What is an automated warehouse management system? How does the automatic warehouse management system help the development of enterprises?

After reading this article, you will understand: 1. What is an automatic warehousing management system? 2. The functions of an automatic warehousing management system. 3. The cloud trend of automatic warehousing management systems.

When conducting warehouse management, companies will more or less encounter such problems:

The supplier shipped the goods in advance, but due to the lack of pre-production information for reference, the warehouse was unable to determine the arrival time of the goods, and could not effectively arrange relevant personnel to perform receiving operations.
When the goods arrive, warehouse personnel need to enter the information manually. This not only increases the operation time, but also easily leads to information errors.
Once the warehouse keeper takes leave, other personnel will not know the exact storage location and collection method of the materials, and will not dare to operate easily, which will directly lead to production stagnation for a period of time.
There is an urgent need for the production line, but the materials have not been delivered for a long time, or the availability of the materials delivered is low, affecting production efficiency.
The production schedule predicted by the production department is inaccurate, and production delays are common.
When there is a problem with product quality, the quality inspection process is traced back, only to find that the process records are very vague and the blame cannot be assigned to anyone.
There are always discrepancies between financial statistical data and actual data, which cannot provide effective support for management to make decisions.
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The above problems can be summarized into five pain points:

The problem of "blind receipt" in the warehouse is serious:There is no pre-reference information, and there is no document for reference scanning. The timeliness of the warehouse's execution of the receipt of incoming materials, Efficiency and accuracy are both questionable.
Copy paper documents to send and receive materials:Rely on manual orders to send and receive materials. The distribution of ingredients is highly dependent on personnel, and it is easy for materials to be misappropriated, causing production plans to be disrupted. .
The warehouse area division is not implemented properly:The goods are stored randomly and the space utilization rate is poor.
The material control method is single: Different warehousing batches of materials are mixed and stacked, and the first-in, first-out principle cannot be followed, resulting in material backlog and potential scrapping.
Inaccurate real-time data:The real-time data on the existing and available quantities of materials is not transparent. The production management department cannot predict and track the production progress based on the current inventory status, and the quality department cannot report to Trace forward.

How to solve these five pain points and find a breakthrough in enterprise warehouse management? The automatic warehouse management system gives you the answer!

1. What is an automatic warehouse management system?

The automated warehouse management system (WMS) is a system specifically designed to optimize and manage warehouse functions. From the entry and exit of products to the allocation of warehouses and inventories, the automatic warehouse management system improves the efficiency and accuracy of warehouse operations through digitalization, automation and integration, and realizes control over inventory, goods and resources. comprehensive management.

For example, you are a warehouse manager for an old manufacturing company. Your warehouse is filled with various raw materials, parts, semi-finished products and finished products. How to find specific models of products in a timely manner, replenish inventory reasonably, and process orders quickly are all problems you need to solve. Without an efficient automatic warehouse management system, you are likely to fall into chaos: you are in a hurry and cannot find the correct product. Location, inventory is insufficient or too much before I think of improvements, new products are overstocked due to poor sales...

Now, you have introduced an advanced automated warehouse management system. By tracking inventory in real time, the system can accurately understand the specific location of each product, help you quickly process orders, and ensure that products are delivered to customers on time; by analyzing sales Data,intelligently reminds you which products are about to be sold out and need to be replenished in time, and which products are prone to backlog, reducing the purchase of raw materials; the system can also based on sales data /span> to place hot-selling products and their raw materials in the most accessible locations to improve the operational efficiency of the entire warehouse. Adjust the warehouse layout

The automatic warehouse management system is your smart warehouse assistant, solving the troubles in warehouse management and making your warehouse management more efficient and accurate.

2. Functions of automatic warehousing management system

Below I will explain the functions of the automatic warehousing management system based on the automatic warehousing management system built by our company using Jiandao Cloud.

No need to download, you can install the template online and use it:https://www.jiandaoyun.com

But there is one thing to note. This template is mainly suitable for people with an annual output value of500 million and above, or those who want to realize warehouse and material< /span>. If the annual output value of the enterprise is not high and the warehouse material management is relatively extensive, you can choose another warehouse management template of the Jiandao Cloud Platform, which covers basic settings, inbound and outbound management, inventory management, and data reports< /span> Several modules are equally comprehensive and easy to use. manufacturing enterprise factory ofRefined control

No need to download, you can install the template online and use it:https://www.jiandaoyun.com

1. Basic form

The basic form mainly records information such as goods, warehouses, locations, suppliers, sales orders, etc. to facilitate retention management. After labeling materials according to different suppliers and batches, you can also use Jiandao Cloud's template printing and custom printing functions to print material label codes in batches . Materials are stored in an orderly manner according to date. When materials need to be used, scan the QR code to view detailed information, which facilitates the implementation of the first-in, first-out principle and avoids inventory backlog and scrap problems.

2. Incoming material management

Through the purchase order, supplier delivery note, purchase receipt note, purchase warehousing note and purchase return note in incoming material management, Jiandao Cloud's automatic warehouse management system covers the entire procurement process.

One of the highlights of this module is that it allows suppliers to participate in collaboration through the enterprise interconnection function of Jiandao Cloud. After registering the purchase order, the supplier can select the corresponding purchase order on the platform to fill in the delivery order, print the QR code of the delivery order, and send it out together with the materials. When receiving materials in the warehouse, the receiving operation can also be performed according to the delivery order style with unified specifications. Standardize the filling process of delivery orders, improve the execution efficiency of material collection operations, and greatly improve the "blind collection" situation in the warehouse.

