E-WMS

E-WMS / E-WMS Lite feature comparison

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Introduction

This document lists a feature comparison of E-WMS I, E-WMS II and WMS Lite.

Description

Below you will find a functional comparison between the different E-WMS modules. The list is focused on the differences for E-WMS Lite, as per product update 412.

Explanation of the columns and indicators:

WMS Lite: features for E-WMS Lite (SE1386)
WMS I: features for E-WMS I (SE1380)
WMS II: features for E-WMS II (SE1381 "Replenishment" and "SKU Management")
ASP: available features when using WMS ASP client
CAB: available features when using old WMS CAB client (off-line communication, in maintenance mode)
Indicators:
*            updated since previous version of this document
●            available or supported
√            available and is always set to 'ON' (not configurable)
o            limited support
●            can be combined
X            not available, or not supported, or cannot be combined
(empty)   does not apply

Sections:

General
Bar code support
Sales order fulfilment
- SSCC
Receipts
Stock inventory (counts)
Transfers
Other E-WMS modules

	Functionality	WMS Lite	WMS I	WMS II	ASP	CAB

	General
	SKU Management	X	X	●	●	X
	Directed Put Away	X	X	●	●	X
	Combine with E-WMS Production (SE4250)	X	●	●
	Support of (scanning) serial-/batch items	●	●	●	●	●
	Generation of serial-/batch numbers and printing of S/B labels during receipt processes	X	●	●	●	X
	Support of communication type 'ASP'	√	●	●
	Support of communication type 'CAB - RF' (discontinued in 412)	X	X	X		X
	Support of communication type 'CAB - ActiveSync' (offline scanning - in maintenance mode since 2009)	X	o	o		●
	Use E-WMS RF services to allow for automatic read back, validation and processing	●	●	●	●	o
*	WMS Lot number functionality extended (419)	X	●	●	●	X

	Stock validations on the hand terminal	●	●	●	●	X
	Optionally disable stock validations on hand terminal (E-WMS Lite: per 407)	●	●	●	●	X
	Optionally disable or limit general E-WMS stock validations	●	●	o	●	X
	Support of 'regard picked as issued' (408)	X	●	●	●	X

	Show generic reports for every E-WMS process step	√	●	●
	Optionally enable or disable reports for an E-WMS process step	X	●	●
	Use custom report names	X	●	●
	Exact Globe Next language terming support	●	●	●	●	X

	Bar code support
	Support of EAN128/GS1-128 bar codes (as described in document 18.940.418)	●	●	●	●	o
	Support of HIBC bar codes	●	●	●	●	X
	Support QR/2D/Data matrix bar codes (see document 22.799.358)	o	o	o	o	o
	Support of scanner prefix, suffix, group separator	●	●	●	●	●
	Support of scanner Code Identifiers (Symbol or AIM)	●	●	●	●	o
	Use E-WMS 'scanning combination’ (item code, separator and S/B number in one bar code)	●	●	●	●	●

	Full location (+E-WMS location type) validations on hand terminal	X	●	√	●	X
	Full serial/batch validations on hand terminal	X	●	●	●	X
	Recognize alternate codes from bar code, for item codes ('scan codes')	●	●	●	●	●
	Able to use multiple recognition/scan codes for one item	●	●	●	●	X
	Configure and apply different unit factors for different item scan codes	●	●	●	●	X
	Show order line list browser, after selecting order to pick (in guided processes)	√	●	●	●	●
	Optional automatic truncation of scanned serial-/batch numbers when exceeding specific length	●	●	●	●	X
	Pivot Point: skip quantity input and assume 1 item scan=1 picked, depending on how many items to pick	●	●	●	●	●
	Make/explode items: able to set a make item automatically to status 'picked' without really picking	X	●	●	●	●

	Able to view item stock on hand terminal	√	●	●	●	o
	Prevent viewing stock (through 'item info’) on hand terminal	X	●	●	●	o
	Optional show summary screen after scanning bar code, and before next scan screen would show	√	●	●	●	X
	Optionally hide submenus on scanner (408)	●	●	●	●	X
*	Optionally hide E-WMS scanner menus Production/Issues or Production/Receipts (415)	●	●	●	●	X

