taking into account of non-palletization criteria, ascending and descending traceability based on an action log logic

INTER-SITE SHUTTLES

  • Management of inter-site shuttles
  • Creation of transfer requests
  • Guided preparation of transfer requests
  • Docking and loading of shuttles
  • Follow-up of shuttle states
  • Transit management
  • Unloading of shuttles and coupling with addressing.

Functions: Management of shuttles, registration and status, management of the shuttle schedule and shuttle status, management of mobile warehouse, integration of shuttle flows into preparation and storage flows

Declarative outputs

  • Management of declarative exits
  • Preparation of declarative exits
  • Management of free exits
  • Management of supplier returns
  • Scrapping
  • Miscellaneous issue.

Functions: Management of guided and free outputs, management strategies of declarative outputs and balance of declarative outputs

Warehouse exit process

Planning and preparation

  • Integration of orders
  • Integration of delivery orders
  • Preparation planning and load smoothing
  • Management of a sequencer to automate picking, reservations and the choice of the most suitable picking mode
  • Management of 12 different preparation modes
  • Taking into account and calculation of pre-packing
  • Anticipation of pickings replenishment
  • Management of the criteria for cutting preparation orders according to the zones concerned.

Functions : Planning, load control, sequencer, pre-packing, 12 preparation modes, preparation zone management.

PREPARATION

  • Preparation of orders
  • Preparation in several steps
  • Monitoring of the progress of the order processing
  • Operator assignment and multi-criteria operator guidance
  • Prioritization of orders to be prepared and management of push flow
  • Definition of scanning strategies
  • Management of breakage strategies
  • Definition of re-preparation criteria
  • Management of the criteria for taking charge of back orders.

Functions: Management of carts, multi-criteria push flow, terminal control console, management of remainders

End of line

  • End of line management and preparation control
  • Weight control management
  • Document management and editing principles
  • Docking and load management with load control
  • Control of carrier correspondence at dockside during carrier handover
  • Edition of the documents of transfer of responsibility.

Functions: Integration of weighers, status generator, label generator, carrier coupling, DESADV, integration of cameras on docks, RFID control gantry, push flow in dock feeding

Support functions

Replenishment of pickings

  • Management of picking replenishments
  • Management of main, secondary and temporary pickings
  • Multi-address management
  • Taking into account the constraints of overflow
  • Dynamic assignment management
  • Taking into account of mixed class of rotation “logistic family
  • Management of emergency zones and fallback criteria.

Functions: Capacity management, dynamic recalculation algorithm of thresholds, automatic capping of abnormal points, recalculation of rotation classes, zoning of picking, saturation algorithm of addresses independently of thresholds.

Movements and optimization

  • Movement management and Area redevelopment
  • Movement under constraints
  • Re-addressing management
  • Location massification
  • Optimization of storage areas
  • Identification of underutilized addresses.

Functions: Management of zone typologies, definition of fill rates, analysis of occupancy rates and “rotation class” / “stock class” cross-referencing

 

 

Stock management

  • Management of stock controls
  • Management of rotation classes
  • Management of logistic families of reception
  • Addressing
  • Preparation
  • Replenishment
  • Dynamic management of pickings replenishment criteria.

Functions: Inheritance management, management of logistic families, control function

Inventories

  • Inventory management, annual, rotating, real time during production
  • Management of “full/empty” inventories
  • Multi-constraint inventory session management
  • Split of inventory sessions and follow-up of the global inventory progress by reference and by location
  • Management of inventory control criteria
  • Valuation of inventory differences
  • Traceability of counts.

Functions : Analysis of differences, inventory valuation, real-time inventory management, RF scenario for inventory control and counting

DRIVING

  • Monitoring the progress of receptions and the state of the docks
  • Monitoring the progress of order processing
  • Management and piloting of the management of “cart” resources and human resources
  • Follow-up and arbitration of loads
  • Anticipation of incoming loads
  • Storage
  • Replenishment
  • Preparation,

Functions: Order chaining, delivery order, preparation order, issue order, delivery, resource management, exportable dashboards, creation of indicators

Additional and complementary modules

Our WMS solution is equipped with additional and complementary modules to adapt to all your current and future needs.

WAREHOUSE ENTRY PROCESS

PLAN

Scheduling and management of appointments and expectations:
– Appointment scheduling
– Creation of the Advanced Shipping Notice (ASN)
– Follow-up and anticipation of loads at the reception and at the ASN
– Free appointment scheduling (without purchase order or ASN).

