Latitude Baseline Features
Receiving
Latitude Receiving combines all of your necessary receiving steps into a quick and easy scanning operation that can be performed anywhere in the warehouse.
Features:
- Imports purchase orders from host system and updates host with PO receipt data
- Can receive multiple purchase orders simultaneously
- Multiple people can receive purchase orders simultaneously to avoid bottlenecks
- Uses supplier bar codes on received material (no need to re-label) and learns new bar codes as items are received
- Provides bar code labeling of non bar-coded material
- Validates expected receipts automatically through scanning
- Warns receiving personnel if item is not on purchase order. Automatic emails to purchasing reports receiving discrepancies.
- Tracks lot numbers and date codes; manages shelf life and expiration dates
- Provides notification of back-ordered items for cross docking
- Allows receiver to "unreceive" a line item quantity to correct receiving errors
- Reports receiving errors -- useful for vendor negotiations
- Automatically converts purchasing unit of measure to inventory unit of measure
- Accommodates fractional quantities of received items
- Records in-bound freight charges and bill of lading numbers
- Can receive against an ASN (Advanced Ship Notice)
Returns
Latitude Returns maintains accurate physical control of both customer and vendor returns for better, faster service and support.
Features:
- Operates on Return Orders downloaded from the host
- Returns process allows user to select which item to process next
- Validates that the correct item is received, including serial number
Putaway
Latitude Putaway ensures that inventory is stocked in the correct bin location for precise real-time inventory control. Stocker movement is efficiently directed throughout the warehouse to increase efficiency and lower labor costs.
Features:
- Allows items to be stored in multiple bin types/locations
- Offers a variety of putaway strategies: "Directed Putaway" (most efficient route), "Random Putaway" (location can contain any item), "System Managed Random Putaway" (location assignments based on item velocity), and "Operator Directed Putaway" (maximum flexibility)
- Ensures correct item locations with "Scan/Confirm" prompts
- Allows for lot number identification and tracking
- Allows putaway to a sequence of front counter, primary, and other bins
Picking
Latitude's systematic approach to picking increases productivity and dramatically reduces errors. One Latitude customer has reported a reduction from 60 errors per month to less than four. Depending on the size, variety, and placement of inventory, warehouse managers can reduce their picking staff by 15% to over 60%.
Features:
- Automates picking of customer orders, transfers, production orders, and vendor returns
- Prompts user for picking, staging, and consolidating pick and holds
- Imports sales/work orders/transfers from host computer
- Manages picking priorities including "will call" and directs operator for efficient proximity picking
- Ensures pick accuracy of each item with "Scan/Confirm" prompt; captures serial numbers
- Directs multiple users to pick orders simultaneously
- Allows picking of other than the requested quantity
- Offers paperless or paper-initiated picking
- Supports picking by route, zone, batch order, batch-within-zone, FIFO or lot; supports raw material picking for kits or assemblies
Cycle Counting
Well-managed distributors using Latitude Cycle Counting maintain inventory accuracy exceeding 99%. Latitude Cycle Counting is easier than the corresponding, paper driven process provided in the host system because it operates in real-time and is bin location specific. Cycle count results are automatically recorded in Latitude for review and then posted to the host system.
Features:
- Allows multiple part numbers in any location
- Verifies items and quantities as correct/not correct
- Integrates with picking when bin quantity falls below threshold
- Provides real-time inventory updates (perpetual inventory accuracy)
- Manages cycle counting jobs by fast moving items, bins, specific vendors, etc.
- Provides inventory exception reports and host update
- Satisfies accounting requirements
- Inputs data into graphs and reports for a historical view of cycle count jobs
Reporting
Stay up-to-date on key metrics and the performance of your operations with Latitude’s more than 500 template and custom reports using Crystal Reports.
Features:
- Measures receiving discrepancies among vendors
- Provides system activity reports/charts
- Date stamps and reports employee performance across transaction types and zones
- Includes detailed audit trails for all items
Warehouse Performance Metrics
With Latitude Warehouse Metrics, you'll have on-demand access to warehouse performance. Easily create reports and charts to track employee and warehouse productivity - bringing you visibility to activities (picking, receiving, cycle counting, etc.), by branch, employee, error type, etc.
Features:
- Easily establish parameters and filters
- Chart any activity over a set period of time
- Make branch to branch comparisons
- Chart employee to employee performance
