For nearly a decade, ScanForce has been a member of 90 Minds, a member-only community for ERP consultants and resellers. We get a lot of value out of this group because the majority of the members are our business partners who recommend our solutions. Participating in the 90 Minds community helps us get insights into ways to make our products and services even better.
Amazon is arguably one of the highest volume warehouse operations on earth. But certainly when it comes to warehouse efficiency, bigger doesn’t always mean better.
Just watch ~60 seconds of this clip (it should start playing around the 9:20 mark - some parts after 11:15 are NSFW!) from a recent episode of “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”, where a seasonal Amazon employee shares how it was not unusual for him to walk 15 – 17 miles a day during a 10-hour shift:
Watching this clip made us feel even better than ever about the things we do for our customers because it illustrates one of the warehouse scourges that we battle daily: inefficient picking processes.
Did you know that there are a number of free tools that were previously only available as add-on purchases but now come "out of the box" with Sage 100cloud?
Two such tools that you already own (but may not know it) as part of your Sage 100cloud subscription are:
DSD/ScanForce Multi-Bin Basic by ScanForce
Sage Inventory Advisor Basics by Sage Inventory Advisor
Check out this infographic to learn more, and make sure you're taking advantage of all the functionality these solutions offer to help you avoid costly inventory mistakes.
Most inventory-based businesses have some sort of item classification, but it tends to be relatively basic. We often see classification based on a basic cost analysis or how fast the item moves. These are helpful, but they become even more valuable when combined.
At Sage Summit in Atlanta this May, Sage rolled out the first release of its long-awaited Production Management module. This module replaces the legacy Work Order module and brings the functionality into the Sage 100 "framework", meaning its architecture is more consistent with the rest of the Sage 100 product.
Excess stock is driven by incorrect levels.
A common problem we see is incorrect levels. It starts with how you control and manage your inventory, and it cascades from there into costly challenges like stock-outs and excess stock.
First things first: you have to know how much you have and where you have it.
There's one mistake that businesses with inventory make time and again. It's using a spreadsheet to manage their items. From location to levels, way too many businesses scrape by using this incorrect tool.
Excel may be inexpensive, but it comes with major costs.
In a perfect world, your warehouse would have just enough inventory to meet demands. You'd know exactly where everything is and the quantities on hand of each item. So, what's keeping you from this warehouse nirvana?
Read more: The Right Items in the Right Place at the Right Time
Contact us to learn more about how you can about achieve complete warehouse automation.
We've joined forces with our friends at Sage inventory Advisor to bring you this series of tips to help make you an inventory expert, empowering you to make your warehouse operations more profitable.
In part one of our Warehouse Wizard Series, we address the topic of Inventory Control vs.
When ScanForce started out 16 years ago, it was in response to demand in the MAS 90/200 (now Sage 100 and Sage 100cloud) community for a better way to automate warehouse processes. Our products have evolved over time, but we've always kept that focus on helping Sage 100 users streamline their warehouse operations through powerful but easy to use technology.