Scanning & Bar Code
Warehouse Automation
The Warehouse Automation module for Sage 500 ERP provides you with a wireless solution to streamline order picking and cycle counts for your warehouse personnel which instantly feeds information back to your Sage MAS 500 system with proper validation. Your data collection is timelier and more accurate when your warehouse employees are able to record their activities using these handheld devices.
Shorten Your Pick, Pack, and Ship Process:
Handheld devices provide you with a fluid process to perform the picking task for one or several orders. When the selected order appears on the handheld, the system displays all items that are to be picked—sequentially or one at a time—directing the picker to the appropriate bin for each item. At the end of your picking process, all completed pick items will be sorted according to common customer Ship-To Addresses, Shipment Dates, and Shipping Methods, simplifying the start of your packing process.
After Shipments are generated and the picking process is complete, it’s time for the handheld Packing task. Pack up all your items into a single package or select the next box indicator to break the shipment into multiple packages. You also gain the ability to divide the contents of one shipping line into two or more packages.
Shipping information flows directly to Sage 500 and you can see it when you access the Edit Shipments task from the desktop. From there, you’ll be able to view shipping transactions and send the appropriate Shipments to StarShip if desired.
Make Inventory Reconciliation Really Work for You:
Do you experience significant write-offs when you take your annual or semi-annual physical inventory? Most of the time, it’s a mystery as to how many transactions contributed to these inaccuracies or when they occurred. Worst of all, by the time you find the discrepancies, it’s too late to make adjustments to get your profitability goals back on track. You may have considered the technique of cycle counting to address this issue in a timelier manner, but the execution of manual cycle counting seems impractical due to the time it takes. Warehouse Automation for Sage MAS 500 enables you to get control of inventory reconciliation in a swift and accurate manner by supporting both your full physical count or cycle count events.
Continue to Work During RF Disconnections:
With Warehouse Automation, handheld processing continues during unintentional disconnections from radio frequency communication. If you walk out of RF range or if the RF network goes down, you can carry on your critical, time-sensitive warehouse activities. Also, after reestablishing RF communication, simply run the Synchronizer that validates the handheld data and sends it to Sage 500. Any data that fails validation goes to a separate table that can be viewed from the desktop, edited, and re-sent to the appropriate tables within Sage 500. You can even take advantage of planned disconnected processing by running the Synchronizer in advance of performing activities out of RF range, such as taking a physical count at non-RF-enabled warehouses or stockyards. After the disconnected activities are complete, simply run the Synchronizer again to complete the process.
Scanco Warehouse Automation for Sage 500 Data Sheet
Manufacturing Automation
Manufacturing Automation provides Warehouse Automation users the functionality to perform MAS 500 manufacturing transactions including Material Issues, Material Returns, Labor transactions and Production Entry on a handheld device.
BENEFITS TO MANUFACTURING AUTOMATION INCLUDE:
- Real time tracking of raw material and production information from the shop floor.
- Reduced data entry time.
- Real-time visibility of production status.
Sage 500 Manufacturing customers currently record raw material issues and production entries manually and then key the information into the Sage 500 ERP system. With the installation of Manufacturing Automation, the time delay for the manual process has been eradicated and manufacturers can see real time updates to inventory of both raw materials and finished goods instantaneously. Managers gain a real time view of what step or stage each Work Order is in to better plan resources and respond to customer inquiries. Manufacturing Automation includes updates to the Warehouse Automation profiles setup, the Warehouse Automation Listener application and the handheld client software to provide full access to manufacturing tracking.
Scanco Manufacturing Automation for Sage 500 Data Sheet
Label Printing
The LabelXpert Designer module allows you to customize the label formats that are included with the Warehouse Automation module as well as create new label formats. LabelXpert Designer allows users to customize labels for every purpose; item tags, shelf tags, bin tags, carton tags, and more. LabelXpert Designer supports both laser and thermal label printers.
While the LabelXpert Designer will most frequently be installed in conjunction with the Warehouse Automation module, you can purchase and install it separately. If your company needs to design barcode labels to meet the packaging or retail requirements of your customers without automating your own warehouses, then this will prove to be a simple, economical way to fulfill basic barcoding requirements.
If purchased without Warehouse Automation, the basic LabelXpert Designer module provides you with label printing capabilities from a single workstation with the option to purchase licenses for additional printing workstations, if necessary.
When you purchase the LabelXpert Designer along with the Warehouse Automation module, you can perform barcode label printing from all Sage 500 workstations or Warehouse Automation handhelds at no additional charge.
