Receipt Audit - Gross and Net Non-Standard Weights:

In the event that a Product is defined so it may be received with Non-Standard Weight then the Product’s recorded Gross and Net Weight will now be displayed on each Line on the Receipt Audit Report.

Client Fill Report - Output to CSV (OE.95):

The existing Client Fill Report, which previews whether there will be any Product Shortages when Orders are picked, may now be output to a Comma Separated Value (CSV) file. This is beneficial since the information may be shared electronically with others (e.g. Clients) and then manipulated and analyzed (e.g. with Pivot Tables, etc.) by decision makers.

Kitting on the Fly (OE.01):

Often times Clients will provide an Order request for a Product that is essentially a “Kit” (i.e. composed of Multiple Products and with a specific Quantity for each Product). Although the existing “Assembly/Disassembly” Sub-System provides the ability to transform a Kit Product (e.g. K1) into its Component Products and Quantities (e.g. 1 of C1, 2 of C2 and 3 of C3) it requires inventory tracking of Kit Product.

If inventory tracking of a Kit Product is NOT required by your Client then when a Deferred Order is placed for a Kit Product (i.e. in OE.01) then the System will revise the Order to include the appropriate Component Products and Quantities and then remove the Kit Product (e.g. Order for 3 of K1. System adds lines for 3 of C1, 6 of C2 and 9 of C3 before removing line for K1). Finally, on the Bill of Lading, the System may be configured to display a Remark with the request for the Kit Product and Quantity.

Since the “Kitting on the Fly” feature automatically recognizes and transforms an Order request for a Kit Product and doesn’t require inventory tracking of Kit Products then your labor time and cost is reduced by eliminating the previous manual processes.

Bill of Lading - Number of Copies per Consignee (OE.03):

When a Bill of Lading is generated for an Order that is shipped to a specific Consignee (a.k.a. a Customer or Ship-To) a different number of copies may need to be printed (e.g. 3 rather than 1) and distributed to appropriate parties.

Instead of requiring CSRs to remember the Consignees and related Quantities to print (which is time consuming and prone to error) the System may be configured with this information so it automatically recognizes these Orders and prints the correct number of copies of the Bill of Lading.

Bill of Lading - Suppress Lines with Zero To-Ship Quantity (OE.03): 

Periodically an Order Line’s To-Ship Quantity may be set to a Zero Quantity (e.g. because of a Stock Shortage, Client Request, etc.). Based on a Client’s request, a 3PL may need to display such Lines (i.e. with a Zero To-Ship Quantity) for some Clients, but suppress their display for other Clients.

To satisfy these different Client requirements it is now possible to configure the System to either display or suppress this information for ALL Clients and for each specific Client.

Conveyances on Hold (OR.03/04 and HighView):

Currently, when stock that resides on a Conveyance is placed on Hold a User must identify/select EACH Conveyance. This process works very well when only a few Conveyances are placed on Hold, However, if many Conveyances are placed on Hold (e.g. 22 Conveyances for the SAME Lot) then the process becomes more time consuming.

New tasks (i.e. Jobs OR.03/04) have been created that allow Users to make use of the “Multi-Select Browse” option to more quickly/easily identify the Conveyances to be Placed on a Hold, or, Taken off a Hold

A similar ability is also now available in the “Conveyance Contents” HighView which allows a User to highlight Conveyances and then select a Command to either place them on a specific Hold or remove them from an existing Hold

Pick and Pack (RF.01):

This new option reduces your Picking time and cost by enabling RF Users to simultaneously “Pick and Pack” an Order. A number of configurable features also allow you to tailor the process to meet your specific operation.To minimize picking time/cost a “Pick Path” may be defined for your Warehouses enabling staff to more efficiently perform Order Picking with a Radio Frequency device.

These options include:

• Validation of scanning (e.g. for each Location, Product, Piece, etc.)

• Define and use Carton Types (e.g. with different Dimensions, Weight, etc.)

• Display Warning if Carton Cube and Weight is exceeded

• Trigger to control print of Carton Labels (i.e. upon closing or when Order packed)

• Visibility of Carton Contents by Shipment Conveyance (e.g. EDI and HighViews)

• Ability to scan Product’s Packaging Unit (e.g. a Case) and have System recognize and record the Quantity inside (e.g. 12 Bags) as the Pack Quantity

 

Pick Order by Line – Mandatory use of Shipment Conveyances (RF.01):

Previously the RF Picking of Allocated Orders (i.e. with Reserved Lots) by Order Line option allowed RF Users to determine whether to use a Shipment Conveyance (e.g. the ID related to the Physical Pallet on which picked stock resides and will be shipped).The previous release of ViewPoint Logistics enabled Users to “Allocate Lots from a Campus of Warehouses”. This ensured that stock rotation rules were enforced, even if an Order needed to be picked from MORE than ONE Warehouse/Building within a Campus (i.e. Warehouses in close proximity to each other).

