Impact WMS Solutions your leading Accellos Implementation Company!

Jessica Corralez / COE Impact WMS Solutions Profile

2011-08-24T14:26:00.000-07:00

Jessica Corralez is the lead designer of the PRL Panama warehouse zoning and picking path. Jessica Corralez has several years’ experience in this area and specializes in this element of an Accellos Implementation. Jessica Corralez COE of Impact WMS Solutions will complete her MBA in January of 2012 then pursue her Doctoral Degree soon after.

Zona Libre

2011-08-20T07:37:00.000-07:00

Recently Jessica Corralez and Glenn Tosco completed the implementation of a complex Accellos site in Panama; this is a unique site as it is located inside the free trade zone of Panama and has many rules and restrictions that must be followed! The implementation was completed in 13 days. Jessica Corralez completed the rack and floor bin layouts as well as pick and receive processes. Glenn Tosco completed the pocket setup along with the inventory import and the trouble shooting. This site is 100% functional with shipping, receiving and inventory control.

Accellos A1WMS Version 6.3 Released

2011-02-03T14:02:00.001-08:00

Accellos A1WMS Version 6.3

Accellos Announces Version 6.3 of Accellos One Warehouse

Latest release of warehouse management system includes significant new capabilities and integration to Accellos’ multi-carrier parcel/LTL shipping system

Accellos, a leading provider of supply chain execution software solutions, today announced Accellos One Warehouse- Version 6.3, the latest iteration of their 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 leading ERP systems from publishers like Microsoft, SAP, Sage and Infor, Accellos One Warehouse provides rapid ROI for companies with two to several hundred warehouse workers.

The V6.3 release adds some significant new capabilities to the already rich solution:

Enhanced graphical handheld user experience
Graphical handheld Screen Designer
Customizable handheld workflow
Wave planning templates
Allocation planning templates
Enhanced staging functionality
Integration with Accellos One Ship, complete multi-carrier parcel/LTL shipping system

“We focused on the user experience on the warehouse floor with Version 6.3, enhancing its look, its usability and its adaptability. This release puts significant control in the customer’s hands to adapt our system to their unique needs, allowing them to service their customers more effectively,” said Ross Elliott, Accellos CTO.

Maximize the Performance of Your Warehouse

2010-11-10T13:17:00.001-08:00

Slotting is a planning tool that insures the optimal placement of products within a Distribution Center. This tool, while requiring accurate data, power users and a change in the business culture, does offer a high ROI.”

The name of the game in today’s economy is to continue to grow your business without a commensurate increase in personnel, equipment, or warehouse space. By leveraging Accellos One Slot, you can optimize both the location of your products in the warehouse and the distance that your warehouse workers have to travel to pick your high velocity items.

Accellos One Slot is an affordable suite of tools designed to maximize the overall performance of your warehouse. It helps to answer the questions of how much, how fast, where, when and why you require facilities and staff in the warehouse. The net result is higher productivity, better utilization of available rack space and increased throughput in your warehouse.

Available both as a fully integrated component of the overall Accellos One family of supply chain products or as a standalone set of tools for companies looking to improve the performance of their warehouse, Accellos One Slot can provide strategic differentiation as you work toward achieving your goals in today’s dynamic business environment.

MAXIMIZE SPACE

Ensure no space is wasted by dynamically slotting your warehouse

MINIMIZE TRAVEL

Take steps out of your picker’s paths by efficiently locating your items

INCREASE FLEXIBILITY

Easily allow for new or seasonal items

IMPROVE SAFETY

Put your high velocity items in locations that are easy to reach

IMPROVE METRICS

Realize gains in key metrics like picks per hour, perfect orders and cycle times

WAREHOUSE LAYOUT

Easily size facilities including racking requirements – exportable to the leading CAD/CAM products

SLOT MASTER

Determine product placement and layout location, at the SKU level. Set criteria for family groups, product classes and vendor characteristics. Set and model security, hazard and stackability factors. Optimize warehouse product layout, based on cost or other user-definable criteria

RACK SELECTION

Determine the most efficient way to store and access products at a predetermined SKU level. Optimize storage media, compare alternatives, calculate costs and develop “what if?” scenarios

DOCK PLANNER

Determine the most efficient building configuration by calculating the non-storage space requirements for a warehouse facility. Create a simulation that uses sizing and capacity to calculate the optimum configuration for loading doors, docks and staging areas

Impact WMS Solutions

Impact WMS Solutions is a clear leader in the WMS Implementation and Planning Area. Contact info@impactwmss.com today to realize the money saved by slotting your warehouse correctly.