YARD

Dock management, unloading and availability assignment:
– Yard Management with assignment, follow-up and visualization of docks
– Dock management, availability, occupancy rate, release
– Unloading management: launch, follow-up, reception and release of unloading

QUAL

Quality control and unlocking/blocking:
– Quality control management in its 4 dimensions: isolation, blocking, control and sampling
– Blocking, automatic release or conditioned to control tasks
– Isolation of goods on criteria or systematically for provision to the quality department.
– Management of quality control tasks and follow-up of the results of the control tasks for the Supplier Quality Assurance (SQA).
– Batch blocking, batch release and traceability of operations…

REVERSE

Management, generation, processing of customer returns (Reverse logistic) :
– Processing of customer returns
– Recognition of tracking numbers (transport) and automatic creation of customer returns
– Simplified return search by scanning a support, a carrier label, selecting a delivery, a customer, a date, an item shipped… and multi-criteria cross-referencing
– Help to control the reception of the return

Internal warehouse processes

PROD

For production and manufacturing, management of lists to be served, production outputs or restocking:
– Bill of material integration
– Management of manufacturing orders on stock and on demand (Management of indexed manufacturing orders)
– Automatic creation of the lists to be served
– Automatic generation of production and packaging orders
– Management of production requests
– Declaration of production and management of the reintegration of stocks

NAV

Management of inter-site shuttles:
– Creation of shuttle
– Reservation of the stock for the loading
– Follow-up of the state of the shuttle: Waiting for loading, transit loading, waiting for unloading, free unloading…
– Preparation of shuttles.
– Follow-up of the inter-sites transit.
– Unloading of the shuttle with coupling if necessary with the addressing

Warehouse exit process

GUIDED MISSIONS

Management of order preparation missions (push vs. pull flows) – approval, scenarios, planning
– Definition of operator authorizations
– Definition of authorized areas
– Criteria for determining priorities
– Definition of scanning scenarios to switch processes to push or pull flow
– Planning of missions: storage, replenishment, preparation, consolidation, loading…

STMD

Transportation Management and Storage Documentation for Dangerous Goods:
Management of dangerous goods storage
– Definition of authorization thresholds and monitoring of thresholds in real time with generation of blockages and alerts in case of reaching thresholds
– Integration of Safety Data Sheet (SDS)
– Generation of legal reports

CONSO

Organization of consolidation operations (content and order) at the end of the preparation chain: grouping, palletization, labeling, control…:
– Consolidation of support
– Labeling
– Weight control
– Product control
– Consolidation
– Sampling
– Conveyor label edition
– Assignment of a holding bay or a dock
– Edition of the delivery documentation

TRM

Carrier coupling, EDI shipping label generation, EDI confirmation and return:
– Integration of the carrier’s price list
– Automatic multi-criteria assignment of the carrier
– Integration of the transport plan
– Management of special cases: required services, product constraints, customer constraints, etc.
– Pre-invoicing of transport
– Edition of carrier labels
– Generation of EDI transport in shipment confirmation and return delivery

Support functions

PERF

Performance – management and monitoring of productivity, KPI .
– Performance by activity, by team and by person in reception, preparation reconstitution, consolidation or shipping
– Emulation between operators

DASHBOARD

Customized dashboard .
– Choice of steering indicators
– Parameterization of indicators according to multiple criteria
– Definition of Dashboard: grouping of indicators with indication of the definition of the period, granularity, frequency of refreshment, type of display, positioning of the graph in the Dashboard, distribution…

PRESTLOG

Management and invoicing of logistics services:
– Management and description of invoicing headings (storage / recovery / picking / packing / relocation / loading)
– Management of estimates for contracted and exceptional operations (outside of contract).
– Validation of estimates.
– Generation of invoices and associated invoicing details.
– Generation of an accounting bridge for invoicing and credit notes.
– Printing of logistics service invoices

WORKFLOW

Generation of tasks and emails following an event:
– Manual generation, punctual, or automatic trigger
– Creation of associated tasks and creation of processes.
– Follow up, assign and restart a task
– Sending emails etc.

WEB

Exchange with merchant websites – e-commerce
– Exchange with platforms: Shopify, PrestaShop, Magento.
– Interfacing with marketplaces: Cdiscount, Amazon, Rue du commerce…
– Access via the EGO WebService API: consultation of stocks, evolution of order status, tracking of packages

PORTAL

Carrier portal for workload smoothing
– Access to an online portal for booking appointments
– Definition of capacity per dock per time slot
– Definition of the opening period
– Management of appointment reminders: Appointment confirmation

PICKADVANCED

Dynamic management of storage parameters, ABC class, zoning and thresholds.
– Predictive analysis model of thresholds and replenishment level
– Assistance in the definition of storage strategy and replenishment strategy
– Management of the model sensitivity to the trend
– Definition of items subject to threshold
– Picking forecast and reserve consumption
– Re-evaluation of the threshold
– Management of exceptional events and clipping.