Barcoding Made Easy With MAPICS 3-21-11
Transcript of Barcoding Made Easy With MAPICS 3-21-11
‘Barcoding’ for MAPICS Made Easy
Improve Accuracy, Cycle Times Efficiency and Visibility!
Ben McCormickCISTECH General [email protected]
Judi CurleeCISTECH Senior Technical [email protected]
What does ‘Barcoding’ mean to you?
What result are you are trying to achieve? • Accuracy• Efficiency• Improved cycle times• Visibility• Real Time Inventory Data• Real Time Employee DataRANK THEM! This will lead you to the most practical solution!
What does ‘Barcoding’ mean to you?
What result are you are trying to achieve? • Accuracy• Efficiency• Improved cycle times (supply chain or manufacturing)• Visibility• Real Time Inventory Data• Real Time Employee Data
RANK THEM! This will lead you to the most practical solution!
PPPS Summary: 23 steps or 9?
UNLESS YOUR
DESIRE IS PICKING
ACCURACY – NO
BARCODES ARE
REQUIRED
Barcoding• Expensive?
– What are you trying to achieve?• Time Consuming?
– What are you trying to achieve?• Difficult?
– What are you trying to achieve?
Document the results that you want to achieve first then consider the tools that you need.
Don’t assume it’s a BARCODING project.
Many times you can improve the PROCESS with less time and investment than you think!
‘Barcoding’ Investment• Software
– Label generation (Loftware, TL Ashford, Jacana)– User Interface
• Hardware / Infrastrucure– Radio Frequency Handhelds– PC/Keyboard wedge– Fixed Scanners
• Implementation– Process Changes
• Vendors• Employees
Where do you want to implement?• Receiving• Shop Floor• Warehouse• Supply Chain
Most value? Biggest Bang? Least Risk? Most Visibility?
MAPICS Focused Solutions
Inventory Transactions• PM&C• Powerlink IM/MM• CISTECH RF Inventory
Transactions• ISE/Infor Paperless
Inventory Counts• CISTECH RF Physical
Inventory
Vendor Supply Chain• CISTECH Supplier Portal
Customer Supply Chain• CISTECH RF Paperless
Pick Pack Ship
Vendor Supply Chain
CISTECH SUPPLIER PORTAL
Streamline Your Receiving Process• Use Attachment Feature in Supplier Portal
for barcode labels• Vendor prints out label and applies to your
inventory for processing receipt• Every receipt is the same
– Scan to receive• RF OR Keyboard Wedge
Vendor Accesses Barcode Attachment on Portal
POPOCommentsComments
Supplier CommentsSupplier Comments
Two-way attachmentsTwo-way attachments
Kanban: empty bin scan
PurchasePurchaseOrder to Order to
VendorVendor
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PO Shows on Portal
MAPICS Focused Solutions
Inventory Transactions• PM&C• Powerlink IM/MM• CISTECH RF Inventory
Transactions• ISE/Infor Paperless
Inventory Counts• CISTECH RF Physical
Inventory
Vendor Supply Chain• CISTECH Supplier Portal
Customer Supply Chain• CISTECH RF Paperless
Pick Pack Ship
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Shop Floor Processing
IM, Repetitive and Inquiry via handheld devices
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RF Transaction Processing• Pre-Requisites:
– Inventory Management– Production Monitoring & Control
• Compatible with XA R6 & higher• Transactions are sent to TRDATA file to allow
PM&C to pass the transaction to IM
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User Menu Maintenance• Allows
customization by employee of transactions
• Determines which transactions will be displayed on the RF device when the employee signs on
JIMSA1 RF Inventory Transactions SFCTL01 User Menu Maintenance Badge: 1 James Worthington User Profile: CURLEEJ Y (RM) Sch Receipt REP Y RF Pick/Pack/Ship Y Inventory Inquiry Y (SC) Cmp Mfg Scrap Y (IP) Planned Issue Y (SM) Scrap from Mfg Y (IS) Misc. Issue Y (CC) Cycle Count MM Y (IU) Unplanned Issue Y (SS) Scrap from Stck Y (PH) Phy Inventory Y (TW) Warehouse Xfer Y (PQ) Pur Itm QC Comp Y Transaction Lookup Y (SM) Sch Scrap REP Y (RC) Misc. Receipt Y (RD) PO Rcpt to Dock Y (RI) PO Rcpt to Insp Y (RM) Recpt from Mfg Y (RP) PO Rcpt to Stck Y (RS) Cmp Rtrn to Stk F3=Exit F12=Return F24=Delete
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Transaction Entry• When an
employee signs on to the RF device, the first screen asks for their employee number
1/02/10 10:24:29 Sign-in Screen Badge: F3=Exit
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Employee RF Menu• The transactions
selected on the Employee set up screen will determine which transactions are displayed
1/02/10 10:26:42 RF Menu 1 (IP) Planned Issue 2 (IS) Misc. Issue 3 (RC) Misc. Receipt 4 (RM) Recpt from Mfg 5 (RP) PO Rcpt to Stck 6 (SM) Scrap from Mfg 7 (SS) Scrap from Stck 8 (TW) Warehouse Xfer 9 (IU) Unplanned Issue F3=Exit
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Features• An employee can set
defaults per transaction– Dashes will blank out a non-
required A/N field– Nines will blank out a non-
required Numeric field– Repetitive Information (i.e.