Accellos One Perfect Path Implemented by Impact WMS Solutions

2010-11-10T13:12:00.001-08:00

Accellos has announced the latest version of Accellos One PerfectPath, its pick path optimization solution for mid-market wholesalers, manufacturers and logistics providers.

Version 1.4 extends the labor saving PerfectPath algorithms by adding support for orders to be grouped and optimized in accordance to zone layout/rules of the warehouse and adding key performance monitoring on the real value being driven through the use of the product.

“This latest generation of PerfectPath continues our emphasis on providing tools that our customers can use to drive down their total cost of fulfillment. Every study that we review points towards lowering cost, improving effectiveness and minimizing wasted labor as the key focal points for our customers’ warehouse operations,” said Ross Elliott, Accellos’ CTO. “Early adopters of PerfectPath are seeing results that drive immediate ROI in those areas.”

Version 1.4 of Accellos One PerfectPath is currently in limited beta release and is planned for a December, 2010 general release.

For more information, email info@impactwmss.com.

Impact WMS Solutions, your Accellos Implementation Partner.

Avoid 2011 Rate Hike Headaches with Accellos One Ship

2010-11-10T13:10:00.001-08:00

One of the few elements of supply chain operations that has remained consistent is the steady increase in rates published by parcel carriers. Shipping is an essential part of your overall ability to serve your customers but with costs escalating, what is your organization doing to control costs while also meeting delivery expectations?

UPS, FedEx and USPS recently released their 2011 rate schedules and as expected, rates are on the rise again. UPS will be raising their rates a net 4.9% when the 2011 year commences. The net increase will be applied to all ground packages, air express, and U.S. international shipments. FedEx also announced a net 3.9% increase for 2011 while USPS’ aggregate increase across their products is 3.6%. With transportation costs on the rise, it behooves your organization to take steps to control your transportation costs by utilizing multiple carriers and by analyzing your freight spend to optimize carrier and service selection. With the right solution, your organization can rate shop across multiple carriers and service offerings to select the most economical option that meets your customer’s delivery requirements. Consider Accellos One Ship, Accellos’ shipping solution that was built specifically for Microsoft Dynamics. Accellos One Ship implemented by Impact WMS Solutions, LLC will help your organization reduce transportation and handling costs by improving shipping accuracy and streamlining the shipping and fulfillment process.

To learn more about Accellos One Ship, please visit http://www.accellos.com/ship or email info@impactwmss.com

WMS TIPS and Tricks

2010-11-04T22:46:00.001-07:00

WMS Tip: Save Disk Space by Turning off IIS Logging

(This information is intended for system administrators use at your own risk.)

We have worked with several Accellos One WMS client sites in the past that have reported problems related to insufficient disk space, and in a number of these cases we have found the culprit to be the use of Internet Information Services logging. IIS logging can result in the accumulation of numerous log files and consume a tremendous amount of disk space — up to 18 GB in some reported cases. For this reason, we recommend that IIS logging be turned off by following these steps:

1. In the Internet Information Services window, right-click on Default Website and click Properties.

2. On the Web Site tab of the Properties window, uncheck the Enable Logging checkbox.

3. On the Home Directory tab, uncheck the Log Visits checkbox.

4. Click OK. If a window appears asking to apply to other nodes, click Select All, and then click OK.

The location of the log files is C:\Windows\System32\Logfiles\W3SVC1. We recommend that you purge the log files from this folder if they are using a significant amount of disk space.

If you continue to use IIS logging, you should regularly purge this location as the available space on your C drive will be consumed unnecessarily; and if issues exist in the IIS environment the logs can become very large, very quickly.

For assistance with your Accellos A1WMS product contact Impact WMS Solutions your leading implementation provider.

Accellos One Ship–Impact WMS Solutions

2010-11-04T22:41:00.001-07:00

Do you need an integrated shipping solution to dove tail with your Accellos One Warehouse? Accellos One Ship integrates seamlessly with your Accellos One Warehouse product. This facilitates the upload of vital shipping data to your ERP. For details email info@impacctwmss.com today!

Impact WMS Solutions and Accellos

2010-11-04T13:15:00.001-07:00

Accellos One Warehouse is a top WMS to meet your distribution solution needs. Accellos One Warehouse includes picking, shipping, receiving, stock locator and many other features. Accellos One warehouse integrates with several ERP systems to include Microsoft Dynamics GP, SAP B1, Microsoft Dynamics AX, MAS 200 and many more. Email Impact WMS Solutions today to discuss how we can help you get your warehouse in order and cut the cost of day to day operations!

