(St. Louis, Missouri, USA: April 12, 2006) FKI
Logistex® (www.fkilogistex.com),
a global leader in integrated material handling solutions, announces a set of
upgrades to its Order Manager software solution - a combined warehouse
management system (WMS)/warehouse control system (WCS) available exclusively
from FKI Logistex. Upgraded features include RFID support, enhanced order
management, inventory control, and productivity reporting.
FKI Logistex®
Order Manager <
http://www.fkilogistex.com/download/images/ordermanagerweb.jpg > Designed as
both a cost-effective solution for small, manual stockrooms and a
mission-critical application for warehouses that require an automated equipment
interface with a short implementation time, Order Manager eliminates the need
for multiple connections to a company's enterprise business systems (EBS). An
EBS can communicate with Order Manager directly, avoiding multiple hardware and
software vendor connections.
Order Manager can be deployed in less time
than a traditional WMS. Whereas traditional systems often require special
programming to support automation equipment, the modular Order Manager provides
this capability as a standard detachable component. Order Manager also offers a
lower-cost solution to hardware automation when compared with traditional
WMS-WCS collaborations.
Order Manager supports the control of various
types of material handling systems, including small- and large-scale manual
carousel and bulk/flow rack handling systems using manual and/or RF-directed
activities; traditional paper-based and paperless manual warehousing operations;
order consolidation and put systems; in-line and end-of-line manufacturing
applications; automated buffer storage and retrieval systems; fully automated
warehouses and manufacturing operations; and combinations of the
above.
Order Manager provides order processing capabilities and functions
as a conduit between an ERP, WMS or EBS when used in conjunction with material
handling equipment. Through order and inventory data, Order Manager directs and
controls the building, picking and in-house routing of customer orders from
forward pick locations all the way to the truck or ship staging areas in either
automated or non-automated applications.
The inventory and order
management module of Order Manager provides the capability to accurately
receive, track, pick and ship a customer's goods. Inventory Management
functionality includes receiving and put-away, replenishment, cycle counting,
order management and fulfillment, picking, order consolidation, packing
operations, shipping, cross-docking and QA.
Perhaps one of the greatest
strengths of Order Manager is its ability to manage the routing of containers
and orders throughout a facility. Using sophisticated path search algorithms,
optimal container and order routing can be achieved by simply supplying the
source and destination. Order Manager intelligently searches the list of
available options and chooses the one that is most appropriate.
In cases
where desired equipment housing the inventory may be out of service and
unavailable, Order Manager looks for another path to direct product. If
inventory is located in equipment that is out of service, such as an AS/RS
aisle, Order Manager attempts to find the product in other areas of the facility
under its control to satisfy the requirements for the customer.
Order
Manager supported equipment interfaces include RF (hand-held, truck-mount or
wearable) and wireless devices (PDA, verification scanners); passive and active
RFID support; barcode scanners; demand-driven label and report printing;
pick/pack list and manifest printing; pick/put-to-light systems and devices;
automated storage-and-retrieval systems (AS/RS); conveyor PLC interface;
advanced sortation systems; manual and robotic carousels; gantry and
conventional depalletizers/palletizers; gantry and articulated robotic systems;
inline label print-and-apply systems; and marquee displays.
Designed as a
set of interlocking modules that can be turned on and off as the demands of the
solution require, Order Manager tailors the application to the customer's needs
without excessive functionality. Order Manager also provides a common look and
feel across all applications and includes detailed diagnostic, transaction and
alarm tracking.
Order Manager complements the Warehouse Optimizer VNA
storage-and-retrieval system software, EASYpick® order fulfillment software, and
the complete line of FKI Logistex software solutions for manufacturing,
warehouse and distribution center environments.
For sales and marketing
information, contact Jill Raab, marketing communications coordinator, FKI
Logistex North America, by phone at (314) 993-4700 or by e-mail at
jill.raab@fkilogistex.com .
About FKI
Logistex
FKI Logistex® (www.fkilogistex.com> ) is a leading global provider of automated
material handling solutions, supplying its customers with an integrated set of
leading-edge technologies in high-speed sortation, conveyor systems,
palletizing, paperless pick products, AS/RS, controls, order fulfillment
systems, RFID implementation, EDS integration, baggage handling systems,
warehouse control systems, and total material handling automation.
FKI
Logistex provides material handling solutions for airports, postal facilities,
parcel distribution, manufacturing operations, library automation, and for
warehouse and distribution facilities. With projects that include many of the
world's largest and most advanced material handling operations, FKI Logistex has
manufacturing, engineering and support facilities around the world. For more
information on FKI Logistex, click here www.fkilogistex.com/media-center/> to visit the FKI Logistex media
center. For general sales information, contact FKI Logistex by phone at
+1.877.935.4564 in North America, +44 (0) 8706 060120 in Europe, or +86 21
52372255 in Asia. Contact FKI Logistex by e-mail at info@fkilogistex.com
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