	Sales order fulfilment	WMS Lite	WMS I	WMS II	ASP	CAB
	General
	Order picking with guided pick list (picking route)	●	●	●	●	●
	Order packing, random item scanning per sales order (packing location or packing table)	●	●	●	●	X
	Fulfilment by Keyboard Wedge Scanning (fixed scanning station)	●	●	●
	Handle 'urgent' orders separately (send picking first)	●	●	●	●	●
	Pick & Pack - two stage order picking (requires E-WMS Replenishment)	X	X	●	●	X
	Bulk Pick & Pack - two stage bulk picking/packing (requires E-WMS Replenishment)	X	X	●	●	X
	Order Pick & Pack - two stage picking/packing per sales order (411, requires E-WMS Replenishment)	X	X	●	●	X
	Service orders check box added to WMS fulfilment settings	X	●	●	●	X

	Transfer picked but waiting orders to a generic shipping dock location (411)	X	X	●
	Able to verify customer credit line and order prepayments, before sending picking (407)	●	●	●
	Warehouse manager can release or reassign orders to other scanner or scanner group (412)	X	●	●	●	X

	Picking advice
	Generate a picking advice based on available stock on any location matching configured location policy	X	●	●
	Generate a picking advice based on available stock only on item main location	●	X	X
	Send orders picking without picking advice or stock check, and always advice item main location	X	●	●
	Generate a picking advice for serial/batch items using date policy and advising specific SB numbers	●	●	●
	Disable specific serial/batch advice for serial/batch items	●	●	●
	Generate a picking advice for serial/batch items based on S/B 'end date'	●	●	●
	Generate a picking advice for serial/batch items based on S/B 'start date'	●	●	●
	Guarantee minimal shelf life for serial/batch items after fulfilment to your customer (407)	X	●	●
	Able to force fulfilling only one batch per order line	●	●	●
	Optionally edit a generated picking advice before sending it picking	●	●	●
	Limit SKU picking advice to a mandatory SKU type per customer (407)	X	X	●	●	X

	Send orders picking
	Autoqueue - send new orders automatically to picking queue	●	●	●	●	X
	Autoqueue - Configure how many days ahead	●	●	●	●	X
	Autoqueue - Send only orders which can be fulfilled in full	X	●	●	●	X
	Autoqueue - Configure and use 'scanner group filters' (send to specific scanner group based on criteria)	X	●	●	●	X
	Split order lines to different hand terminals based on location (zones) or item code	X	●	●	●	●
	Split order lines to different hand terminals based on packing type (sales units, SKU)	X	X	●	●	X
	Split order lines to different hand terminals based on item group or item 'picking classification'	X	●	●	●	●
	Optional sorting of picking list: by location, order line, item code, picking classification or item group	X	●	●	●	X
	Picking list always sorted by (main item) location	●	X	X	●	X
	Able to use three-level sorting of picking list	X	●	●	●	X
	Send order picking collected by urgency or by delivery debtor	X	●	●	●	●
	Send return lines (order lines with negative quantity) picking	X	●	●	●	●
	Send orders to the general picking queue (not to a specific scanner)	√	●	●	●	X
	Assign orders to a specific scanner	X	●	●
	Assign orders to a specific scanner group	X	●	●	●	X
	Send lines with future planned delivery date picking	√	●	●	●	●
	'Order picking' setting: able to put an item automatically to status 'picked' without actually picking	X	●	●	●	●
	'Order picking' setting: able to always exclude specific items from sending picking	X	●	●	●	●

		WMS Lite	WMS I	WMS II	ASP	CAB
	Scanning orders
	Able to configure the sort order in the scanner list of orders to pick (release 410)	X	●	●	●	X
	Show order line instruction text on hand terminal	√	●	●	●	●
	Optionally enter freight data (packages, net weight, gross weight)	●	●	●	●	●
	Pick extra items in addition to picking list ('add’ function)	X	●	●	●	●
	Prefill the quantity field with the advised quantity (release 411)	●	●	●	●	X
	Order picker can release (partially picked) order to be continued by colleague (412)	●	●	●	●	X