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Accellos One Warehouse Community

2010-11-04T13:08:00.000-07:00

Accellos One Warehouse Community can be accessed via http://my.accellos.com. Here you will find a wealth of knowledge and information, chat with other users. This is the ultimate source of end user information. Signup today, or contact Impact WMS Solutions to discuss further.

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Accellos One Warehouse and Bartender

2010-11-04T12:45:00.001-07:00

Is it Seagull Scientific Bartender you want to integrate into your Accellos One Warehouse software? Did you know Impact WMS Solutions is a clear leader in implementing and designing Bartender Solutions for your Accellos One Warehouse? We specialize in converting your current labels to the Bartender format. As well we see you through the certification process. With today’s stringent requirements for compliance labels from companies like Sears, Wal-Mart, Target, etc. it requires précis layout and measurements. In some cases we see specifications so tight that fonts must be between .033 and .035 in height. Impact WMS Solutions specializes in Bartender – Accellos One Warehouse implementations’. We bring years of experience to the table in both Bartender and Accellos One. For more information email info@impactwmss.com

Accellos One Warehouse now has a Shipping connection!

2010-10-22T10:49:00.001-07:00

Accellos One Warehouse and Accellos One Ship connect your WMS and your shipping operation together!

Contact info@impactwmss.com to learn how to leverage these two software packages in your facility!

Impact WMS Solutions–Accellos One Warehouse

2010-10-22T10:26:00.001-07:00

Does your warehouse run smooth with a low cost of doing business? Could the daily processes run smoother? If you are an Accellos One Warehouse Customer or Plan to Purchase a WMS in the future contact info@impactwmss.com so we can help you design the best processes to meet your business needs. We also write custom code for the Accellos One Warehouse product, so if it is custom you need we are the right company to deliver! Impact WMS Solutions also specializes in integrating Bartender into your Accellos One Warehouse. Are you currently using Bartender with your Accellos One Warehouse? If so send us your lbls3 labels and we will convert them to Bartender format for you.

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Accellos One Warehouse & Impact WMS Solutions together we can bring more profit to your bottom line!

Accellos California to New Zealand

2010-10-22T09:45:00.001-07:00

Impact WMS Solutions can travel anywhere in the world to service, repair or improve your Accellos product. If you own Accellos One Warehouse (Radio Beacon) or the Essentials line contact us today to assist you in improving your facility processes. info@impactwmss.com

We currently service customers around the world, we offer first class service to all your Accellos product needs.

Accellos Acquires vSync Inc., a Leading Provider of EDI and Shipping Solutions for Microsoft Dynamics®

2010-10-22T09:41:00.001-07:00

Acquisition will add EDI, fulfillment and shipping compliance expertise as well as nearly 400 Microsoft Dynamics customers to the Accellos family

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado – January 6, 2010 – Accellos, Inc., a leading provider of logistics, warehouse, 3PL, transportation, and mobile resource management solutions, today announced the acquisition of vSync, Inc., based in Columbus, Ohio.

vSync is the only provider of EDI and shipping compliance solutions built specifically to enhance Microsoft Dynamics GP and Microsoft Dynamics AX. This acquisition further expands Accellos’ reach into the Microsoft Dynamics channel with comprehensive and robust supply chain offerings. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.

Accellos will continue to market and support the vSync product line, which will become a key component of Accellos One, a Supply Chain Execution suite for small to mid-sized businesses built upon Microsoft .NET and Silverlight technologies.

“Accellos and vSync have long shared a passion for delivering quality products to the Microsoft channel,” said Michael Cornell, Chief Executive Officer, Accellos, Inc. “Accellos has experienced a great deal of success in the channel with our warehouse management, transportation management and supply chain execution solutions and we knew it was again time to broaden our solution set. The acquisition of vSync strengthens our commitment to Microsoft Dynamics users by adding integrated EDI fulfillment and shipping compliance.” Both Accellos and vSync are Microsoft Gold Certified Partners offering solutions Certified for Microsoft Dynamics. “By continuing to invest in vSync’s product lines as part of our current Accellos One suite, we believe we will strengthen our reputation for delivering more innovation to our customers for less cost.”

With the addition of vSync, Accellos now has 195 dedicated employees and nearly 4,000 loyal supply chain customers. “We see entire new areas of growth and capability with vSync,” said Joel Kremke, Accellos Chief Operating Officer. “As a channel leader, vSync EDI and shipping solutions add more than just transaction processing. Their long-term commitment to Microsoft Dynamics customers compliments our own. Their solutions extend our supply chain functionality by enabling suppliers to track, manage and process customer-specific data requirements and processes. This is truly a win for our combined customer base as well as our shared reseller channel.”