If this new feature is activated then the System will recognize when an RF User picks LESS than all then stock from a Pallet in storage and prompt the User to scan a Shipment Conveyance ID (e.g. from a preprinted Barcode Label that will be attached to the stock that is picked and placed on the Pallet to be shipped). Note: Shipment Conveyances are often referred to as “Rainbow Pallets” when they contain multiple Products.

Enhanced Reports:

To further leverage the benefits of the newest technology used within ViewPoint Logistics (e.g. DB2, BIRT Report Tool, etc.), the following Reports have been created to provide Users with a much richer experience including; a browser based interface, multiple output options (e.g. to PDF, CSV, etc.), reduction in report generation times, and much more.

• Product Lot Balances as of a Date - Report (IC.07)

• Lot Holds - Report (IC.35)

• Loose Stock - Report (OR.53)

Note: Legacy versions of these Reports remain in ViewPoint Logistics. Additional copies of Enhanced Reports will be made available in subsequent releases.

DocStore - Automated Attachment and e-Mail:

Initially, the DocStore function provided Users with the ability to manually attach electronic documents (e.g. an image, internal/external form, report, etc.) to a specific Transaction (e.g. a Receipt, Order, Accessorial Invoice and Recurring Storage Invoice) which could then be viewed by your 3PL Staff and Clients from VL HighViews.

Now, a number of e-Docs Graphical Forms will be printed with a “Special Barcode” (e.g. on a Proof of Delivery (P.O.D.) for a Probill). Once these forms are returned to you (e.g. a Signed P.O.D.) then they may be scanned and the System will automatically attach them (based on the Special Barcode) to the corresponding Maves’ Transaction (e.g. a specific Probill). You may also place other related documents after the barcoded form (and before the next barcoded form) into the collection documents and once they are scanned they will also be linked to the same Transaction.

This is beneficial since valuable data becomes instantly visible to your Staff and Clients without incurring the time and cost to individually identify/attach hundreds (and perhaps thousands) of documents to Transactions.

Finally, when a corresponding Invoice (e.g. a Probill) is generated for a specific Client then the System may be configured to automatically e-mail the Invoice and linked documents to a distribution list. Of course the same information that was e-mailed is also visible to you and your Clients in HighViews.

Invoice Remittance Information per Warehouse (RE.32 and IP.53):

As a 3PL you may wish to have Clients remit/send Payment of Invoices (i.e. for Receipt and Accessorial Invoices) to a “Paying Office” based on your Clients’ Nominal Warehouse. If you require this feature you may now record the remittance address information for each Warehouse that needs a Paying Office. This will then cause the System to display the Warehouse’s Remittance Address on your Client’s Invoice, rather than your Business Unit’s Address.

Since Payments of Invoices would now be sent directly to the appropriate Paying Office for processing (i.e. rather than the Head Office) then the timeliness of your Cash Flow is improved (i.e. because Payment does not need to be forwarded to a Paying Office).

General ...

The following are new general capabilities that are available as of Version VL19.010:

Login Alias:

Prior to this release a My Logistics Login code (e.g. “XOTL00”) was composed of “XO” (i.e. External Operator) plus a Client ID (e.g. “TL = Total Logistics) and a Group (e.g. “00” = Administrator). Now, Administrators may create, or modify, Logins that use a code that is more intuitive and easier to remember (e.g. JOHSMI = John Smith, or someone’s e-mail jsmith@totallogistics.com).

The initial and somewhat cryptic code still needs to be defined, but, your My Logistics Operators may choose to use their Alias Login if you (i.e. the Administrator) provide one to them.

Notes: Both the old and new Logins use the SAME Password. Also, the old login code is still available and may be used at any time.

Menu Navigation:

In previous releases of My Logistics, once a User logged in, they were presented with a Main Menu of HighViews. After a User selected a specific HighView, they navigated to a different HighViews from a “Drop-down” list inside each HighView.

In the VL19.010 release, Users in My Logistics may now exit a HighView and return to the Main Menu to select a different HighView and one of the new BIRT Reports!

BIRT Reports:

Back in 2017 Enhanced BIRT Reports were added to ViewPoint Logistics and enabled 3PL Users to use a number of ergonomic, robust and cutting edge technologies to generate and view information (e.g. in a PDF, CSV, etc.). In this release these same Reports are now accessible in My Logistics so Clients may view their information at any time and from any place (as opposed to contacting 3PL CSRs).

Simplified My Views:

As was mentioned earlier, the new Simplified My Views are available for use by 3PL Users in ViewPoint Logistics and also by your Clients in the MyLogistics Web Portal.

To view additional benefits about this feature, please refer to the information in the Section titled “HighViews”, under the Sub-section “Other” and the Item “Simplified My Views”.