Sterling Warehouse

Management System:
Overview Guide
Release 9.1
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 Contents

Preface
Intended Audience ........................................................................................ v
Structure ..................................................................................................... v
Documentation ............................................................................................. v
Conventions .................................................................................................ix

1 IBM Sterling Warehouse Management System Overview

1.1 Business Challenges ............................................................................ 1
1.2 Benefits of IBM Sterling Warehouse Management System ......................... 4
1.2.1 Networked Solution ........................................................................ 5
1.2.2 Multi-Enterprise Management .......................................................... 5
1.2.3 Process Centric .............................................................................. 6
1.2.4 Comprehensive Product Management................................................ 7
1.2.5 Complete Visibility.......................................................................... 7
1.2.6 Vendor Performance ....................................................................... 7
1.2.7 Radio Frequency Identification Enabled ............................................. 8
1.2.8 Optimized Operations ..................................................................... 8
1.3 New Levels of ROI Driven by the IBM Sterling Warehouse Management
System .............................................................................................. 8
1.4 IBM Sterling Warehouse Management System Users ...............................10

2 Features Overview
2.1 Inventory Control...............................................................................11
2.2 Inbound............................................................................................12

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2.4 Task Management ............................................................................. 12
2.5 Reverse Logistics .............................................................................. 12
2.6 Value-Added Services ........................................................................ 13
2.7 Cross Dock ....................................................................................... 13
2.8 Outbound......................................................................................... 13
2.9 Reports............................................................................................ 14
2.9.1 Inbound Reports .......................................................................... 14
2.9.2 Return Reports ............................................................................ 14
2.9.3 Inventory Reports ........................................................................ 15
2.9.4 VAS Reports ................................................................................ 15
2.9.5 Outbound Reports ........................................................................ 16
2.9.6 Task Reports ............................................................................... 16
2.9.7 Billing Activity Reporting Engine Reports.......................................... 17
2.10 Printed Documents ............................................................................ 17
2.10.1 Inbound Prints ............................................................................. 17
2.10.2 Inventory Prints ........................................................................... 17
2.10.3 Outbound Prints ........................................................................... 17
2.11 Location Mass Maintenance................................................................. 18
2.12 Dynamic Velocity Calculation .............................................................. 18
2.13 Integration With Slotting Engines ........................................................ 19
2.14 Integration with a Voice-based System ................................................ 19
2.15 Packing............................................................................................ 19

Notices
Trademarks................................................................................................ 24

Index

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 Preface

This guide provides a glimpse into the IBM® Sterling Warehouse

Management System and lists its various features.

Intended Audience
This document is intended to provide assistance to all users of Sterling
Warehouse Management System.

Structure
This document contains the following sections:

Chapter 1, "IBM Sterling Warehouse Management System

Overview"
This chapter introduces the Sterling Warehouse Management System and
provides an insight into the business challenges, benefits, and scope of
the Sterling Warehouse Management System.

Chapter 2, "Features Overview"

This chapter provides a brief overview of the Sterling Warehouse
Management System features.

Documentation
For more information about the Sterling Warehouse Management System
components, see the following manuals:
Q
Sterling Warehouse Management System: Release Notes

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Sterling Warehouse Management System: Installation Guide
Q
Sterling Warehouse Management System: Overview
Q
Sterling Warehouse Management System: Implementation Guide
Q
Sterling Warehouse Management System: Reports Guide
Q
Sterling Warehouse Management System: Business Intelligence
Guide
Q
Sterling Warehouse Management System: Printed Documents Guide
Q
Sterling Warehouse Management System: Billing Activity Reporting
Engine Guide
Q
Sterling Warehouse Management System: Upgrade Guide
Q
Sterling Warehouse Management System: Voxware Integration Guide
Q
Sterling Warehouse Management System: Javadocs
For more information about the IBM® Sterling Selling and Fulfillment
Foundation components, see the following manuals:
Q
Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation: Release Notes
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Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation: Installation Guide
Q
Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation: Upgrade Guide
Q
Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation: Configuration Deployment
Tool Guide
Q
Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation: Performance Management
Guide
Q
Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation: High Availability Guide
Q
Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation: System Management
Guide
Q
Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation: Localization Guide
Q
Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation: Customization Basics
Guide
Q
Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation: Customizing APIs Guide
Q
Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation: Customizing Console JSP
Interface for End User Guide

