Warehouse Management Solutions
Managing warehouse and distribution is getting complex day after day. In fact, it is getting more challenging in this competitive world. Current situation of changing business environment required to implement innovative solutions to effectively manage customer and vendor expectations, competitive pressure, and new business models. Meeting these and other challenges while simultaneously reducing operational expenses is a requirement in today’s economy. To accomplish these needs, Focus has designed an application to meet all the necessities of today’s companies addressing their warehousing and distribution requirements. The functionalities of WMS are designed in a view to handle current business requirements and future challenges which are emerging quickly.
The actual need of warehouse management solutions is to optimize your distribution operations and to effectively manage all of these important resources. Selecting the right warehouse management system (WMS) is vital to keep inventory moving and customer shipments on schedule. Focus WMS solution offers advanced functionality to manage even the most complex warehouse environments. This powerful system helps to ensure fast, optimized workflow, utilizing the most advanced wireless and bar code technologies, including RFID.
The system executes strategic processes such as receiving, put-away/flow-through, inventory management, order processing, replenishment/pick/pack, loading and shipping. Additionally, Warehouse Advantage features RFID enablement, including compliance and other key processes.
Be it third-party warehousing or in-house inventory management Focus WMS fulfills the requirements of both. For third-party warehousing, Focus also generates invoices base on quantity and CBM usage of the warehouse. With user-definable tariff system linked to different storers, calculation of invoices and charges against each shipment was never so easy.
This best-of-breed solution leverages state-of-the-art technology to deliver the functionality you need to maximize operational efficiency resulting in cost reductions that will significantly improve your focal point. And with the powerful combination of robust functionality and a uniquely flexible architecture, Focus WMS enables you to achieve success in the competitive and demanding business environments.
Mission: We believe it’s a key for our clients to have solutions that keep pace with the changing business needs. We use our extensive knowledge for periodical enhancements of our own applications, incorporating new or emerging technologies, and responding to evolving demands.
Advantages of FOCUS & Focus - WMS
- Fully integrated solutions suite
- Robust functionality
- Solution from a well established world wide company
- Uniquely adaptable solution architecture
- Fast ROI
- Low total cost of ownership
- Low cost of Upgrades
- Implementation using industry best practices
- 15 years of track record in offering various solutions
Modules
General Features
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User Configurable Rules and Operational Parameters |
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Real-Time, On-Line Information |
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System Directed Activities/Paper Directed Activities |
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Work Sorted By Priority, Proximity to User and Type |
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Work Sort By Is User Configurable at Device and User Levels |
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RF and Barcode Input |
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Multiple Warehouses/ Multiple Product Owners |
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Client-specific Labeling |
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Apparel Industry Processing Modifiers (Style/Color/Size etc) |
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Manufacturing/Production Line Control |
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Full Kitting Functionality |
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3PL Billing Functionality |
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Employee Productivity Tracking |
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Comprehensive Security Model |
Restocking
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Automatic Restocking Based on Min/Max Levels |
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Pick-driven Restocking |
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Manual Restock Requesting (Scouting) |
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Set Min/Max Quantities at Location, Location Type and Warehouse |
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Levels |
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Restocking to Floating Pick Bins |
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Over Restock with Metered Delivery or Location "Stuffing" |
Receiving / Put-away
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Receiving by piece |
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Receiving with Carton IDs |
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ASN Receiving (Pallet and Carton) |
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Catch-weight Receiving |
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Expected and Unexpected Receipts |
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Record Lot and Date Information |
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Record Serial Information |
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Record Hold/QA Information |
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Cross-dock to Orders, Restocks and Min/Max Levels |
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Directed Pallet Building for Container Unloading |
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Build Single-Item, Mixed and Carrier Pallets |
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Multiple User-definable Put-Away Algorithms |
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Put-Away Logic based on Item, Receiving Location and Other Factors |
Inventory
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Detailed Views of Inventory by Item, Location, Warehouse, Lot, etc. |
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Comprehensive Historical Tracking of All Transactions |
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Visibility of Inventory While on Equipment (ie: during put-away) |
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Place and Release Holds by Lot |
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Directed and Manually Initiated Cycle Counts |
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Opportunity Cycle Counting (Empty Locations During Picking) |
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Automatically Generate Cycle Recounts For Failed Locations |
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User Configurable Counting Types Set at Location Type and Warehouse Levels |
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Pallet Quantity Only |
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Pallet IDs Only |
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Pallet and Carton Quantity Only |
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Pallet and Carton IDs Only |
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Pallet, Carton and Item Quantities and Details |
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Thresholds Allow One Type of Count If N Pallets Are Present and Another If Less than N |
Location
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Restrict Use Based On Cube, Weight, Item Type, etc. |
