Voice Picking in Accellos One Warehouse: Workflow

Our development team worked with the experts at Vocollect and Psion-Teklogix to make sure that the voice picking process does not disrupt your current workflow. If you're working with Accellos One Warehouse today, you can continue to employ the same warehouse processes during order fulfillment.

This is the third of a series of articles that will look at voice picking using Accellos One Warehouse. The series also includes a voice picking overview and a discussion of voice picking ROI.

The Accellos One Warehouse Voice Picking Interface integrates Accellos One Warehouse with Vocollect's voice picking technology in batch mode. The interface currently integrates the Vocollect Voice Link 3.1 Solution.

Accellos One Warehouse provides an interface to Vocollect. The integration to Vocollect takes care of the voice-picking process in the warehouse. When voice picking is completed, the information is imported back into Accellos One Warehouse, completing the sales order process.

The typical flow in your warehouse looks like this:

• Sales orders are downloaded from your ERP or accounting system to Accellos One Warehouse and then allocated.
  
• During waving, you choose the option to pick with voice or with another picking method, such as radio frequency. 
  
• Sales orders marked for voice picking do not generate labels in Accellos One Warehouse but are instead transmitted to Vocollect.
  
• The information is passed from Accellos One Warehouse to Vocollect. In that way, sales orders that are exported to Vocollect for voice picking are prevented from further processing by Accellos One Warehouse until Vocollect confirms they were picked.
  
• Vocollect alone oversees picking orders in the warehouse.
  
• Information is returned from Vocollect to Accellos One Warehouse for further processing. The process continues in Accellos One Warehouse just as is does today, so there is no disruption to your current workflow.
  
• Sales orders are uploaded from Accellos One Warehouse to your ERP or accounting system as usual through the standard integration.
  

Accellos Announces Accellos One Optimize Version 1.2

Accellos is pleased to announce the availability of Accellos One Optimize Version 1.2, the latest release of our load and route optimization solution designed for private and public fleets.

Optimize was designed to take orders from an existing order management, ERP, warehouse or transportation management system, apply specific business rules and constraints and then develop loads and routes that save a business anywhere from 10-20% on their shipping costs. It delivers rapid return on investment by reducing miles driven, meeting agreed-upon delivery time windows and service levels and maximizing utilization of the overall fleet assets.

The Version 1.2 release increases the overall functionality by adding new features, like:

• Support for backhauls
  
• Integrated Traffic Management
  
• Integration with Microsoft Bing Maps for:
  
  • Rich map visualization
    
  • Geocoding
    
  • Non-commercial routing
    
• Location browsing
  

Additionally, the V1.2 release has added integration with Accellos One Warehouse and with the upcoming Accellos One Workspace.

"The Optimize product is proving itself to deliver a lot of value to our customers in a compressed timeframe," said Ross Elliott, Accellos' CTO. "The features we added in Version 1.2 offer additional value to our existing customers as well as making the product accessible to a broader audience."

 

For more information call 909-980-8705

Accellos Announces Accellos One Pulse

This post was republished to MobileWMS.com Your Hardware... at 10:26:08 AM 8/20/2009

Accellos Announces Accellos One Pulse

 

 

Accellos, a leading provider of supply chain execution software solutions, today announced Accellos One Pulse, a supply chain intelligence solution aimed at increasing the availability and visibility of a business' key performance indicators.

 

 

"Our customers told us that they wanted real-time access to important metrics that would enable them to manage their businesses more effectively," said Ross Elliott, Accellos' CTO. "We designed Pulse to provide them with a prebuilt set of KPIs with the ability to extend and enhance the metrics to meet each customer's unique requirements."

The key performance indicators that are delivered with Pulse are derived from metrics prescribed by leading supply chain experts like the Warehouse Education and Research Center (WERC) and Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP).