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Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation: Customizing the RCP
Interface Guide
Q
Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation: Customizing User
Interfaces for Mobile Devices Guide
Q
Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation: Customizing Web UI
Framework Guide
Q
Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation: Customizing Swing
Interface Guide
Q
Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation: Extending the Condition
Builder Guide
Q
Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation: Extending the Database
Guide
Q
Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation: Extending Transactions
Guide
Q
Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation: Using Sterling RCP
Extensibility Tool Guide
Q
Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation: Integration Guide
Q
Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation: Product Concepts Guide
Q
Sterling Warehouse Management System: Concepts Guide
Q
Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation: Application Platform
Configuration Guide
Q
Sterling Distributed Order Management: Configuration Guide
Q
Sterling Supply Collaboration: Configuration Guide
Q
Sterling Global Inventory Visibility: Configuration Guide
Q
Catalog Management: Configuration Guide
Q
Sterling Logistics Management: Configuration Guide
Q
Sterling Reverse Logistics: Configuration Guide
Q
Sterling Warehouse Management System: Configuration Guide
Q
Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation: Application Platform User
Guide
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Sterling Distributed Order Management: User Guide

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Sterling Supply Collaboration: User Guide
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Sterling Global Inventory Visibility: User Guide
Q
Sterling Logistics Management: User Guide
Q
Sterling Reverse Logistics: User Guide
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Sterling Warehouse Management System: User Guide
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Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation: Mobile Application User
Guide
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Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation: Business Intelligence
Operational Reports Guide
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Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation: Javadocs
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Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Suite: Glossary
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Parcel Carrier: Adapter Guide
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Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation: Multitenant Enterprise
Guide
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Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation: Password Policy
Management Guide
Q
Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation: Properties Guide
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Catalog Management: Concepts Guide
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Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation: Pricing Concepts Guide
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Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation: Setting Up Quotes in
Distributed Order Management
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Sterling Sensitive Data Capture Server, Release 1.0: Configuration
Guide
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Sterling Sensitive Data Capture Server, Release 1.0: PA-DSS
Implementation Guide
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Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation: Secure Deployment Guide
Q
Sterling Business Center: Item Administration Guide
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Sterling Business Center: Pricing Administration Guide
Q
Sterling Business Center: Customization Guide
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Sterling Business Center: Localization Guide

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Sterling Field Sales: Deployment Guide
Q
Sterling Field Sales: Implementation Guide
Q
Sterling Field Sales: Localization Guide
Q
Sterling Field Sales: User Guide
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Sterling Field Sales: Customization Guide
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Visual Modeler: Administration Guide
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Visual Modeler: Best Practices Guide
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Visual Modeler: Implementation Guide
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Visual Modeler: Installation Guide
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Visual Modeler: Tutorial Guide

Conventions
In this manual, Windows refers to all supported Windows operating
systems.
The following conventions may be used in this manual:

Convention Meaning
... Ellipsis represents information that has been
omitted.
<> Angle brackets indicate user-supplied input.

mono-spaced text Mono-spaced text indicates a file name, directory

path, attribute name, or an inline code example or
command.
/ or \ Slashes and backslashes are file separators for the
Windows, UNIX, and LINUX operating systems. The
file separator for the Windows operating system is
"\" and the file separator for UNIX and Linux systems
is "/". The UNIX convention is used unless otherwise
mentioned.
<YANTRA_HOME_OLD> User-supplied location of the installation directory
for previously installed releases. This is only
applicable for Releases 7.7, 7.9, and 7.11.
<YFS_HOME_OLD> This is the <YANTRA_HOME>/Runtime directory of
previously installed releases. This is only applicable
for Releases 7.7, 7.9, and 7.11.

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<INSTALL_DIR> User-supplied location of the Sterling Selling and
Fulfillment Foundation installation directory. This is
applicable for Release 8.0.

