Reasons for Implementing Mobile Stock Control Software
Mobile stock control software is when your stock control system is integrated into mobile devices such as PDA's (Personal Digital Assistants) or other mobile devices. This carries many benefits for businesses that rely on the efficient management of their warehouse and inventory, but what are those benefits and how can they help your businesses:
By using wireless handheld terminals in place of picking from paper sheets, business gained improved efficiency and reduced paper costs. It addition to this, warehouse operations often see improved efficiency as mobile stock control software can provide the warehouse operative with instructions that validates the correct item has been taken from the correct location speeding up the pick and put away process and making it more efficient.
Using PDA based stock control software also allows business owners to realise reduced fulfilment costs, with advanced picking systems operating through a mobile stock control system, which will result in reduced order picking time of up to 65%, resulting in less staffing costs and quicker fulfilment times.
In a less rigid warehousing environment, mobile systems can be used to specifically tell the system where each item is going to go, as the item is being put away. For example, as stock is received the system will put the stock into a Quarantine location. The user will then be able to scan an item and decide whereabouts they would like to put it. The PDA will tell the user the products normal picking location vastly reducing the time needed to assign it a position.
Mobile Warehouse Management Systems also allow more effective handling of large reserves of stock inbulk/overspill areas of your warehouse, which can often create difficulties in terms of monitoring the transitions of stock from your overspill to picking areas. The mobile stock replenishment systems can intelligently prompts you to move your stock as and when it is needed.
To summarise, although there are plenty the core benefits to implementing a mobile stock control system the main one are: Effectively manage the in bulk/overspill areas of your warehouse; Gain the ability to do Ad-Hoc Goods In and Put Away; Reduce your fulfilment costs through by improve order picking times and finally help improve environmental impact though by large reduction in paper use.
Reduced Paper Use:
By using wireless handheld terminals in place of picking from paper sheets, business gained improved efficiency and reduced paper costs. It addition to this, warehouse operations often see improved efficiency as mobile stock control software can provide the warehouse operative with instructions that validates the correct item has been taken from the correct location speeding up the pick and put away process and making it more efficient.
Reduced Fulfilment Costs:
Using PDA based stock control software also allows business owners to realise reduced fulfilment costs, with advanced picking systems operating through a mobile stock control system, which will result in reduced order picking time of up to 65%, resulting in less staffing costs and quicker fulfilment times.
Ad-Hoc Goods In Put Away:
In a less rigid warehousing environment, mobile systems can be used to specifically tell the system where each item is going to go, as the item is being put away. For example, as stock is received the system will put the stock into a Quarantine location. The user will then be able to scan an item and decide whereabouts they would like to put it. The PDA will tell the user the products normal picking location vastly reducing the time needed to assign it a position.
Mobile Stock Replenishments:
Mobile Warehouse Management Systems also allow more effective handling of large reserves of stock inbulk/overspill areas of your warehouse, which can often create difficulties in terms of monitoring the transitions of stock from your overspill to picking areas. The mobile stock replenishment systems can intelligently prompts you to move your stock as and when it is needed.
Summary
To summarise, although there are plenty the core benefits to implementing a mobile stock control system the main one are: Effectively manage the in bulk/overspill areas of your warehouse; Gain the ability to do Ad-Hoc Goods In and Put Away; Reduce your fulfilment costs through by improve order picking times and finally help improve environmental impact though by large reduction in paper use.
