Inputting

The item’s master data describes how the item should be handled and located at the warehouse. The physical inputting of goods at the warehouse is therefore actually an automated or manual transport or conveying task that must be carried out according to specified rules. It is not until movement is commenced that LOGIA specifies the current best possible stock location based on:

• The item’s picking location or section
• Current stock levels in the picking warehouse section
• The FIFO principle or the item’s best before date
• Replenishment needs, if applicable
• Quarantine labelling on the item, if applicable

Automated inputting
In automated plants the storage medium is placed on the conveying system, and LOGIA controls the transport to the final stock location.

Manual inputting
The warehouse operative receives inputting jobs via the job list in the forklift terminal or hears instructions in his/her headset when the pallet’s barcode is scanned. LOGIA suggests “the best possible” stock location available, although operatives can also choose an alternative location themselves. The movement of the items is acknowledged by scanning the location barcode.
Inputting can be carried out individually or in rounds.

Cross-docking
LOGIA controls cross-docking in its standard form whereby goods are transferred directly from goods reception to dispatch. In addition, LOGIA can also control cross-docking for goods that are delivered in the same units in which they are due to be dispatched – for example whole pallet items.

Cross-docking in the case of distribution
Distribution of received goods directly onto customer pallets is a variation of the cross-docking principle which is also supported in LOGIA. This principle is used, for example, for Just-in-Time items which are received and distributed to customers in a single process.