We are very excited to announce that “Pick-Flushing” for the MobileManage™ Shop Floor is code complete. What is “Pick-Flushing”? It simply is the ability to pick the materials for a Made2Manage™ job and move them to a staging location (inventory location) reserved for each individual Job. The materials are not issued to the job, they remain in inventory but are directly allocated to the identified Job. An auto-Issue function will then issue all the allocated material in one simple step. Sort of like a Hybrid-Backflush which supports lot control.
“Picking” material using MobileManage™ is as simple as scanning a QR code, a location code and telling it the quantity. Even if you are Lot Controlled, lot numbers are embedded in the QR code so there are no additional steps. We have added the ability to pick in different Units of Measure than the stock-keeping UofM (SKU). So, you can pick a roll of material, maybe with a certain lot number, and it will be automatically transferred to the Job’s staging location at the proper SKU. Again, rolls to feet, sheets to pounds, buckets to gallons, or whatever you need.
So many Made2Manage™ companies purchase to the Job but can’t (or don’t want to use) use the Buy-to-Order functionality. Buy-to-Order items tend to get lost by the time they are needed. This staging capability allows you to reserve inventory for the individual Jobs within the Made2Manage™ Inventory control. This allows full visibility of your inventory, even if already picked.
The material can then be auto-Issued from the staging location (including lot, serial numbers, and expiration dates) in one step. Any excess material remaining in the staging location following the auto-issue, can be easily transferred back to the stores or another Job. Traditional back-flushing and issuing directly to the job are still fully supported.
So much more here, but just a taste of our continuing effort to improve your inventory control processes. Keep your ERP system in your control. MobileManage™ does not consume Aptean user licenses, you don’t need to be on Aptean support, and you get a superb product.