“Accellos’ acquisition lets us draw upon the resources of a much larger organization,” said Bill Knapp, President of vSync, “while continuing to utilize the talents of the team that built vSync into a leading solution provider in the Microsoft Dynamics channel.”

Impact WMS & Accellos One Warehouse

2010-10-22T09:40:00.001-07:00

Accellos One Warehouse (WMS) Powered by Radio Beacon is a fully integrated pick-pack-and-ship solution enabling users to deliver superior customer service by improving order accuracy, increasing efficiency, streamlining materials handling, meeting compliance requirements, and refining inventory control.

Accellos One Warehouse (WMS) extends our customers’ accounting systems to produce high-performance supply chain solutions that deliver accurate and compliant shipments, while improving operational procedures and reducing costs. Accellos' WMS solutions deliver a strategic advantage to customers, enabling them to meet the dynamic needs of retailers and major industrial and consumer distributors. Working with industry-leading hardware providers, Accellos WMS integrates seamlessly with barcode, RFID and material handling technology.

Accellos WMS benefits:

Improved Accuracy

Achieve 99.9 percent accuracy
Create a paperless warehouse
Provide accurate, real-time validation of every warehouse function using RF handhelds, barcode and RFID technology
Eliminate transcription and data entry errors with real-time data capture
Minimize handling steps

Greater efficiency

Support both FIFO and LIFO stock rotation
Pick or track product by lot or serial number
Track and report on dated product
Maintain a perpetual, real-time inventory count
Wave receiving and picking
Control stock movement and replenishment
Customize to fit more than 1,500 configurable switches
Facilitate ASN receiving

Enhanced customer service

Ship the right goods, on time, every time
Generate compliance labels
Create custom reports and pack slips based on specific client need
Compile ASN-required data
Increase accuracy and reduce customer service calls
Allow your customer service reps to track and trace any and all orders
Use the web visibility features to check the status of orders in real time
Open and monitor customer issues
Provide for Web ordering

Please contact us at info@impactwmss.com to discuss Accellos WMS as a possible solution for your company

Impact WMS Solutions–Accellos Consultants

2010-10-22T09:31:00.001-07:00

Impact WMS Solutions is a leading edge company in the area of Warehouse Systems and Distribution Processes. We are based in Southern California the gateway to the world is at our finger tips. We offer consulting for current and new Accellos customers looking to maximize their Accellos investment. For a free consultation email info@impactwmss.com and lets see how we can improve the cost savings in your facility today! We have a top Accellos Professional Services Team ready to assist you today!

http://www.impactwmss.com

Accellos One Ship

2010-10-22T09:25:00.001-07:00

Multi-carrier parcel shipping solution provides extreme flexibility, unrivaled transaction speed and extensive carrier shipping compliance

Accellos is pleased to announce the release of Accellos One Ship, a scalable and fully integrated shipping solution designed for the SMB market.

Accellos One Ship provides mid-market companies with functionality previously only available to enterprise-level companies:

Carrier Certified for FedEx, UPS, USPS, U.S. regional carriers, and Canadian parcel carriers
Certified for FedEx Smart Post and UPS Mail Innovations
Rate shopping based on configurable business rules
LTL rate shopping, zone skipping, and custom labels and support for all shipping documentation
Complete support for International Rates and Manifests
Export documentation management and automatic AES direct filing
Sarbanes Oxley and HIPAA compliant, HAZMAT 49CFR and IATA declarations

“Accellos One Ship offers the market a shipping solution that works alongside our Warehouse Management, Logistics and Transportation solutions,” said Ross Elliott, Accellos Chief Technology Officer. “The ability to offer customers a shipping system of this caliber fills gaps that currently exist with other shipping systems targeted to mid-market companies.”

About Accellos One Ship
Accellos One Ship software enables 3PL’s, distributors, retailers, and manufacturers to meet today’s complex shipping requirements while remaining flexible as their shipping requirements evolve. In addition to integration with Accellos’ Warehouse Management, Logistics, and Transportation solutions, Accellos One Ship is integrated with leading ERP systems. Accellos One Ship provides real-time access to shipping information and stores a complete archive of shipment documentation. The architecture gives companies the ability to customize the solution to accommodate their unique shipping processes while maintaining shipment compliance, while also being fully supported by Accellos.

For more information, email info@impactwmss.com

Impact WMS Solutions an Accellos Implementation Partner servicing the USA, Mexico and New Zealand.

