7Hills Warehouse Management System (WMS)

7Hills – WMS is a world class, best-of-breed solution that is highly scalable and flexible so as
to match with the dynamically changing and unique business processes capable of catering
to multiple combinations of sites and tenants (multi tenant, multi sites on a single instance).
eBizNET – WMS extends beyond the traditional WMS boundaries, offering inventory
management and visibility from procurement to consumption and provides Tier 1
functionality with On-Demand convenience and intuitive ease-of-use, typically not
associated with most Tier 1 solutions in the market today.
The solution features and supports solutions that cater to industry requirements including:
 Minimizing operating expenses
 Customers' need for faster order turn-around times
 Supporting increased sales without increasing staffing or space
 Increased demand / supply fluctuations
 Proliferation of SKUs, sizes, packaging
 Increased complexity and fragmentation of supply chains with innovative
 Practices to enable advanced planning and execution capabilities
The solution addresses industry need for warehousing best practices like wireless receiving,
directed put-away, order planning and fulfillment, replenishment, task interleaving, rules
driven location allocation, picking, putaways, shipping, consolidation and inventory control.
Deployable over the web on an On-Demand (SaaS) or On-Premise on dedicated on shared
infrastructure, eBizNET – WMS is fully capable of simultaneously managing multiple
companies with multiple warehouses located in several locations; eBizNET – WMS also
allows easy collaboration with suppliers/vendors, customers, C&F agents and other trading
partners using the latest electronic commerce standards.
7Hills WMS provides a host of value added features as below:
 Task Interleaving, LP Labeling, Multi-DC View, Audit trails & EDI Capability
 Kitting (Kit-to-stock & Kit-to-order) & De Kitting
 System rule driven Space allocation for putaways
 Inventory allocation, Hold and reservation
 Inventory creation and Adjustment
 Built in custom report writer
 Automated data capturing
 RF based real time transaction status update
 FIFO / FEFO based picking and putaways
 Lot/ batch control / Serial no. and attribute based tracking
 Configurable event based Alerts through emails and SMS
  KPI, Management Dashboard reports
Benefits
 Improved Productivity and Efficiency
 Reduced operating costs, lower TCO, faster ROI
 Better decision making through – Dashboards, Reports and Real-time
Information
 Seamless integration with host ERP/legacy systems
 Optimum resource utilization (Operations team at WH, MHEs, space)
 Improved Customer Service
 Reduced Lead Time & Travel time
 Reduced damage/shrinkage
 Easy to implement and maintain
 Shorter Order receipt to dispatch time line at WH
 Global visibility of accurate and reliable inventory status for each SKU at each
location
 Visibility of the space utilized and available space at WH
 Eliminate human error in material handling and data capturing

Complete WMS tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6LfgSMWu7Y&t=1939s

Task Interleaving

https://www.yash.com/blog/optimize-internal-warehouse-movements/

It is an advanced productivity practice. Task interleaving is designed to reduce deadheading

—i.e., when a product is picked and dropped off at a dock by a worker and then returns
without performing any useful tasks along the way to the picking area.
In majority operations, some workers are dedicated to picking, while others are devoted to
put-away. Task interleaving is most common in operations with workers that have
permission to do both. A typical use case for interleaving application is to combine picking
and putaway queues in one location, where the operation/activity areas for both are in the
same physical location.

 Task interleaving is especially beneficial for tasks with the following characteristics:

 The same type of equipment can be used to perform both types of moves.
 The drop point for one type of move is relatively close to the pick-up point for the
other move.
License Plate Number

 A license plate is simply an additional form of unique identification to mark a pallet

or some grouping of products or materials. It’s used to rapidly move the group of
products from one location to another without having to scan the individual
contents of that group. 

 Use license plates to group products normally purchased together – instead of

scanning individual products when an order for the group of products comes in,
quickly scan one license plate. Bundle the product purchased together and then put
barcode (LPN) on the combined item.
 Create a license plate of raw material – essentially a parts list you need to complete
a work order in manufacturing plant. Pick these items from the warehouse – deliver
the entire license plate of parts to the shop floor.

A license plate can be associated with information such as:

 Part numbers

 Item

 Quantity

 Revision

 Serial number

 Organization

 Date of manufacture

 Expiration date

 Lot number

 Location

 Inventory status

 Sub-inventory

A dedicated barcode or RFID tag can be placed on the container, so that a single scan
identifies and tracks every item within.

