iWarehousing is a solution designed to deliver an optimum between customer satisfaction and efficient warehouse management.

By ensuring that the operation in the warehouse follows the optimum based on the available capacity. The customers requirements are taken into account during the whole process. Each activity is part of the total warehouse process whilst at the same time Service Level Agreements are monitored and constantly checked by Chainware® alert monitor

iWarehousing combines 3 worlds which makes it the solution for a public warehouse environment with short order cycle times.

Keep track on profitable activities

iWarehousing determines the activities that have to be performed and the partners that have to be involved. The confirmation of services executed by the subcontracting partners is reported back into Chainware including a billingforecast. Here, it is forwarded to billing and inventory management and the original order is updated. Automated costs & charge calculations make the profitability of all activities, even when outsourced, visible

Cross-docking

In the process of cross-docking materials, materials are processed directly from the goods receipt area to the point of use or goods issue area without first being putaway in the warehouse.

iWarehousing enables a cross-location supply chain-oriented processing of cross-docking. Cross-docking enables a quick distribution of materials without processing many steps or even putaway in the distribution centers. Therefore, fulfillment coordination has to provide timely information for the distribution centers or other locations involved in the process. The inbound shipments have to be identified, and processes concerning the contained packages or handling units have to be prepared in order to avoid time-consuming repackaging.

iWarehousing controls the communication between the central distribution centers, and creates the order saying which handling units have to be handled and how. The actual execution is fulfilled by site or warehouse management. Cross-docking also includes handling of packages at trans-shipment points or terminal hubs without warehouse management functions. Finally, the confirmation of services executed is reported back to Chainware and forwarded to billing and inventory management.