Inbound Processing

Getting control of inbound processes
Wouldn’t you like complete visibility and control over your inbound shipments before they leave your suppliers’ docks? RedPrairie provides the tools you need to see it, ship it, process it and put it away in the most efficient way possible.

Receiving
Orchestrate receiving for improved visibility, enhanced quality control, and greater efficiency

RedPrairie provides visibility to both internal and supplier production and shipments through direct interface, a web portal, or EDI ASN information. And the inbound shipments can be synchronized and controlled through RedPrairie Transportation Management.

RedPrairie’s Warehouse Management Inbound Processing optimizes:

• Appointment Scheduling – Integrates web-based communications with a graphical dock calendar to manage appointments and shipment documentation
  
• Yard and Dock Management – Check-in to check-out management of yard equipment, inventory movements, dock doors and personnel
  
• Cross-Docking – Hot receipt functionality to prioritize inbound inventory with outbound orders, reducing handling, storage and costs while improving service
  
• Receiving and Putaway – Optimized receipt and stowage via paper, RF or RFID
  
• Direct Store Delivery – Inbound processing for retail distribution through DSD depots, store distro flow-through processing, put-to-store and merge-in-transit capabilities
  
• Inbound Services – System-directed work assignments for statistical sampling, QA workflow and other customer-specific inbound processes
  
• Duty Management – A complete solution for managing bonded warehouses
  
• Reverse Logistics / Returns Processing – System-directed work assignments control the disassembly, evaluation, rework, return, disposal or other handling of returned products

RedPrairie Inbound Processing puts you in control of your inbound shipments and inventory, enabling streamlined product flow and reduced logistics costs.