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IBM Sterling Warehouse Management
System Overview

The Sterling Warehouse Management System is specially tailored to

manage operations in a mid-sized, finished goods distribution center
(DC). Shipments may be shipped to consumers, retailers or distributors,
or mom and pop stores. The key problems solved by Sterling Warehouse
Management System are shipment consolidation or transportation
optimization, customer compliance, productivity, and space optimization.
This chapter elaborates on the business challenges, benefits, and scope
of Sterling Warehouse Management System.

1.1 Business Challenges

Managing inventory across a network is fraught with challenges.
Enterprise software systems should facilitate company-wide inventory
visibility and control, even when inventory is managed in a network of
diverse and heterogeneous operating facilities. All too often, when
selecting inventory management systems, business decision makers tend
to compromise on a solution that can never achieve company-wide
inventory visibility and control. Software applications make businesses
more productive by eliminating redundant data entry and potential
errors. Software enables a business to scale operationally while
facilitating high levels of customer service that are typical of the smallest
organizations. However, for maximum efficiencies, multi-site businesses
require software applications that:
Q
Don’t force major changes to operating practices
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Take advantage of today’s best practices

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Business Challenges

Q
Manage the subtle complexities that are unique to how each
particular business drives value for its customers
Increasing customer demands and an ever-changing environment drives
businesses today. Some factors that influence business processes are:
Q
Mergers and acquisitions
Q
Introduction of new products or product lines
Q
Addition of new business channels
Q
Consolidation of facilities
Q
Business outsourcing
Q
Increasing transportation cost
Q
Poor utilization of resources, such as labor, facilities, equipments,
locations, and so forth.
Q
Servicing new customers and fulfilling each of their unique
compliance demands
Businesses must manage inventory in a variety of facilities that may
include Plant Warehouses, Regional Business Centers, Stock Rooms,
Stores, and Flow-through Distribution Centers.
Due to the disparate nature of these facilities, each facility employs
different operational processes. This leads to complexity in operations
and lack of centralized visibility, increased infrastructure costs, and
quality issues.
Due to the variety of facilities in a complex warehousing environment,
disparate systems are used throughout the network. This results in
higher infrastructure and ownership costs at each facility. Integrating
systems across such facilities becomes complex, and implementing
business process changes is a challenge. Figure 1–1 illustrates a typical
network built on disparate warehousing systems.

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 Business Challenges

Figure 1–1 Network of Disparate Warehousing Systems

Offering complete visibility and automating operations in a complex

warehouse environment requires thorough knowledge of business
processes combined with state-of-the-art technology. An efficient
warehouse management system helps businesses:
Q
Achieve increased productivity levels
Q
Improve inventory accuracy
Q
Adhere to varying compliance requirements
Q
Manage logistics effectively
As businesses strive to keep pace with the changing environment, it is
also imperative to keep operating costs low. Usually, the trade-off
balances the needs against the cost of acquiring and deploying
best-in-class software at each facility. Lower cost options today include
software that slightly addresses a portion of the labor productivity
problem, but fails to deliver the ability to scale those best practices that
make a business unique. In many cases, software is used in only the
largest facilities, while no software is used in smaller facilities because
the costs are too prohibitive.

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Benefits of IBM Sterling Warehouse Management System

Sterling Warehouse Management System eliminates the cost versus

capabilities trade-off and offers the best-in-class warehouse management
software that can be leveraged across all types of inventory stocking
situations, from the largest facilities down to the smallest stocking
locations.

1.2 Benefits of IBM Sterling Warehouse

Management System
The Sterling Warehouse Management System is designed to manage
fulfillment and distribution across a network of facilities, including
regional distribution centers, master distribution centers, fulfillment
centers, stockrooms, plant warehouses, repair centers, and more. With
its high degree of configurability and service-oriented architecture,
Sterling Warehouse Management System enables responsive customer
fulfillment, improved operational efficiency, greater flexibility for growth,
and ultimately, a lower total cost of ownership in large-scale and complex
fulfillment environments.
In short, Sterling Warehouse Management System enables you to:
Q
Make better decisions by automating business processes
Q
Reduce time-to-market by reacting quickly to market changes
Q
Increase revenue through effective collaboration
Rich in features and functionality, Sterling Warehouse Management
System provides the following key capabilities:
Q
Networked Solution
Q
Multi-Enterprise Management
Q
Process Centric
Q
Comprehensive Product Management
Q
Complete Visibility
Q
Vendor Performance
Q
Radio Frequency Identification Enabled
Q
Optimized Operations

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1.2.1 Networked Solution

Sterling Warehouse Management System is unique in its architecture: it
is the only warehouse management system that is designed as a
networked solution. It is built on a service-oriented, component-based
architecture. Figure 1–2 depicts the network solution design of the
Sterling Warehouse Management System.