Pulse utilizes the latest tools in Microsoft's Business Intelligence toolkit to deliver meaningful information to the right people at the right time. It empowers the user with:

• Tactical intelligence - real-time views of key operational metrics
  
• Operational intelligence - information needed to validate short-term success
  
• Strategic intelligence - historical information used to plan and predict future success
  

Leveraging open Accellos integration technology, Pulse not only delivers information that spans the Accellos One family of supply chain products, but can also pull third-party information into a consolidated view of the customer's business. The initial release of Pulse will have available adapters for:

• Accellos One Warehouse
  
• Accellos One Collect for GP
  
• Accellos One 3PL
  
• Accellos One Transport: LTL Edition
  
• Prophesy Dispatch
  
• Open Database Connectivity
  

John Tighe III, Executive Vice President of Tighe Trucking, Inc., said, "The Accellos One Pulse product quickly and effectively delivers critical real-time KPI information to the decision makers within our organization helping us to continuously monitor and improve the performance of our business."

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Accellos Announces Accellos One Pulse

Accellos, a leading provider of supply chain execution software solutions, today announced Accellos One Pulse, a supply chain intelligence solution aimed at increasing the availability and visibility of a business' key performance indicators.

 

 

"Our customers told us that they wanted real-time access to important metrics that would enable them to manage their businesses more effectively," said Ross Elliott, Accellos' CTO. "We designed Pulse to provide them with a prebuilt set of KPIs with the ability to extend and enhance the metrics to meet each customer's unique requirements."

The key performance indicators that are delivered with Pulse are derived from metrics prescribed by leading supply chain experts like the Warehouse Education and Research Center (WERC) and Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP).

Pulse utilizes the latest tools in Microsoft's Business Intelligence toolkit to deliver meaningful information to the right people at the right time. It empowers the user with:

• Tactical intelligence - real-time views of key operational metrics
  
• Operational intelligence - information needed to validate short-term success
  
• Strategic intelligence - historical information used to plan and predict future success
  

Leveraging open Accellos integration technology, Pulse not only delivers information that spans the Accellos One family of supply chain products, but can also pull third-party information into a consolidated view of the customer's business. The initial release of Pulse will have available adapters for:

• Accellos One Warehouse
  
• Accellos One Collect for GP
  
• Accellos One 3PL
  
• Accellos One Transport: LTL Edition
  
• Prophesy Dispatch
  
• Open Database Connectivity
  

John Tighe III, Executive Vice President of Tighe Trucking, Inc., said, "The Accellos One Pulse product quickly and effectively delivers critical real-time KPI information to the decision makers within our organization helping us to continuously monitor and improve the performance of our business."

For more information, email info(at)impactwmss.com or visit www.impactwmss.com

The new R Series™ from Datalogic Mobile: Maximum productivity and reliability in the toughest environments

Datalogic Mobile launches the R Series™ Vehicle Mounted Computers, a rugged, versatile and flexible product line, which confirms Datalogic Mobile’s commitment to providing complete solutions dedicated to Warehousing applications.
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Bologna, 11 December 2008 - Datalogic Mobile introduces the R Series™, a product line of rugged Vehicle Mounted Computers particularly tailored for Warehouse Management, confirming Datalogic Mobile's commitment to providing complete solutions for Warehousing applications.

Suitable for use in warehouse/distribution centre environments or manufacturing shop floor/work-in process applications, the R Series™ increases productivity through reduced errors during receiving, put-away, picking and shipping activities.

Designed to deliver maximum productivity and reliability in the toughest environments, the R Series™ Vehicle Mounted Computers set the rugged industry standard. Featuring an aluminium outer case with fan less design, to withstand the vibration and shocks experienced on board rigid suspension vehicles, as well as the exclusive 2-tail touch screen technology and mounting which endures direct display abuse. Being IP sealed to the maximum extent the R Series™ resists dust, rain and harsh cleaners, while a heater option protects the Vehicle Mounted Computer even in freezing temperatures, offering a wide operating range (-30°C to 50°C).