3. Material picking management

Material picking management covers the entire process of material preparation, distribution, picking and return.

Material preparation notice:The production planner prepares the material preparation plan, or imports the material preparation notice through excel import. The warehouse manager selects the corresponding material preparation notice in data management and prints it.

Pick and pick issue note:The warehouse picking personnel can use the printed material preparation notice to find the location number according to the required materials in order, and scan the corresponding material label code. Execute picking operations. During the material search process, you can query the location number where the goods have been stored historically. After picking is completed, the picking list is printed and moved to the handover area together with the picked materials.

Material picking execution order:In the handover area, the production staff scans the code to pick the material issuance list, and checks the materials in turn to complete the picking and delivery. Considering that there may be a need for materials to be returned to the warehouse, when employees pick up materials, they will take away the materials together with the picking and issuing orders and keep them well.

Workshop return order:After the production employees have completed production, the remaining materials will be returned to the workshop, and the remaining materials will be returned to the warehouse management personnel together with the picking and issuing orders. During the return process, you can also query the location number of the historical storage of the goods. Warehouse managers perform warehousing operations, use the material label table to print new material label codes in batches, then affix the new material label codes to the materials and place them together with the materials at the warehouse location.

The forms of the Jiandao Cloud Automatic Warehouse Management System are all accompanied by process descriptions. Enterprises with clear processes can directly use the system to improve their warehouse management capabilities. Enterprises whose processes are still unclear You can first standardize and standardize the business process according to the process description in the form.

4. Finished product management

Finished product management includes finished product warehousing orders, finished product shipping notices, finished product delivery orders, and sales return orders.

Based on factors such as the type of goods, storage requirements, and incoming and outgoing cargo flow, it can accurately analyze the spatial structure of the warehouse,optimize the layout, and improve warehouse space utilization . This personalized warehouse layout design not only ensures the reasonable storage of items, but also makes the logistics process within the warehouse smoother, minimizing the time cost of transportation and handling.

5. Daily management

Daily management includes inbound and outbound management in addition to purchasing inbound, picking out, shipping out, workshop returns, and sales returns, such as allocating inbound and outbound warehouses, etc., to improve the entire warehouse management process.

6. Data dashboard

Jiandao Cloud's automatic warehousing management system has the following built-in data dashboards:

Query inventory location:You can check the current materials, quantity and storage location based on the incoming material batch number, sales order number, location number, and product name.

Order complete tracking board: For the planning department, it goes through five stages: supplier arrival, procurement warehousing, material preparation and picking, finished product completion, finished product shipment, and Two indicators: material delivery rate and timely delivery rate help the planning department make decisions.

On-hand quantity of goods and inbound and outbound records:For warehouse departments, it supports quick query of on-hand quantity of goods, check the inventory quantity of corresponding warehouse locations, and linked query of historical inbound and outbound records.

Incoming material number traceability (quality tracing): For the quality department, when quality problems occur, it helps the quality department trace forward the source documents of materials.

Warehouse operation dashboard: For the warehouse department, you can view real-time operation progress and operations, including supplier delivery operations, incoming material operations, picking operations, etc. .

Through this system, real-time statistics of material quantities can be achieved, which can be based on the batch of incoming materials Track quality forward, and compareplanned and actual consistency. Warehouseon-hand quantity and available quantityThe real-time statistics on the dashboard are clear and accurate, and there is also data verificationto prevent excessive operations , Illegal mixing operations.

3. The cloud trend of automatic warehousing management systems

Through cloud solutions, automated warehouse management systems can provide real-time visibility, scalability and rapid market response capabilities to meet changing consumer shopping needs.

Quick implementation:With the help of cloud systems, companies can set up their own supply chain systems in weeks instead of months. It can not only provide the same level of warehouse management functions as local deployment systems, but also save IT labor costs.
Continuous updates at no additional cost: Cloud services can keep systems always up-to-date, with software-as-a-service pricing that includes regular updates and requires no additional IT infrastructure costs. Just like Jiandao Cloud's warehouse management system, the iteration speed and quality are guaranteed and there is almost no additional iteration cost.
Scalability and flexibility: Cloud technology provides system customization capabilities and can flexibly adapt to market changes and enterprise needs. Relying on Jiandao Cloud's SaaS service, Jiandao Cloud's warehouse management system does not require downloading. You can install the template and use it online, and supports custom modifications from forms, reports to fields and charts.< a i=3>, becoming the warehouse management system that best meets business needs.
Multiple system integration: Enterprises not only need automatic warehousing management systems, but also introduce ERP, CRM and other systems in the management process. Cloudization can realize the collaborative management of multiple systems of enterprises. . On the Jiandao Cloud platform, users can not only collaborate with other management systems, but also customize ERP, CRM and other systems without having to switch to other platforms, fundamentally breaking the problem of data islands and reducing the number of enterprises cost.

The above example explanation comes from Jiandaoyun’s automatic warehousing management system. No download is required. You can install the template online and use it:https://www.jiandaoyun.com

I hope the above content will be helpful for you to understand what an automatic warehousing management system is and how an automatic warehousing management system can help enterprise development.