Figure 1–2 The Sterling Warehouse Management System

Component-Based Architecture

Sterling Warehouse Management System provides lower cost of

ownership, higher flexibility, and consistent customer service.

1.2.2 Multi-Enterprise Management

A business or business channel can be modeled as an enterprise in
Sterling Warehouse Management System, thus allowing warehouses to
handle inventory and processes uniquely for diverse enterprises. Sterling
Warehouse Management System can be easily configured to suit
business needs and processes for each enterprise.

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Benefits of IBM Sterling Warehouse Management System

Sterling Warehouse Management System provides network-wide control

through a common catalog of services for multiple enterprises within a
warehouse, thus ensuring the optimal use of labor and assets, despite
process diversity.

1.2.3 Process Centric

Sterling Warehouse Management System is process centric, making it
highly configurable. Traditional warehouse solutions are services
intensive, and provide data-centric configurations.
The process management model in Sterling Warehouse Management
System is optimized for supply chain operations, and integrates
monitoring with event and task management. The process flow definition
in Sterling Warehouse Management System is highly extensible, which
enables each implementation to incorporate the custom logic necessary
for keeping a competitive advantage.
Sterling Warehouse Management System is adaptive to changes in
facility and operations. It provides the ability to configure business
processes for disparate facilities, such as Plant Warehouses, Regional
Distribution Centers, Stock Rooms, and Value-Added Services (VAS)
centers. Sterling Warehouse Management System facilitates
incorporating changes in the network through virtual deployment of ship
nodes, inheritance of rules, and configuration deployment tools.
The net-native framework makes Sterling Warehouse Management
System highly interoperable, and enables internationalization and
localization. This networked solution is highly scalable, and provides a
central control point to introduce new business processes, and
technologies.
Sterling Warehouse Management System thus provides flexibility for
business demands, reduced implementation time, and rapid response to
customer demands.

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1.2.4 Comprehensive Product Management

Sterling Warehouse Management System is built to track and control
inventory of products or items across an organizational network. Various
parameters and granular definitions bundled into Sterling Warehouse
Management System ensure consistent handling and measurement of
inventory, and accurate handling of variable goods.
Sterling Warehouse Management System provides the capability to
improve inventory accuracy by tracking user-defined product attributes,
such as lot number, serial number, and so on.

1.2.5 Complete Visibility

Sterling Warehouse Management System enables effective management
of warehouse operations by providing wall-to-wall visibility of all critical
information about inventory, orders, shipments, or containers. A
warehouse operation benefits from visibility into this process information.
By leveraging Sterling Warehouse Management System Alert Framework,
the process is proactively monitored for potential problems, thereby
enhancing productivity levels.
Sterling Warehouse Management System provides Web-based consoles
to monitor, control, and direct day-to-day operations. Consoles like Task
Management, Wave Planning, Pick Planning, and Event Management
enable automation of daily operations.
Sterling Warehouse Management System raises proactive and reactive
events, and raises appropriate exceptions through the Event
Management layer.

1.2.6 Vendor Performance

Sterling Warehouse Management System provides features that include
Advanced Ship Notice (ASN) matching, inventory disposition, and product
classifications that enables for vendor rating and performance. Other
features support tracking a carrier’s capabilities for delivery compliance.
Similarly, other partner’s performance to agreement can be captured and
reported.

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New Levels of ROI Driven by the IBM Sterling Warehouse Management System

1.2.7 Radio Frequency Identification Enabled

Sterling Warehouse Management System is designed to allow the
adoption of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, allowing
the definition of new RFID-driven business processes in your warehouse
operations.

1.2.8 Optimized Operations

The Sterling Warehouse Management System offers real-time,
constraint-based optimization of processes in warehouses, thus reducing
labor costs and improving productivity.