Extremely versatile, the R Series™ is available in three different sizes, to fit different mounting and space constraints. These new Vehicle Mounted Computers provide up to 25 external keys to allow direct input and functionality. The mounting options include support for the vehicle mounted computer, hand-held readers and external keyboards. For increased application flexibility the R Series™ come with a dedicated software keyboard with over 25 layouts (including 8 different languages).

Complying with all the most widely used standard technologies, the R Series™ maximizes the return on investment through easy deployment, device management and maintenance. The existing investments in mobile computing applications are leveraged thanks to the R Series™ Windows CE operating system and X Scale processor; moreover the new Vehicle Mounted Computers are included in the Datalogic Utilities and Wavelink Powered™ program, with Wavelink Avalanche and Terminal Emulation pre-installed and pre-licensed at no additional cost.

On the whole, the R Series™ Vehicle Mounted Computers respond to the specific needs of customers, starting from the proper shape and dimension, up to guaranteeing the most suited and complete answer to maximize productivity and reliability even in the harshest environments.

Visit MobileWMS.com today for all your Datalogic needs!

Accellos Announces Version 6.1 of Accellos One Warehouse

Accellos has released Accellos One Warehouse Version 6.1, the latest iteration of our highly successful warehouse management system.

Accellos One Warehouse is an end-to-end suite of products aimed at increasing the productivity, efficiency, and visibility of activities that take place in a company's warehouse and distribution operations. Seamlessly integrated with Microsoft Dynamics AX, GP, SL and NAV, Accellos One Warehouse provides rapid ROI for companies with from two to several hundred warehouse workers.

The V6.1 release adds some asked-for options to the already rich solution:

• Voice-directed picking
  
• Improved advanced ship notice process
  
• Advanced dock door scheduling
  
• Supply chain intelligence
  
• Multi-client configuration capability
  

"With Version 6.1 we're accomplishing several things: (1) delivering on our promise of 'continuous improvement' by enhancing existing capabilities within the system and (2) offering new capabilities that take advantage of the latest advancements in Microsoft technology, like .NET 3.5 and Silverlight," said Ross Elliott, Accellos' CTO.

Motorola MC5590 and MC5574

Motorola has launched two new Windows Mobile based devices; the Motorola MC5590 and the MC5574.  Featured as part of Motorola's growing Enterprise Digital Assistant range, the two new MC55 series handsets are the smallest EDA's available on the market.

The Wireless EDA's are IP54 certified, run on Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional operating system and are powered by a powerful 520 MHz Marvell XScale PXA270 processor.  Sporting a 3.5″ TFT resistive touch screen and full Qwerty keyboard, the MC55 combines the power of a walkie-talkie, VOIP phone, mobile computer, digital camera and bar code scanner all in one device.   Rugged in design and very robust the MC55 EDA devices are not only the smallest but also the lightest Motorola EDA's on the market.

Motorola MC5590

Aimed at Business users and ideal for those working in the IT industry, the MC5590 carries Bluetooth v2.0 Enhanced Data Rate, wireless 802.11a/b/g LAN (WLAN) and 2G quad band GSM connectivity with GPRS and EDGE data technology whilst the MC5574 has support for both wireless WAN (WWAN) and wireless LAN (WLAN) connectivity.  Highly adaptable and extremely efficient the MC5590 and MC5574 sport a built-in high quality speaker, microphone and transducer to accompany the high definition QVGA display.

Motorola MC5574

Featuring sophisticated technology the security conscious MC55 EDA is designed to push your business forward and provide staff with the tools they need in order to perform to the highest standard.  Offering access to real-time location-based applications the MC5590 is well suited to delivery workers and the MC5574 is more geared towards hospital workers.  Optimized to suit a number of key industries, the Motorola MC5590 and MC5574 models possess a variety of data caption options including a 1D laser scanner and 2D imager.

The 2 mega pixel camera included in the spec features auto focus function and built-in LED flash, the music player supports MP3 audio file formats and the extended battery will deliver as many as 9 hours of talk time or 150 hours on standby

MobileWMS.com carries a full selection of both units and the accessories needed to operate them.