Accellos One Warehouse implemented by Impact WMS Solutions

2010-08-23T11:11:00.001-07:00

Impact WMS Solutions is the leading company to assist you in the implementation of your Accellos One Warehouse Project worldwide. With years of experience and fully certified consultants Impact WMS Solutions is a clear leader in the Accellos One Warehouse space. Rather it is an Implementation, Process Design, Reengineering your warehouse or writing custom code into the Accellos One Warehouse software Impact WMS Solutions can assist you with your needs. We offer 24 hour seven day a week support in both English and Spanish! We are located in Rancho Cucamonga California, 20 miles from the Los Angeles airport. This allows us to travel to your facility at a moment's notice, no matter where you are located. Impact WMS Solutions can bring your Accellos One Warehouse Software in line with your expectations anywhere in the world!

For more information email info@impactwmss.com or visit www.impactwmss.com

Accellos One Pulse

2010-08-23T10:41:00.001-07:00

The Heartbeat of Your Business implemented by Impact WMS Solutions!

You cannot manage what you do not measure. In Aberdeen Research's recent study entitled "Business Intelligence for the Small to Medium Business (SMB)", they found that there were four primary pressures driving deployment of BI in the SMB market space:

Need for better speed of access to relevant data
Need for improved integration of data from multiple business applications
Need to provide visibility to a broader audience
- Greater number of internal users
- External partners and customers
Need to reduce the overall cost

It is a well-known fact that if you're not measuring the results of your enterprise, it is difficult to declare victory or defeat. Yet many companies, due to the historic high cost of deploying business intelligence solutions, have chosen to stay with hard copy reports that get printed, set aside and typically not used.

Accellos One Pulse enables 3PL's, distributors, retailers, manufacturers and transportation companies to get immediate insight into the key performance indicators that drive decisions in their business every day. Especially in the economic times that we find ourselves, can you afford not to have access across your extended enterprise to real time analytics displaying the present state of your business, historically relevant charts and graphs highlighting important trends and time sensitive reports and alerts pointing out key criteria to aid in your decision making process?

Accellos One Pulse Features:

Dashboards: Leverage extensible dashboards to deliver actionable information to the right people in the right format
Alerts: Define tolerance criteria against your metrics to enable real time delivery of alert information to your desktop or mobile device
Real-time Analytics: Monitor the health of key metrics in real time
Role-based Views: Ensure that your enterprise, both employees and customers, have visibility into those metrics that make sense for the role they play

Pulse is Available Anywhere

Pulse's browser-based design makes it simple to use regardless of location. We've taken a page from Microsoft Office and made it very familiar and intuitive to learn how to use:

Charts and graphs
Data grids and reports
Gauges

Extensible KPI's and Metrics

Pulse doesn't lock you in to a predetermined set of metrics. Using extensible meta-data, the user has the ability to design and establish:

Key performance indicators
Ranked lists
Real-time analytics

Works with Multiple Applications

Using a flexible integration system, Pulse will work with:

Accellos One Transport
Accellos One Warehouse
Accellos One 3PL
Prophesy Dispatch
Leading ERP systems
SQL compliant data

Accellos Pulse implemented by Impact WMS Solutions!

For more information email info@impactwmss.com or visit www.impactwmss.com

Accellos One Warehouse Implemented by Impact WMS Solutions

2010-08-23T10:28:00.001-07:00

Accellos One Warehouse

Implemented by Impact WMS Solutions

Is this the right software for you?

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Accellos One Warehouse delivers a powerful, scalable and flexible real-time Warehousing Management System (WMS) for distributors. Accellos One Warehouse has the power to help you:

Increase supply chain visibility - Accellos integrates seamlessly with many popular accounting/order-entry packages and shipping systems to provide the warehousing link in a total supply chain solution. By integrating with leading accounting packages, warehouse automation equipment and shipping systems, you connect your warehouse to the rest of your supply chain. The seamless transfer of information between your systems means more efficient invoicing, order tracking and purchasing for your distribution operation.

Streamline your warehouse processes - By using the latest in Radio Frequency (RF), RFID and barcode technology to automate your warehouse processes, you can find, pick and pack inventory in the most efficient manner possible. This means that you will be shipping the right items, in the right cartons, to the right customers, on time, every time.

Improve your customer service - By giving your customer service staff, sales team and even your customers a window into the warehouse using web-based technology, you allow them to track and trace the status of inventory and orders resulting in fewer customer calls and better managed sales expectations.

Distributed through a global network of local partners, installations can be found across the world in both Fortune 500 distribution centers and smaller localized warehouses.

