Workflow

The cost of doing business and competition increases each day. This fact alone forces warehouse managers to modify operations to WMS functionality. DCProfiler enriches your WMS's capabilities by automating your outbound warehouse operations. It does not replace the WMS, it makes it smarter so you don't have to work harder.

Triple the power of your WMS by adding DCProfiler to your current system. With features such as Workflow Management and Dock Door Management, DCprofiler will help improve productivity and reduce labor costs by enabling your managers and supervisors to match the workforce to the workload, in real-time, throughout the day. Configurable, easy to read display screens enable decision makers to monitor workflow and immediately address delays caused by improper manpower allocations to various zones.

We implore defined standards in picking, packing and shipping, to generate targeted assignments balancing work efforts across all zones and minimizing pack station or dock door congestion. Utilizing an optimized combined  push-pull strategy, DCprofiler better utilizes the available space, prevents orders from being buried or lost, and maximizes the workers productive time without negative impact to on-time performance. This balance of throughput provides reliable benefits to warehouse workflow as JIT provided to the manufacturing sector.

Managers and supervisors need to know their department’s or warehouse’s productivity for the shift or for the day. DCprofiler captures information about each worker, work area, and warehouse, then provides reports showing the day's productivity as a percent of standard. This information enables managers/supervisors to identify low performing individuals and work areas. They can then determine potential performance upgrades or standard revisions due to some previously unidentified problem. Combining this with other measures such as accuracy and quality will help provide a better overall picture of the warehouse performance.    

The practice of Cartonization considers all factors affecting a company’s choice of shipping cartons, including the desired customer experience in opening the package, company branding issues, and bulk purchasing considerations. Cartonization also looks at the number of unique carton sizes used as well as the number of cartons used within each of those size categories.

Our open architecture allows us to get creative to meet your specific operational requirements. 

Using  configurable “dashboards”, managers and supervisors monitor the activities and work metrics most important to them throughout  the day. This “picture” of performance allows the manager or supervisor to reassign manpower to different  zones within their work area or release them to another , based on current warehouse needs. For example, the Supervisor can add another picker to a different zone or move a picker to a pack station to help get it caught up or meet that all important cut-off time.

Our Trailer Building functionality provides a systematic approach to common logistical problems faced by many distribution centers. Leveraging this functionality you're able to identify optimal size requirements to create fully customizable trailer loads, optimally pick items to increase loading and unloading efficiency, and ultimately reduce loading  dock clutter. The sum of which continuously saves your operation valuable time and money.