1.3 New Levels of ROI Driven by the IBM Sterling

Warehouse Management System
Sterling Warehouse Management System solves business challenges and
provides solutions, thus driving new levels of Return On Investment.
This is shown in Table 1–1.

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Table 1–1 Sterling Warehouse Management System ROI

Sterling
Warehouse
Management
System makes it
To solve the... possible to... Driving a new level of ROI by...
Lack of best Internally drive Q
Lowering IT costs with centralized deployment
practices in smaller WMS benefits Q
Lowering inventory with visibility
scale stocking and across the internal
warehousing network of Q
Reducing inventory errors and data entry errors
operations within operations Q
Increasing asset utilization
the enterprise
Operational Offer WMS Q
Increasing end customer service level attainment
inefficiencies capabilities to the Q
Lowering channel partner costs
present in channel in order to
channel-partner facilitate the rollout Q
Balancing network-wide inventory allocation
operations due to of best practices at Q
Lowering working capital and increasing network
the lack of the network level to
capacity and velocity
inventory control optimize inventory,
productivity and Q
Addressing the multi-enterprise problem by
velocity in the providing the ability to manage their processes,
channel which might be unique for each enterprise, and
helping them utilize their assets that may be
scattered across enterprises.
Customer burden Deploy integrated Q
Lowering customer order administration costs
of managing the supply and manage Q
Increasing product availability
rising cost of order inventory stock
administration and locations at Q
Lowering customer investments in working
local inventory customer sites capital
management at Q
Increasing margin through fee-for-service
multiple locations
Q
Increasing sales
Ongoing supplier Deploy functionality Q
Reduced receiving errors and handling
compliance issues to suppliers on an Q
Reduced inventory through direct-ship programs
and the rising costs as-needed basis to
of enforcement enforce ASN Q
Increased sales through better visibility
standards, RFID
mandates, label
formatting, data
standards, quality
and packaging
compliance

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IBM Sterling Warehouse Management System Users

1.4 IBM Sterling Warehouse Management System

Users
Sterling Warehouse Management System can be used by any customer
who has one or more facilities in their supply chain network.
Some of the potential users of Sterling Warehouse Management System
are:
Q
Manufacturers
Manufacturers use Sterling Warehouse Management System to
manage processes in their plant and distribution centers. They can
use Sterling Warehouse Management System to ship products to
retailers, mom- and -pop stores, directly to customers, and so on.
Q
Logistics providers
Logistics providers use Sterling Warehouse Management System to
provide warehousing and distribution services to multiple clients.
Each client may have inventory in multiple facilities, with each facility
being used to service multiple clients.
Q
Retailers
Retailers use Sterling Warehouse Management System to manage
operations in their distribution centers, and ship to stores or
fulfillment centers for their direct-to-customer channels.
Retailers may be:
– Traditional retailers who use Sterling Warehouse Management
System in their distribution centers to manage shipping to stores.
– Online or Catalog retailers who use Sterling Warehouse
Management System to ship directly to customers.
Q
Distributors
Distributors use Sterling Warehouse Management System to manage
operations in their central distribution centers and regional
distribution centers.

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Features Overview

The Sterling Warehouse Management System is a Web-based application

that provides a comprehensive end-to-end solution, thus helping
businesses manage their inventory and processes throughout their
network, through a synchronized warehouse management system.
Sterling Warehouse Management System is built using a robust
architectural framework that provides enough flexibility to adapt to
changing business needs.
The various modules of the Sterling Warehouse Management System are
described briefly in this chapter. For more information about the modules
and their processes and solutions, see the Sterling Warehouse
Management System: Implementation Guide.

2.1 Inventory Control

This module provides:
Q
Granular tracking of inventory at a location, case, or pallet based
on item attributes, including lot number, serial number, and so
forth.
Q
Putaway of inventory.
Q
Retrieval of inventory.
Q
Replenishment of locations.
Q
Count.
Q
Management, visibility, and monitoring of inventory in a
warehouse.

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Reverse Logistics

2.2 Inbound
This module provides:
Q
Comprehensive visibility to inbound shipments.
Q
Pre-receiving.
Q
Shipment, Purchase Orders (PO), Blind receiving.
Q
Putaway of receipts.