Sage Integration - Accellos' warehouse management software will seamlessly integrate with Sage Accpac, Sage Pro, MAS 90, MAS 200 and MAS 500 to provide you with a completely integrated system to manager your finances and inventory. Accellos One Warehouse will provide you with a system to manage the physical handling of goods in your warehouse. This software will provide you with what you need to improve every aspect of your warehouse performance. With this system you can reduce your overall warehouse operations costs, such as pricking, packing, shipping, and internal stock movement.

When Accellos One Warehouse is integrated with your Sage ACCPAC and Sage PRO system you will see a dramatic improvement in the accuracy and speed of your company's fulfillment process. This will reduce the cost of labor and address the key issues that you face as a warehouse focused business. Accellos One Warehouse will help your business by optimizing your utilization of your staff and assets. The system was built to automate your warehouse using tools like: conveyers, carousels, sophisticated picking algorithms, advance replenishment methods, and order allocation, delivered in a simple, intuitive solution that can be implemented quickly and efficiently.

Accellos One Warehouse will integrate with MAS 90/200 to create a bridge allowing for the seamless transfer of information between your back-office and your warehouse. The system will maintain the similar Sage sales order and inventory processing but without user intervention. Detail intensive procedures (i.e. Sales Order Invoice Data Entry, ASN data entry, Purchase Order Receipt of Goods Entry and Inventory Transaction Entry) are fully automated. No longer will you have to manually enter your complete picking sheets or inventory adjustment memos.

Accellos One Warehouse will integrate with Sage MAS 500 to perform a comprehensive software system that will manage all of your back-office and warehouse operations. Accellos One Warehouse will allow you to manage orders and the physical handling of goods in the warehouse with unparalleled accuracy and efficiency. Combine the advantages of capturing billing transactions at the pick face using Accellos One Warehouse with the advanced pricing and financial features of Sage MAS 500 to create a seamless flow of transactions from the pick face to the general ledger.

Microsoft Dynamics Integration - With an interface to the Accellos WMS (warehouse management software) you will turn your Dynamics system into an enhanced ERP software system. Accellos One Warehouse is designed with the knowledge that no two warehouses are identical in the foreground. The system gives you the ability to implement new technology tools to support your growth. The system will leverage the latest technology to provide you with a web-based WMS system that will consolidate and streamline all your warehouse operations, while improving accuracy, efficiency and productivity.

The system is capable of extending Dynamics GP capabilities to allow you to perform container receiving and back order processing in an automated fashion. The system itself will optimize the resources in your warehouse. Microsoft Dynamics GP users can now manage orders and the physical handling of goods in the warehouse accurately and efficiently.

Microsoft Dynamics SL is already very strong on distribution features, but with Accellos One Warehouse, the system will also include powerful warehouse management capabilities. Accellos is fully capable to make your Dynamics SL system compatible with any EDI requirements. The system will allow you to automate many of your warehouse processes giving you a dramatic improvement in inventory accuracy, distribution center efficiencies and overall customer satisfaction.

Many businesses with vast warehouse requirements have found RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) to be one of the most efficient and cost saving ways to effectively track inventory. Accellos One Warehouse has the ability to make your Microsoft Dynamics NAV systems complete by adding RFID tracking.

Accellos One Warehouse can take your Microsoft Dynamics AX to a whole new level, extending its functionality way beyond the back-office. After integration of the two software packages, the system will use a XML SOAP interface allows you to work in a real-time warehouse environment from within Microsoft Dynamics AX. The system adds advanced technologies like RFID capabilities, optimized pick-pack functionality, and directed put-away features. The combination of Accellos One Warehouse gives you real-time visibility into your supply chain while improving operational efficiency, productivity and accuracy.

SAP Business One Integration - Accellos One Warehouse for SAP Business One uses the UI and DI API to give SAP warehouse management and multi-bin functionality. The system fully integrates so you cannot tell the difference between SAP Business One and the integrated warehouse functionality. Some of the features and functionality of an integrated Accellos/SAP system include:

Multi-bin inventory to optimize stock movement
Real-time inventory position tracking
Batch and serial tracking
Bar code enabled functionality
Hard allocation reserves product from specific bin locations, ensuring that the right product goes to the right customer.
FIFO, LIFO or expiry date stock rotation
Advanced pick and pack screen
Flexible zone configurations for even distribution of workload
Paperless processes for automation
Labor statistics reporting
Warehouse efficiency reporting

The benefits of implementing Accellos One Warehouse include:

Accuracy
- 99.9% accuracy
- Create a paperless warehouse
- Provide accurate, real-time validation of every warehouse function using handhelds, barcode and RFID technology
- Eliminate transcription and data entry errors with real-time data capture
- Minimize handling steps
Customer Service
- Ship the right goods, on time, every time
- Generate compliance labels
- Create custom reports and pack slips based on specific client need
- Compile ASN-required data
- Increase accuracy and reduce customer service calls
- Allow your customer service reps to track and trace any and all orders
- Use the web visibility features to check the status of orders in real-time
- Open and monitor customer issues
- Web ordering

Impact WMS Solutions specializes in Accellos One Warehouse Implementations.