warehouse, order) can be entered in the default
• ‘Hooks’ exists to call label programs
1/02/10 10:29:55 RM-M.O. Receipt Item Lot# Lon M.O. Qty .000 F1=Set Defaults F3=Exit F4=Prompt F5=Label
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Benefits• No more writing transactions on pieces of paper and
turning in for data entry • More timely update of on hand inventory• Inventory Inquiry from the RF gun means more
efficient warehouse employees• Labels (if activated by the company) can provide bar
code information for scanning of other transactions (shipping, physical inventory)
MAPICS Focused Solutions
Inventory Transactions• PM&C• Powerlink IM/MM• CISTECH RF Inventory
Transactions• ISE/Infor Paperless
Inventory Counts• CISTECH RF Physical
Inventory
Vendor Supply Chain• CISTECH Supplier Portal
Customer Supply Chain• CISTECH RF Paperless
Pick Pack Ship
Paperless Pick/Pack/ShipSolution Benefits
What benefits are realized through RF PPS?• Accurate inventory in the stock location• 30 – 50% time improvement in picking/staging
Customer Orders– Takes the number of steps to pick an order from 23 to
9• Improved accuracy of items shipped to customers• Reduced data entry for order shipments
Barcoding in Warehouse• Benefits are not dependent upon
implementation of barcodes• Barcodes can be used for:
– Accessing Pick lists (via turnaround number)– Item Verification
Use RF Handheld devices to pick and stage customer orders for shipment!
Picking Pick list electronically delivered to wireless handheld
Pick list queue sent to handheld rather than printer
Item Number verification can be scanned via Item #, Turnaround or UPC Transfers the inventory immediately from the stock location to a staging
location Full Inquiry capabilities from the RF device including: Pick Lists, Items,
Locations, Batch/Lot and Quantity on Hand Includes ‘Kit Items’, Serialization, Lot Control and Containerization! Can pick using either single order or consolidated pick lists Multiple employees can pick the same order at the same time (different items)
Option to print Pack List and Shipping Labels when order is staged
PPPS Product Overview
Parcel Shipping If the Carrier is UPS, Fed Ex or DHL no further actions are required,
programs will ship the order, add tracking info and, if applicable, add shipping charges
Full Truckload / LTL Shipping Streamlined shipping screens to ship LTL and Truckload orders
Uses XA Offline Shipping to create COM shipment Optional creation of Bill of Lading and/or Invoice when order is
shipped
PPPS Product Overview
Paperless Pick/Pack/Ship
DEMONSTRATION
MAPICS Focused Solutions
Inventory Transactions• PM&C• Powerlink IM/MM• CISTECH RF Inventory
Transactions• ISE/Infor Paperless
Inventory Counts• CISTECH RF Physical
Inventory
Vendor Supply Chain• CISTECH Supplier Portal
Customer Supply Chain• CISTECH RF Paperless
Pick Pack Ship
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RF Physical Inventory
A New Method of Counting, Auditing and Reconciling XA Physical Inventory
with Materials Management
Barcode Enablement• Barcodes are required for RF Physical
Inventory– Tags are barcoded– Inventory and Locations must be barcoded
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Benefits• Significantly reduce the amount of time to count,
audit and reconcile a physical inventory• Improves accuracy of counts
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RF Physical Inventory• Creates a set of ‘blank’ tags in a non-XA file; this file will be used for tag
control• ‘Tags’ are printed on peel off labels with bar code tag numbers, 30 labels
to a sheet• A range of tags is assigned to a counter (must be a valid employee in
PM&C employee master file)• Counters will:
– Scan the tag number– Scan (or key) the item number– Scan (or key) the location– Key the quantity– Scan (or key) a batch/lot number
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• Counters can only use tags that have been assigned to them• Counters can void a tag (requires a reason code)• Counters can mark a tag as ‘unused’• As tags are entered on the RF gun, the tag information is
written to the Tag file– Will calculate count to location difference in both quantity and cost– Difference may be inaccurate if there are multiple tags for the same
item/location combination
RF Physical Inventory
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• Once all tags have been accounted for, send the tags to either:– Materials Management as a ‘Count Group’– Inventory Management as a ‘Physical Inventory
Batch’– Option to create zero count tags for uncounted
item/location combinations
RF Physical Inventory
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Tag List
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Tags• Tags are peel off labels that will be attached to
the items as they are counted• Tags show:
– Tag number (both bar code and written), warehouse & date
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Count Entry Screens 12/11/07 14:31:09 Count Entry Tag#: _______ 0 F2=Return F3=Exit
12/11/07 14:38:50 Tag# 11 Item ______________ Location _______ Qty ______.000 Btch/Lot ____________F2=Rtn F3=Exit F4=Set Tag Unused
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Entered Tag
• Once the tag has been created, there are options to:– Change the count
quantity– Void the tag (requires a
reason code)
12/13/07 11:15:40 Tag# 4 Item 239402 A - GE ROTOR R8579 (4, 70F) UOM EA Location A1230 Btch/Lot Qty 415.000 F1=Void F2=Rtn F3=Exit
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Tag File• As counts are scanned/entered, tag file is
updated with:– Tag Status– Counted By (must match Assigned To)– Item, Location, Quantity and, if required, Batch/Lot
number– Quantity and Cost difference between Location
quantity and Count quantity
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Tags after Count/Audit
What does ‘Barcoding’ mean to you?
What result are you are trying to achieve? • Accuracy• Efficiency• Improved cycle times• Visibility• Real Time Inventory Data• Real Time Employee DataRANK THEM! This will lead you to the most practical solution!
MAPICS Focused Solutions
Inventory Transactions• PM&C• Powerlink IM/MM• CISTECH RF Inventory
Transactions• ISE/Infor Paperless
Inventory Counts• CISTECH RF Physical
Inventory
Vendor Supply Chain• CISTECH Supplier Portal
Customer Supply Chain• CISTECH RF Paperless
Pick Pack Ship