	Read back and validation
	Put 'picked less’ quantities automatically into back order	√	●	●
	Put 'picked less’ quantities to 'picking error’ before processing for later approval or deciding	X	●	●
	Put only automatically to backorder when stock was also actually not available	X	●	●
	Allow 'picked more’ quantities automatically and process as extra order line	●	●	●
	Put 'picked more’ quantities to 'picking error’ before processing for later approval or deciding	●	●	●
	Read back freight data entered on hand terminal	●	●	●
	Change freight data after reading back from hand terminal	X	●	●

	Processing fulfilments
	Automatically process sales orders in the background (service, Auto fulfilment)	●	●	●
	Assign delivery date 'today + x number of days’ to new backorder lines (E-WMS Lite: from 409)	●	●	●
	Split delivery notes and invoices per order per hand terminal (paper work per truck load) (Lite: from 409)	●	●	●
	Optionally warn when fulfilling lines earlier than planned fulfilment date (E-WMS Lite: from 409)	●	●	●
	Show delivery note screen separately for each order to be processed (E-WMS Lite: from 409)	●	●	●
	Use debtor (language) linked layouts	●	●	●
	Configure 'creating invoices’ as default ON or OFF for the delivery note screen	●	●	●
	Decide to create invoices or not, during the fulfilment process (E-WMS Lite: from 409)	●	●	●
	Configure whether to print invoices during fulfilment process (409)	●	●	●
	Decide to print invoices or not, during the fulfilment process (409)	●	●	●
	Keyboard wedge scanning: optionally do not put 'picked less’ quantities automatically to backorder	X	●	●


	SSCC	WMS Lite	WMS I	WMS II	ASP	CAB

	Scan SSCC pallet numbers during order picking	●	●	●	●	●
	Scan SSCC box numbers during order picking	●	●	●	●	X
	Generate and print SSCC labels from hand terminal during order picking (generated SSCC)	●	●	●	●	X
	Optional integration with E-EDI Delivery Note (SE5332) to include SSCC pallet numbers in EDI message	●	●	●

	SSCC Shipment Tracing: register shipping dock movements and verify complete shipment	X	●	●	●	X
	Shipment Builder/Autopack functionality (SSCC labels for shipment, without using scanners)	●	●	●


	Receipts registration	WMS Lite	WMS I	WMS II	ASP	CAB
	General
	Crossdocking of receipts for sales order requirements	X	●	●	●	●
	Crossdocking of production materials for production order requirements (requires E-WMS Production)	X	●	●	●	X
	Autoreceive: automatically generate receipt lines for multiple serial/batch numbers or SKU numbers	X	●	●	●	X

	Receive quantities in standard sales unit of an item	●	●	●	●	●
	Receive quantities in purchase unit as used in purchase order	●	●	●	●	X
	Recognize suppliers item code from bar code (when configured as WMS scan code)	●	●	●	●	o
	Send return lines (purchase order lines with negative quantity) picking	X	●	●	●	●
	Show order line instruction text on hand terminal	√	●	●	●	●

	Send to scanner
	Send orders to scanner prior to receipt (offers more validation on hand terminal, e.g. on quantity)	√	●	●	●	●
	Handle 'urgent' orders separately (send picking first)	●	●	●	●	●
	Send lines with future planned delivery date picking	√	●	●	●	●
	Split order lines to different hand terminals based on location (zones) or item code	X	●	●	●	●
	Send orders to general picking queue (not to a specific scanner)	√	●	●	●	X
	Assign specific scanner to receive purchase orders	X	●	●	●	●
	Assign scanner group to receive purchase orders	X	●	●	●	X
	Autoqueue - Send new orders automatically to picking queue	●	●	●	●	X
	Autoqueue - Configure how many days ahead	●	●	●	●	X
	Autoqueue - Configure and use 'scanner group filters' (send to specific scanner group based on criteria)	X	●	●	●	X
	Receive extra items in addition to picking list ('add’ function)	X	●	●	●	●

	Free receipts
	Use Free Receipts: don’t send purchase orders to scanners, prior to receipt	●	●	●	●	●
	Able to receive items which were not ordered	X	●	●
	Optionally create new order for free receipts of non-ordered items (instead of adding to an existing order)	X	●	●