For more information email info@impactwmss.com or visit www.impactwmss.com

Perfect Path: Accelerate Your Returns!

2010-08-23T09:01:00.001-07:00

Exclusively for Accellos WMS customers, Accellos introduces a new module that can improve picking efficiency by up to 30%…dramatically improving your bottom line results.

Imagine if your warehouse management system could automatically configure the best possible route for the pickers to take, and direct them on the most optimal path with no additional training. If you are a unit or case pick distributor, up to 60% of your warehouse labor costs are tied up in the pick and pack process.
What if you could reduce the picking time by 30-40% with a click of a button? Accellos has developed a solution that does just that. Accellos One Perfect Path is a new Warehouse Module that specifically focuses on the reduction of picker travel in unit and case pick distribution centers. Perfect Path allows you to realize a significant ROI within the first 3 months of implementing the solution, which to most is a "no brainer."

At a high level it does 2 things:

Perfect Path uses the X and Y coordinates of bin locations to determine optimal pick path. Currently, your WMS determines pick path based on the relationship between bin location numbers. While this does the job, we've found that we can reduce picker travel on a single order by as much as 40% just by changing the bin location sequencing. If course, this will depend on the size of the order, number of cases, lines and your warehouse layout.
Second, Perfect Path is a wave optimization tool. It can look at a pool of orders and determine optimal order clustering with the intent to reduce the amount of travel.

Impact WMS Solutions is a leading provider of Accellos Implementation Services and Support!

For more information, email info@impactwmss.com or visit www.impactwmss.com

Accellos One Warehouse will soon incorporate labor standards!

2010-08-23T08:58:00.001-07:00

Monday August 23, 2010

Accellos One Warehouse (A1W) tracks every hand-held activity for productivity reports, and includes an Employee Statistics report that shows user productivity Picking, Receiving, Material Handling, and Cycle
Counting.

In our next release, Accellos One Warehouse will let you define labor Standards that are used to forecast labor requirements for each "pivot" in Web Dispatch.

The Picking and Receiving Standards will be used to forecast the labor requirements for each "pivot" in Web Dispatch. A new row on the sales order and purchase order grids will let you estimate how much labor will be required for each group of orders based on the current pivot. Not only will dispatchers be able to see how many orders, lines, and units are associated with a pivot, they'll be able to see how much labor will be required to complete the orders based on your own defined labor standards.

We have also added a report to compare "actual" calculated
metrics versus "standard" metrics to help you refine your definitions.

Impact WMS Solutions is a leading provider of Accellos Implementation Services and Support!

For more information, email info@impactwmss.com or visit www.impactwmss.com

Did you know? Accellos One Warehouse has a fully integrated dock door scheduling system

2010-08-23T08:56:00.001-07:00

The average company spends 20 minutes scheduling an inbound delivery or an outbound pickup appointment. If you're running multiple doors in your facility that adds up to a lot of time that you could be spending on something much more productive.

Accellos One Schedule provides a set of tools to help you cost-effectively move from a manual appointment system to an automated one. Its web-centric design allows you to quickly and easily book an appointment based around customizable business rules for each facility and door, then share the schedule with both internal users and external partners and customers.

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The latest version of Accellos One Warehouse has significantly enhanced slotting capabilities, including integration to Accellos One Slot!

2010-08-23T08:52:00.001-07:00

Monday, August 23, 2010

If your warehouse is like most in the distribution world, your largest operating expense is labor. And of these labor costs, your biggest expense is picking. An incremental improvement in the picking process can lead to thousands of dollars on your bottom line.

The Accellos One Warehouse slotting functionality gives you the ability to
optimize both the location of your products in the warehouse and the distance that your warehouse workers have to travel to pick you high velocity items. The incremental Slotting report in Accellos One Warehouse identifies "pairs" that can be "swapped" to improve picking productivity (by locating high velocity items in the optimal pick bins). The dispatcher can use this report to issue re-slotting requests which populate a new Directed Move task queue.