Kitting
Kitting in a warehouse is the physical act of finding multiple SKUs, bundling them into a
single package, and creating a new SKU for that package before shipping.

Increased warehousing efficiency: One of the biggest benefits of kitting is that it streamlines

the picking and packing process. 

Increased product sales: Product kitting is a valuable tool for pushing products that are less
in demand.

Faster shipping. Picking, packing, and shipping multiple products takes time. By kitting these
products, each step is quicker and fewer errors are made, so customers can receive their
orders faster. 

Wave Management

https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E18727_01/doc.121/e13433/T211976T536591.htm#zwavtmpcr
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http://baseinformation.com/wms_manual/waveprocessing2.htm

The function of wave processing is to break down an eligible pool of orders into a subset
for orders that can be managed effectively across the picking, packing and shipping
activities. For example, you can create a wave that enables you to pick all orders with a dock
appointment within the next x number of hours, all UPS orders, or all high priority orders.

Wave Processing performs following

 Allocates inventory, if not allocated manually.

 Creates inventory movement tasks for picking, packing and shipping.

The wave planning process consists of the following steps: [CPR]

1. Creating a Wave

When you create a wave, you select the criteria that determines the orders to include in the
wave. For example, you can create a wave that enables you to pick all orders with a dock
appointment within the next x number of hours, all UPS orders, or all high priority orders.

Creating a wave involves selecting the criteria that determines the orders to include in the
wave. You can select simple criteria to create waves based on order, customer, carrier, item,
trip and delivery information. For example, you could create a wave that picks all orders
with dock appointments within the next x number of hours, all UPS orders, or all high
priority orders.

you can select criteria to pick all single line orders or pick orders when a total tare weight or
dollar value is greater than a specific threshold.

If desired, you can also select advanced criteria for releasing waves. For example, you can
select criteria to pick all single line orders or pick orders when a total tare weight or dollar
value is greater than a specific threshold. You can create one or more waves, compare
them, and then after you run the planning process, decide which wave(s) to release. You can
also automate the process.

2. Planning a Wave

Planning the wave involves determining the item availability and labor requirements for the
wave. You can select the default actions to occur when unexpected events happen, for
example, when stock is not available to fulfill orders. You can also add and remove lines
from a wave during the planning phase if the fill rate or labor requirements do not match
your expectation or for any other reason. Optionally, you can re-plan it later. A warehouse
manager can plan a wave multiple time. Multiple people can plan waves, and orders can be
included in multiple waves during the planning process.

3. Releasing a Wave

When you release the wave, the pick release process is initiated, and material is allocated to
orders. (Pick list is generated).

4. Monitoring a Wave

You view a wave (and related wave activity) before and after it is released:

Use the Wave Workbench window to view order and order line level details, track progress
of orders in the warehouse, manage tasks, review labor planning criteria, and manage
exceptions.

Use the Wave Dashboard window to search for waves by wave number or other criteria,
view high-level summary information about waves, monitor all picking activity in a
warehouse, view automatic and recurring requests, and view the wave status for specific
dates.
Putaway strategies 

Fixed location putaway

In fixed location putaway, a particular location is permanent for a group of items.

warehouses 1 to 10 are reserved for heavy items. He assigns the other 10 warehouses for
items that require cold storage, lightweight items, and so on.

 Anyone can put as place is pre-determined.

 Space wastage

Dynamic location putaway

a priority or logic is set. Based on that, items are sent to different locations. Now, in dynamic
putaway, the location is not fixed. The items are putaway in any available space where they
can fit.  Dynamic putaway is a common practice in eCommerce stores since it saves time and
space.

Manual Entry

The system does not use a strategy to search for a storage bin. The user enters the
destination storage bin when the transfer order is created.

Addition to Existing Stock

When addition to existing stock has been defined as a putaway strategy for a storage type,
the system places goods in storage bins that already contain the same material. With this
strategy, the system searches for a storage bin in which the material is already being stored.
A prerequisite for addition to existing stock is that sufficient capacity still exists in the
respective storage bin. If the system cannot find a storage bin with the same material or the
capacity of the storage bin will not allow additional quants to be stored, the system switches
to the "next empty bin" strategy, that is, it searches for the next available empty storage
bin.

Next Empty Storage Bin

For this putaway strategy, the system proposes the next empty bin.