2.3 Quality Control

This module provides:
Q
Quality profiling.
Q
Quality Inspection.
Q
Comprehensive visibility to quality processes.

2.4 Task Management

This module provides:
Q
Task generation.
Q
Task assignment.
Q
Task interleaving.
Q
Management, visibility, and monitoring of tasks in a warehouse.

2.5 Reverse Logistics

This module provides:
Q
Returns pre-receiving.
Q
Returns receiving.
Q
Serial number capture.
Q
Disposition of inventory.
Q
Putaway of return receipts.

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2.6 Value-Added Services

This module provides:
Q
Kitting and dekitting for static or dynamic Bill of Materials (BOM).
Q
Customer compliance such as special ticketing, security tagging,
and so forth.
Q
Support for Build-to-Stock, Build-to-Customer, or Build-to-Order.
Q
Retrieval of component inventory.
Q
Putaway of kit inventory.
Q
Management, visibility, and monitoring of all VAS activities.

2.7 Cross Dock

This module provides:
Q
Opportunistic as well as planned cross dock.
Q
Product diversion to cross dock staging or directly to outbound
shipping lanes.
Q
Cross dock based on items and for units, cases, or pallets.

2.8 Outbound
This module provides:
Q
Order release consolidation.
Q
Shipment routing.
Q
Grouping of shipments and wave planning.
Q
Constraint based real time optimization to suggest the best
picking strategy.
Q
Containerization for optimizing packing and freight cost.
Q
Replenishment for demand.
Q
Picking.
Q
Packing.
Q
Outbound VAS.

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Reports

Q
Less than Truck Load (LTL) or Truck Load (TL) Shipments, Bill of
Lading (BOL).
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Manifesting for Parcel Shipments.
Q
Trailer loading.
Q
Management, visibility, and monitoring of all outbound activities.
Q
Pack and Hold Process
Q
Electronic Shipper Export Declaration Process

2.9 Reports
This module provides the following reports:

2.9.1 Inbound Reports

This module provides the following inbound reports:
Q
Await Material Report
Q
Delivery Dock Schedule Report
Q
Dock to Stock Cycle Time KPI Report
Q
Inbound Labor Requirements Report
Q
Item Attribute Setup Report
Q
Receipt Discrepancy Report
Q
Receipt Detail Report
Q
Receipt Summary Report
Q
Shipment Billing Summary Report
Q
Vendor Non-Compliance Report

2.9.2 Return Reports

This module provides the following return reports:
Q
Returns By Reason Code Report

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2.9.3 Inventory Reports

This module provides the following inventory reports:
Q
Containers Not Having Standard Quantity Report
Q
Cycle Count Variance Daily Report
Q
Cycle Count Variance Monthly Report
Q
Cycle Count Variance Weekly Report
Q
Dedicated Locations Usage Report
Q
Dedicated Locations Activity Report
Q
Empty Location Report
Q
Inventory Aging Report
Q
Inventory Audit Report
Q
Inventory Balance Report
Q
Inventory Hold Report
Q
Item Inventory Across Nodes Report
Q
Item Inventory Report
Q
Item Tag No. Report
Q
Item Velocity Report
Q
Location Inventory Detail Report
Q
Location Inventory Summary Report
Q
Location/SKU Velocity Mismatch Report
Q
Node Inventory Valuation Report
Q
Participant List Report
Q
Space Consolidation Report
Q
Space Utilization Report

2.9.4 VAS Reports

This module provides the following VAS reports:
Q
Work Order Report

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2.9.5 Outbound Reports

This module provides the following outbound reports:
Q
BOL Total Weights Report
Q
Container Volume Monthly Report
Q
Daily Shipment Report
Q
Dock Pickup Schedule Report
Q
Generic Shipper Report
Q
Hot Inventory Report
Q
On Time Shipment Report
Q
Order Billing Summary Report
Q
Order Cycle Time KPI Report
Q
Order Shipment Report
Q
Outbound Labor Requirements Report
Q
Pack and Hold Shipment Report
Q
Parcel Manifest Report
Q
Replenishment Status Report
Q
Same Day Pick Pack Ship Percentage Report
Q
Shipment Billing Summary Report
Q
Shipment Fill Rate Monthly Report
Q
Shipments Near or Past Cancel Date Report
Q
Shipment Shortage Report
Q
Staging Locations Report
Q
Vendor Non-Compliance Report

