Automated processes for incoming and outgoing goods

Two points are particularly critical in every warehouse: the delivery of goods and their dispatch. The errors that occur there usually have far-reaching consequences: Orders are sent to the customer incorrectly or incompletely, leading to complaints. Goods that are not booked in correctly are later searched for or produce errors in order picking.

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However, if the incoming items are provided with RFID labels or RFID transponders, they can be automatically checked with the order and booked into the ERP. The check can be semi-automated or fully automated. Just as you imagine it for your incoming goods process. To ensure that you can offer your customers punctual deliveries, all individual processes in outgoing goods must function efficiently and, above all, economically: Starting with error-free picking and provision in the dispatch zones, through to the creation of packing lists and final quality assurance that the goods provided are also loaded onto the truck scheduled for them.

Customer satisfaction starts with outgoing goods

A faulty order can trigger a customer complaint that can drag on through your organization for weeks.
If it doesn’t end with just one incorrect delivery, such cases can be very costly.
Not to mention the damage to your image and the risk of losing customers. How do you ensure complete, punctual and correctly booked deliveries ?

  • Paperless, mobile warehouse logistics:
    Record all items via mobile MDE devices or fully automatically via RFID gates and enter them in the ERP without any manual effort. This means you always know where each item is located. 
  • Error-free shipping:
    Cooperate with your suppliers for consistent labeling of your goods with RFID. This creates a win-win situation for everyone involved: Error-free shipping for the supplier. Error-free incoming goods for you and customer satisfaction in your outgoing goods department.
  • Full transparency at item level in all zones:
    Which order is placed in which shipping zone? With our outgoing goods module, you always have full transparency. You can even localize shipments that are simply placed outside the marked shipping zones (e.g. for space reasons). Time-consuming searches are no longer necessary. Speed up your central warehouse processes for incoming and outgoing goods. Save time and costs.
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RF KonSys Module Goods Receipt and Goods Issue

If the item labeling method is set up intelligently, producers and their suppliers save costs in the long term. Container-based labeling is efficient because it is not necessary to scan each package, but only the pallet via an HU label. All items packed in the unit are reliably recorded via the reading process. Of course, items can also be marked and recorded individually using RFID labels.

Various hardware options are available for recording items in goods receipt and dispatch: Option: RFID gates

  • Registration of hundreds of articles without visual contact and passage with an industrial truck
  • Quality check: recorded goods to order
  • Reduction of human error

Option: RFID tunnel

  • Textile shipping
  • Fully automated QA

Option: Stationary RFID readers (RAIN RFID)

  • Goods recording in defined reading zones / areas
  • Recognition of goods in the staging / receiving / direct loading area
  • Track the flow of goods

Option: 360° barcode tunnel

  • Recommended for recording inexpensive bulk goods

Option: Classic MDE

  • Identification of goods using mobile hand scanners

We work with you to define which readers are best suited to your warehouse processes based on the labeling of the goods and always keep an eye on the ROI.

The RF KonSys Goods Receipt/Goods Issue module solves these tasks:

  • Complete, digital and error-free recording of all goods
  • Automatic comparison with packing lists, delivery bill, loading gate and booking in the ERP system
  • Error-free shipping
  • Inventory accuracy and full transparency at item level in all shipping zones
We have adapted our solution to the employees and their work in the warehouse. They work with a high level of concentration, under time pressure and generally react quickly to acoustic signals in the event of an alert. Whether RFID gates, RFID handheld readers or terminals, confirmations or error messages are perceived more quickly via sounds than visual signals. Of course, the traffic light colors on RFID gates and handheld scanners also emit visual signals. We supply an attractive dashboard overview of all incoming and outgoing goods for your logistics control center. Monitors at the loading gates or in the dispatch zones also offer a quick overview of individual order statuses.
We implement the connection to the ERP as the leading system for you in the way that is most practicable in day-to-day work.
Visual mapping of all shipping activities across different locations is also possible and provides a further level of process quality. Empties cycles, i.e. an overview of where which containers, load carriers, etc. are currently located, are also possible as an option.
You also have a choice when it comes to the depth of integration. If you only need the data generated from the process, e.g. all the items entered for a shipping order, then we will only provide you with this data. If, on the other hand, you would like to digitally map all your processes in the leading ERP system, we can also implement this: All goods movements from purchasing, goods receipt, storage and stock transfer to goods issue and shipping.

I was amazed at how RFID-Konsortium had managed to automate all goods movements combining RFID gates and RFID on forklifts to book them correctly and to prevent unnecessary errors from occurring in warehouse logistics.

Project manager in the “Dynamic warehouse management” project

Application Examples

RFID gates (reading gates) are perfect for warehouses with high throughput, in which all items must be reliably recorded at HU or item level without visual contact when a forklift truck passes through. Only when a process, e.g. “dispatch”, is activated does the gate check the consignment and emit a green traffic light signal for confirmation when it passes through. If the process is not registered, an acoustic signal indicates an error message. The read data is only postedin the ERPwhen a load passes through the gate for incoming goods or for outgoing goods.

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The semi-automated identification of goods can be carried out using an RFID or barcode scanner. Employees read articles, cartons or entire pallets in incoming and outgoing goods and then compare them with the orders. The manual effort required for this recording method is higher than for a fully automated reading process.

In the textile logistics, hangingin so-called closed RFID tunnel systems recorded automatically. Clothing is usually already Theft protection labeled with RFID tags. They are therefore ideal for the tunnel scan is prepared for both incoming and outgoing goods. Compared to manual scanning, the RFID tunnel offers the advantage of high-speed reading of several thousand items per hour and a high reading accuracy.

Case Studies | References

DTL Textillogistik Hängeware - RFID Konsortium

Textile logistics

CEP service provider uses proof-of-delivery and shipment tracking

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Automotive Teile Identifizierung mit RFID - RFID Konsortium

Automotive Spare Parts

Automotive brand implements zero-defect solution in outgoing goods

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Rückverfolgung von Eventinventar - RFID Konsortium

Event rental

Europe's largest event service provider works more economically and makes party guests happy in the process

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How Does Your Incoming/Outgoing Goods Benefit from the RF KonSys Module?

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RFID-based incoming and outgoing goods

  • Transparency: location of all pallets, cartons and items.
    Real-time tracking of the entire inventory in intralogistics possible.
    You capture many RFID tags at once, without visual contact, even when moving (industrial truck drives through RFID gate)

  • Digitized processes: continuous identification of all items to enable permanent real-time tracking within intralogistics, between locations and possibly within the supply chain.
    within the supply chain.

  • Customer satisfaction: Correctly delivered goods give no cause for complaint and increase customer loyalty.

  • Inventory transparency: Recording all items increases your supply capability through automated replenishment processes and permanent inventory.

  • Profitability: You speed up your incoming and outgoing goods processes and their quality.
    Your goods reach the customer on time.

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Manual processes for incoming and outgoing goods

  • Labor-intensive: Warehouse staff post all processes that are initially recorded on paper manually into the ERP system.
    Incorrect postings have to be corrected later.

  • Partially digitized: Processes that are not fully digitized also mean sources of error when scanning and manually comparing orders.

  • Complaints: Late or incorrect deliveries lead to costly complaints and customer dissatisfaction.

  • Non-transparent inventories: jeopardize the ability to deliver and increase inventory costs.

  • Costs: Employees lose time searching for goods and orders.
    Incorrect bookings and complaints are expensive for the organization.

Conclusion

We offer a wide range of options for incoming and outgoing goods.
Available solutions:

  • RFID gates
  • RFID tunnel
  • RFID hand scanner
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