1. Paperless Pick/Pack/Ship For XA
The New Face of MAPICS
Paperless Pick/Pack/Ship For XA
Improve Warehouse Efficiencies, Inventory Accuracy, and Shipment Accuracy!
Mike Taylor
President
Judi Curlee
CISTECH Senior Technical Consultant

2. Today’s Agenda Paperless Pick Pack Ship Product Overview
XA COM PPS compared to PPPS
PPPS Demonstration
Implementation review
Q & A

3. CISTECH Value Proposition
Over 25 years, CISTECH has developed the broadest and deepest XA skills… in the world !
Implementation Consulting & Education
Technical Consulting & Education
Application Development
XA Add-on applications
Support Services

4. PPPS Success

5. PPPS Product Overview
Use RF Handheld devices to pick and stage customer orders for shipment
Picking
Pick list electronically delivered to wireless handheld
Item Number can be entered/scanned by Item, Turnaround or UPC numbers
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

6. PPPS Product Overview Parcel Shipping Full Truckload / LTL Shipping
If the Carrier is UPS, Fed Ex or DHL no further actions are required; programs will ship the order, add tracking info and 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

7. PPPS Product Overview Back Office Functions
Eliminate COM requirement to key picking data
Supervisor functions to:
Assign & re-assign pick lists to specific pickers/employees
View status of orders being picked
View status of shipped and staged orders
Add Freight Charges
Add Carrier Information
Office Functions can be performed in either Green Screen or PowerLink (R7)
Tailoring: Full set of User Exits and API’s to allow for customization without modification

8. PPPS Product Overview-New
Customer Portal
On line access to orders and shipments
Utilizes XA Extender Solution from Catavolt
Requires XA 7, Enterprise Integrator

9. Paperless Pick/Pack/Ship
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

10. What happens when an item is picked?
Inventory in the shelf/stocking location is lower (via an Inter Warehouse Transfer [TW] transaction)
Item is moved to a staging location and reserved for that Customer Order

11. Can multiple Employees pick the same order?
YES, multiple Employees can sign on to the same pick list to pick/stage the order
However, there cannot be multiple Employees working on the same item on the same pick list

12. How does the employee know what item to pick?
It depends on how you’ve configured the PPS system (through Control File settings):
Guided Picking: RF gun shows next item on the pick list to be picked
Non-Guided Picking: Employee uses printed Pick List or RF Gun inquiry to see next item to be picked

13. What if an item has batch/lot or serial number?
If an item is flagged (in the Item Master/Revision record) for Batch/Lot control then both the location and the Batch/Lot number must be scanned/entered with the location
If an item is flagged (in the Item Master/Revision record) for Serial Number then, depending on the Control File, a serial number for each item pick can be entered
RF PPS will check to verify that this serial number for this item has never been shipped before

14. What if the item is a Kit?
XA will create 2 pick lists: one for the Kit Item and a second one for the components of the kit
RF PPS will see the item on the first pick list is a kit, retrieve the second pick list to allow the employee to pick the Kit Components and then return to the original Pick List

15. How do I ship the order?
If using the UPS/Fed Ex/DHL interfaces, after the order is staged, a PPS program will send the pick to the XA Offline Ship files to be shipped
If not using interfaces, new PPS Office screen is used to ship picked orders sending the shipment to XA Offline Ship files
Why Offline Ship? Because Mapics XA programs are being used to update the database and create the invoices

16. Paperless Pick Pack Ship
Streamlined Picking and Shipping for XA

17. PPPS: Streamlined pick/ship
-XA- Process -PPPS-
Create Pick Lists
Release Pick Lists
Release Pick Lists
Print Pick Lists
Sort Paper Pick Lists
Electronically distribute pick lists
Distribute Paper Pick List

18. PPPS: Streamlined pick/ship
-XA- Process -PPPS-
Pick Orders
Retrieve Paper Pick Lists
Go to Location, Scan to confirm*
Go to location
Write Quantity
Write batch/lot
Key Qty into terminal
*Batch/lot automatic*
**XA Inventory is updated**
Walk to terminal for inquiry
Retrieve add’l pick list

19. PPPS: Streamlined pick/ship
-XA- Process -PPPS-
Prepare for Parcel Shipping
Weigh parcel at shipping station
Weigh parcel at shipping station
**Cost and tracking info sent to XA, order is shipped**
Write freight charge on pick list
**For Parcel shipping XA work is done**
Write tracking number on pick list

20. PPPS: Streamlined pick/ship
-XA- Process -PPPS-
Office Administration
Select pick list for shipping (all shipments)
Select order for shipping (non-parcel only)
Select items to ship
Key quantities/location
Key Serial Number
Key Freight Charges
Key Carrier/tracking info (non-parcel only)
Key Carrier/tracking info
Confirm Shipment
Confirm Shipment
**XA Inventory is updated**

21. PPPS: Streamlined pick/ship
-XA- Process -PPPS-
Warehouse Management
Walk floor to answer customer svc questions
Walk floor to manage picking process
Redistribute Pick Lists to balance workload
Electronically monitor, re-assign, distribute pick lists
Print ‘hot order’ pick list and distribute

22. PPPS Summary: 23 steps or 9?
If you use COM Shipping you are working too hard!

23. Paperless Pick/Pack/Ship
DEMONSTRATION

24. PPPS Summary: 23 steps or 9?

26. What benefits are realized through PPPS?
30 – 50% time improvement in picking, staging, and administering Customer Orders
Reduces the number of steps to process an order from 23 to 9
Accurate inventory in the stock location
Improved accuracy customer order shipments

27. Less than 3 pickers - $16,000 + $3,200 ASF
Software Licensing
Paperless Pick/Pack/Ship is licensed by the total number of pickers using the solution
Less than 3 pickers - $16,000 + $3,200 ASF
3 to 10 pickers - $26,000 + $5,200 ASF
10+ pickers - $39,000 + $7,800 ASF

28. Implementation PPPS Software Installation, 3-5 days
Setup and Configuration
Webex Training
On site assistance-streamlining and implementation

29. Paperless Pick Pack Ship
THANK YOU!
Mike Taylor