{"id":437,"date":"2016-12-01T11:00:22","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T16:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lanhamassoc.com\/blog\/?p=437"},"modified":"2018-12-18T10:38:52","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T15:38:52","slug":"meet-the-warehouse-managers-best-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lanhamassoc.com\/blog\/meet-the-warehouse-managers-best-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Warehouse Manager&#8217;s Best Friend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Jim Augenstein, Channel Manager, Lanham Associates<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>A warehousing manager&#8217;s life isn&#8217;t easy. Creating a schedule of picks, put-aways, and packing on a daily basis from disparate systems and a variety of documents can be a major challenge. Especially when most WMS systems capabilities only go so far.<\/p>\n<p>For example, if you use Microsoft Dynamics<b>\u00ae<\/b> NAV<sup>TM<\/sup> Warehousing you&#8217;ll be able to create warehouse shipments using basic NAV filters, and then create warehouse pick(s) in a separate process, but you may find yourself struggling with prioritization questions such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What do I need to ship today?<\/li>\n<li>Do I have any overnight orders?<\/li>\n<li>Does it make economic sense to ship a partial order?<\/li>\n<li>Should I ship to the most important customers or only customers with complete orders? Or just expedited carrier orders?<\/li>\n<li>How do I know if I have enough inventory?<\/li>\n<li>Which orders will deliver the most\u00a0bang for the buck?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lanhamassoc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/iStock-154919530.warehouseing-woes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-439 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lanhamassoc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/iStock-154919530.warehouseing-woes-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If any of this sounds familiar, we&#8217;d like to introduce you to Lanham&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lanhamassoc.com\/owr.htm\">Outbound Warehouse Request<\/a> (OWR). This solution gives you the ability to view all outbound documents, create picks, see the status of the documents you are picking, and determine how to maximize productivity; all with the NAV user interface, generating your information right where you need it inside your NAV business system.<\/p>\n<p>By simplifying the rather complicated process of planning the work in Warehouse Management, the OWR solution acts as the warehouse manager&#8217;s<b>\u00a0<\/b>primary workflow planning tool (and some would say best friend).<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to be notified of upcoming webinars on this topic, please contact us at education@lanhamassoc.com.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jim Augenstein, Channel Manager, Lanham Associates A warehousing manager&#8217;s life isn&#8217;t easy. 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