2.9.6 Task Reports

This module provides the following task reports:
Q
In-Progress Container Summary Report
Q
In-Progress Shipment Summary Report

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Q
User Productivity Daily Report
Q
User Productivity Weekly Report
Q
User Productivity Monthly Report
Q
Warehouse Activity Completion Report

2.9.7 Billing Activity Reporting Engine Reports

This module provides the following billing activity reporting engine
reports:
Q
Billing Activity Report

2.10 Printed Documents

This module provides the following prints:

2.10.1 Inbound Prints

This module provides the following inbound labels:
Q
License Plate Label
Q
Putaway Task List
Q
Receiving Worksheet

2.10.2 Inventory Prints

This module provides the following inventory prints:
Q
Count Sheet
Q
Hazmat SKU Label
Q
Replenishment Task List
Q
Retrieval Task List
Q
UPC Case Code Label

2.10.3 Outbound Prints

This module provides the following outbound prints:
Q
Carrier Labels

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Q
Cart Manifest Task List
Q
Certificate of Origin
Q
Combined Picking and Packing Slip
Q
Commercial Invoice
Q
Item Pick Task List
Q
LTL Manifest
Q
Multi-SKU UCC-128 Container Shipping Label
Q
North American Free Trade Agreement Certificate of Origin
Q
Packing Slip
Q
Packing Slip with Lot- and Serial-Tracked Items
Q
Packing Slip With Package Level Details
Q
Packing Slip with Lot- and Serial-Tracked Package Level Details
Q
RFID Slap and Slip Label
Q
Shipper’s Export Declaration
Q
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Q
Special Ticket Label
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It also enables you to configure prints and printer.

2.11 Location Mass Maintenance

This module provides:
Q
Locations that are selected based on the criteria.
Q
The attributes of the locations can be updated with the new values.

2.12 Dynamic Velocity Calculation

This module provides:
Q
The speed at which an item moves in a warehouse.
Q
Support for calculating new velocity codes for items.

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2.13 Integration With Slotting Engines

This module provides:
Q
Space Utilization
Q
Picking Efficiency

2.14 Integration with a Voice-based System

This module provides:
Q
Defining an external voice application in the Sterling Warehouse
Management System.
Q
Associating a voice application with a ship node in the Sterling
Warehouse Management System.
Q
Enabling the voice-based picking operation.

2.15 Packing
This module provides:
Q
Shipment-Driven Packing
Q
Item-Driven Packing
Q
Verify Packing
Q
Unpack

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A I
ASN (Advance Ship Notice), 7 inbound, 12
inventory control, 11
B
K
benefits, 4
blind receiving, 12 key cababilities, 4
BOL (Bill of Lading), 14 key problems, 1
BOM (Bill of Materials), 13
business challenges, 1
L
C logistics providers, 10
LTL (Less than Truck Load), 14
comprehensive product management, 7
cross dock, 13
M
D manufacturers, 10
multi-enterprise management, 5
disparate systems, 2
distributors, 10
N
E net-native framework, 6
networked solution, 5
environment variable
YANTRA_HOME, x
O
YANTRA_OLD_HOME, ix
YFS_OLD_HOME, ix online or catalog retailers, 10
optimized operations, 8
F outbound, 13

features, 11
finished goods distribution center, 1

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PO (Purchase Orders), 12
process centric, 6
process management, 6

Q
QC (Quality Control), 12

R
radio frequency identification. See RFID
retailers, 10
return on investment, 8
reverse logistics, 12
RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), 8
enabled, 8

T
task management, 12
TL (Truck Load), 14
traditional retailers, 10

U
users, 10

V
VAS (Value-Added Services), 6, 13
vendor performance, 7
visibility, 7

W
web-based consoles, 7

Y
YANTRA_HOME, x
YANTRA_OLD_HOME, ix
YFS_OLD_HOME, ix

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