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Supports Multiple Buildings Within Warehouse. |
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Profile-based Location Generator Simplifies Setup & Expansions. |
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Support for Push-back, Flow-Through, Bulk and Other Multi-pallet Locations. |
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Support for Pick-to-Light, Carousel and AS/RS Systems. |
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User Defined Pick and Restock Paths. |
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User Defined Pick Zones. |
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Allow/Disallow Mixing of Items, Configurations, Hold Codes, etc. In Locations. |
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Configure Default Cycle Counting Procedures By Location Type. |
Order Processing
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Manual and Profile-driven Automated Wave Building |
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Auto-Allocate/Release Orders Upon Download |
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Picking to the End Carton |
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User Configurable Allocation Rules |
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FIFO |
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FEFO |
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Space Utilization |
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By Lot ID |
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Ability to Utilize More Than One Allocation Rule Within a Wave |
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Carton Optimization and Recommendation |
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Full Pallet, Case and Piece Picking |
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Batch Order Picking |
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Place and Release Holds by Lot |
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Ability to Record Serial Number at Picking Time (even if not recorded earlier) |
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Picks Can Be Directed to Shipping or Value-Add Areas |
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Full Support For Zone Picking |
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Supports Linear, Z-Pick and Other Pick Paths |
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System Will Attempt to Find Alternate Location if Original is Not-Stocked |
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Picks Can Be Generated Against Pending (Restock) Quantities |
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Several Variations of Carton Repack/Verification Screens |
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Repack Cartons and Pallets Using RF or Desktop Client |
Reporting
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Over 80 Built-In Reports |
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Support For Embedded Custom Reports |
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Ad Hoc Reporting Via Screen Output and 3rd Party Tools |
Billing
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Comprehensive Billing Calculations for Transactional and Periodic Events |
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Support for Different Billing Rates/Transactions for Each 3PL Client |
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Allows Different Billing Rates to Take Effect On a Certain Date or Day of Month |
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Bill Based on Average, High-Water, Low-Water Aggregates |
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Bill Based on Monthly Aggregate of Daily Aggregates |
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Supports "One Time" Charges (Set-up Fees, etc) |
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Unlimited User-Configured Billing Events |
Functional Benefits
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Improve accuracy |
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Decrease order Processing time |
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Improve customer service levels |
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control inventory movement, create locations and manage space availability |
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virtually eliminate, Put-away and picking errors |
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improve the user of human and warehouse resources |
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reduce inventory carrying costs |
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increase return on inventory investment |
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Reduce shipping errors and eliminate costly physical inventories |
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Maximize productivity and eliminate redundant processes |
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Achieve up to 100% inventory accuracy, visibility and traceability |
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Synchronize the movement of goods in the warehouse and yard |
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Boost order accuracy, fill rates and on-time shipments |
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Eliminate excess inventory |
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Improve management control and reporting |
Key Features:
FOCUS WMS user-configurable rules allow it to be equally effective in any warehouse environment. Single-Owner warehouses, 3PL operations, apparel warehouses, food industry facilities needing catch-weight, pharmaceutical plants needing detailed lot information...
FOCUS WMS directs all warehouse operations in real-time, using the speed and accuracy of Radio Frequency (RF) terminals and bar code readers, optimizing both facility and human resources. FOCUS WMS also offers real-time, on-line access to all warehouse information, complete audit trails for all material moves, labor resource planning and tracking, multiple warehouses and multiple owner or division operation and the considerable efficiencies of task sequencing and task interleaving.
In addition, FOCUS WMS features extensive cross docking functionality, up-to-the-second real-time views of expected receipts, orders, replenishments and picks, comprehensive picking functionality which includes full case picking, full pallet picking, pallet stripping, piece picking, batch picking and order picking, and the ability to track inventories in any conceivable multiple container hierarchy. Additionally, FOCUS WMS offers catch weight receiving and carton tracking, lot control, date lot tracking, serial number tracking, and an Apparel Industry module which controls the tracking, put-away, picking, restocking and cycle counting of merchandise by color, style and size. Finally, FOCUS WMS is designed to interface easily with virtually all host systems, with third party or host based order processing, transportation management, purchase order and accounting applications and with material processing equipment such as conveyors, Sortation systems, pick-to-light modules and carousels.
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RFID Compatibility |
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Internet Enabled |
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Advanced Security |
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Real Time Customizations |
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Easy to deploy additional Functionalities |
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User Friendly and Robust Application |