Inbound Operations
What RF-SMART function allows warehouse staff to receive items against purchase orders and record them in NetSuite?
Purchase Order Receiving - This function allows users to receive items against purchase orders, validate quantities and items, and record the receipt in NetSuite.
After receiving inventory, this function is used to move items from receiving areas to their permanent storage locations.
Bin Putaway - This function allows users to move inventory from receiving or staging areas to their designated storage bins.
This basic picking function allows users to fulfill customer orders by picking items from warehouse bins.
Sales Order Picking - This function guides users to pick items for customer orders, ensuring the right items and quantities are selected.
This function is used to record the completion of a manufacturing work order in NetSuite.
Work Order Completion - This function allows users to record the completion of manufactured items and update inventory and work order status in NetSuite.
This function allows warehouse staff to quickly check inventory information for a specific item.
Item Look-Up - This function allows users to scan an item and instantly see inventory information such as on-hand quantity, available quantity, and bin locations.
This function is used when inventory arrives from another company location via a transfer order.
Transfer Order Receiving - This allows users to receive items transferred from another location, validating that the correct items and quantities have arrived.
This function is used to move inventory from bulk storage areas to picking locations when stock is running low.
Bin Replenishment - This function helps maintain optimal inventory levels in picking locations by moving stock from bulk storage or overstock areas.
This function allows warehouse staff to pick multiple sales orders in a single picking session.
Sales Order Picking (Multiple) - This function increases efficiency by allowing users to pick items for multiple sales orders in one picking session.
This function is used to issue raw materials or components needed for a manufacturing process.
Work Order Issue Components - This function allows users to issue the required components or raw materials to a work order for manufacturing.
This function is used to scan, verify, and pack items into shipping containers after picking.
Packing Station - This function allows users to scan picked items, verify them against orders, and pack them into appropriate shipping containers.
This RF-SMART function allows users to group multiple items on a pallet or container with a single identifier during the receiving process.
Inbound License Plating - This function creates a license plate during receiving to group multiple items, lots, or serials together for easier movement and tracking.
This function allows users to count inventory in specific bins to verify accuracy and make adjustments if needed.
Bin Count - This function enables users to count and verify inventory quantities in specific bin locations, helping maintain inventory accuracy.
This function is used to pick items that need to be transferred to another company location.
Transfer Order Picking - This function guides users to pick items that will be sent to another company location via a transfer order.
This function is used to record the assembly of finished goods from component parts in NetSuite.
Build Assembly - This function allows users to record the assembly of finished goods from component parts, updating inventory accordingly.
This inventory management principle ensures that the oldest inventory is used first, which RF-SMART can enforce during picking.
FIFO (First In, First Out) - This principle ensures that the oldest inventory is picked first, which is particularly important for perishable items or items with expiration dates.
This function automatically suggests the optimal bin location when putting away items with license plates.
Directed Putaway (LP) - This function uses rules to determine the best bin location for license-plated items during putaway, optimizing warehouse space and efficiency.
This function is used for periodic inventory verification across multiple bins, often for cycle counting or physical inventory.
Stock Count - This function facilitates counting inventory across multiple bins, typically used for cycle counting or full physical inventory verification.
This function is used to move inventory between bins within the same warehouse location.
Inventory Transfer - This function allows users to move inventory from one bin to another within the same warehouse location.
This function is used to gather and prepare components needed for an upcoming assembly build.
Stage for Build - This function helps users gather and prepare all the components needed for an upcoming assembly build, ensuring all parts are available.
This function guides users through the counting process by directing them to specific bins based on counting rules.
Stock Count Directed - This function guides users through a systematic counting process by directing them to specific bins based on predefined counting rules or priorities.
Name three key pieces of information that RF-SMART validates during the Purchase Order Receiving process.
Any three of the following: Item number/barcode, quantity received, lot numbers, serial numbers, expiration dates, bin location, purchase order number, vendor information.
This function is used to count all inventory in an entire warehouse location rather than specific bins.
Location Count - This function allows users to count all inventory in a warehouse location, typically used for full physical inventory counts.
Explain the difference between Sales Order Picking and Sales Order Picking (Multiple).
Sales Order Picking processes one order at a time, while Sales Order Picking (Multiple) allows users to pick multiple orders in a single session, increasing efficiency by optimizing the picking path and reducing travel time in the warehouse.
Describe the typical workflow sequence for manufacturing in RF-SMART, from component preparation to finished goods.
The typical workflow includes: Stage for Build (gathering components), Work Order Issue Components (issuing materials to the work order), the actual manufacturing process, Work Order Completion (recording completion), and finally Bin Putaway of the finished goods.
Explain how RF-SMART's mobile functions integrate with NetSuite to provide real-time inventory visibility.
RF-SMART's mobile functions communicate directly with NetSuite in real-time, updating inventory records, transaction statuses, and bin locations as actions occur on the warehouse floor. This eliminates lag time between physical movements and system updates, providing accurate inventory visibility across the organization.