	Receipts: validation and processing
	Put 'received less’ quantities automatically into back order without reviewing in status 'picking error'	√	●	●
	Put 'received less’ quantities to 'picking error’ for review before processing	X	●	●
	Allow 'received more’ quantities automatically and process as extra order line	●	●	●
	Put 'received more’ quantities to 'picking error’ for review, before processing	●	●	●
	Optionally put receipts of already existing batch numbers to 'picking error’ to be reviewed	●	●	●


	Stock Inventory (Counts)	WMS Lite	WMS I	WMS II	ASP	CAB

	Non-guided counts: 'free count’ process, without sending a count list to the hand terminal	√	●	●	●	●
	Guided counts: send a list of items to be counted, to the picking queue	X	●	●	●	X
	Split order lines to different hand terminals based on location (zones) or item code	X	●	●	●	X
	Send orders to general picking queue (instead of to a specific scanner)	√	●	●	●	X
	Assign specific scanner to a guided count	X	●	●	●	X
	Optional sorting of picking list: by location, order line, item code, picking classification or item group	X	●	●	●	X
	Able to use three-level sorting of picking list	X	●	●	●	X
	Use recounts – double check a previous count	X	●	●	●	X
	Configure how to handle 'double counts’ on read back of a count	●	●	●


	Transfers	WMS Lite	WMS I	WMS II	ASP	CAB

	Location transfers	X	●	●	●	●
	Interbranch transfers	X	●	●	●	●
	Real-time transfers - transfer received stock from receipt dock before the receipt is processed	X	●	●	●	X
	Transfer stock from one warehouse or location to another warehouse or location in one transaction	X	●	●	●	●
	Transfer stock through intermediate virtual location (buffer)	X	●	●	●	●
	Transfer stock through intermediate virtual location - to several target locations	X	●	●	●	●
	Transfer stock through intermediate virtual location - all to one target location	X	●	●	●	●
	Transfer receipt scanned by other warehouse employee (intermediate warehouse transfer, 410)	X	●	●	●	X
	Automatic real-time processing of scanned transfers	X	●	●	●	X
	Able to 'authorize' transfers before processing (manual processing)	X	●	●
	Able to view on scanner list of scanned transfers	X	●	●	●	●
	Able to delete on scanner previous scanned transfers	X	●	●	●	●
	Able to enter transaction reference text on scanner for later reference in back-office	X	●	●	●	X
	Able to prefill and optionally skip input of source warehouse or target warehouse	X	●	●	●
	Able to prefill and optionally skip input of source location or target location	X	●	●	●
	Able to prefill and optionally skip input of item code	X	●	●	●
	Able to prefill a default quantity to transfer	X	●	●	●
	Guided transfers: warehouse manager creates list of items to transfer (E-WMS Replenishment)	X	X	●	●	●
	Able to transfer a SKU by just scanning SKU number + (optionally prefilled) target location	X	X	●	●	X
	Automatic transfer order of production materials to return, after production is done	X	X	X


	Other E-WMS Modules	WMS Lite	WMS I	WMS II	ASP	CAB

	Replenishment: replenish picking locations based on minimum/maximum stock per location	X	X	●	●	●
	Replenishment: replenish picking locations based on sales order requirements	X	X	●	●	●
	Replenishment: replenish picking locations based on production order requirements	X	X	●	●	●
*	Replenishment: Use all warehouses for WMS auto queue replenishment (416)	X	X	●	●	X

	Stock Transactions: stock receipts or issues, not related to orders	X	X	●	●	●
	Purchase Transactions: create purchase orders by scanning items in warehouse or store	X	X	●	●	●
	SKU Management: stock units have unique numbers throughout internal logistic process	X	X	●	●	X

	Following E-WMS modules require separate licenses:
	Mobile Sales (SE1250): register new sales orders by scanning/entering items on mobile device	●	●	●	●	●
	Mobile Sales: register warehouse issues as direct sales (requires SE1250 + WMS Lite or WMS I)	●	●	●	●	●

	Production (SE4250+SE4050): scan production material issues (picking list or free issues)	X	●	●	●	●
	Production (SE4250): scan production receipts	X	●	●	●	●
*	WMS Production Receipts changed setting 'Backflush extra items' (416)	X	●	●	●	●

E-WMS / E-WMS Lite feature comparison

Introduction

Description

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