Accellos One Slot is an affordable suite of tools designed to maximize the
overall performance of your warehouse. It helps to answer the questions of how much, how fast, where, when and why you require facilities and staff in the warehouse. The integrated solution automatically populates the Accellos One Warehouse Directed Move task queue with slotting requests. The net result is higher productivity, better utilization of available rack space and increased throughput in your warehouse.

Along with the Accellos One Slot product and Impact WMS Solutions process engineering team we can help you improve your overall inventory placement for maximized space and productivity.

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Accellos One Warehouse Shines in Complex Environment of Porteous Fasteners Warehouse

2010-08-23T08:16:00.001-07:00

PRODUCT
Accellos One Warehouse

KEY BENEFITS

Pick time cut by 15-20%
Logistics operations at all locations accommodated with single shift
Instant access to company-wide inventory from all warehouses
Logistics operations now virtually paperless
Implemented velocity-based zoning in warehouses
Seamless integration with existing ERP system
Implemented handheld computers and scanners to automate input, display and output of data

COMPANY
Founded in the mid-1960s near downtown Los Angeles, Porteous Fastener Company (PFC) has watched its supply sources shift from the United States to Japan and on to Taiwan and China. Its physical presence has expanded from the original installation now to comprise six regional distribution centers (RDCs) and nine branches, including one in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Company headquarters and a co-located warehouse are in Carson just a few freeway miles north from the Port of Los Angeles.

Like those of its competitors, Porteous Fastener Company's products – primarily nuts, bolts, screws, etc. – have become commodities. Since most of its sales commence with an inquiry that may have also been submitted to other suppliers, absolute inventory currency is vital to assure that when an order is taken, the company can assure delivery. If product isn't in stock, PFC usually isn't in the picture.

COMPLICATED INVENTORY
Fortunately, the system runs like a well-tuned engine, says Vice President and CIO Tom White, with Accellos One Warehouse software monitoring product status beginning as much as six weeks before it even hits Los Angeles or one of five other points of entry. Some 5,000 containers arrive annually, with the software managing movement of the goods into, out of and between its distribution centers and warehouses as well as shipments to its customers.

The 40,000 SKUs the company maintains in inventory range from long-length threaded rod for construction projects to nuts and bolts in a variety of types, sizes and plating. It delivers in quantities ranging from multiple pallets and skids to clam shell, Quick Drawer and boxed, plastic-bagged units – sometimes custom-labeled to buyer specifications. Most of the merchandise is boxed and labeled at the manufacturing sites, but certain product is repackaged to order by a dedicated department located in the Carson warehouse.

IMPATIENT MARKET
PFC employs a hybridized business model. On one hand, it is a commodity importing and sales organization, competing strenuously for bulk orders. On the other, it is a logistics organization that must maintain a dependable supply of product in its facilities; track stock precisely so that accurate company-wide, detailed inventory records are instantly available to support sales efforts, whether by phone or via automated queries; and finally, assure fast, reliable delivery.

PFC serves no end users. As a master distributor, its shipments go direct to the warehouses of direct distributors, who in turn, supply original equipment manufacturers, maintenance and repair operations, construction companies and independent dealers.

"Whether submitting queries by phone or electronically, these distributor customers expect you to know your product and its quantity status down to fine details like length, twist or tensile strength, and to be able to quote on the spot," White says. "You have to carry a lot of SKUs, and in quantity, because you never know when you will get hit with a run.

"Moreover, just as in floor trading, deals can close in seconds. Conventional ERP and inventory software systems have a hard time handling the stresses of this type of operation. Not the case with Accellos: if it says it's there, it's there and if not it is because somebody didn't to their job."

DISTRIBUTED STRUCTURE
To optimize customer service, PFC has evolved a unique warehousing and distribution network structure. Its warehouses are situated strategically as close to key customers and markets as possible, often serving specialized requirements. Regional distribution centers (RDCs) vary in size from 50,000 to 100,000 square feet and are staffed by as few as 10, and as many as 25 workers. RDC satellite branches range widely in size and staffing, manned by from two to five persons.

Physical handling technology in the warehouses is basic, comprising three types of lift trucks that address the fact that all of PFC's product is metal and is moved and stored in pallet quantities often weighing a ton or more. These exceptional weights require especially heavy-duty units that access correspondingly heavy racking up to eight pallets high.

RDCs and branches link to the Accellos system over a T-1 network, entering and accessing inventory data and executing transactions using handheld computers, PCs and web entries.

"Not all warehouses carry all of the inventory items but this in no way limits their ability to fill orders," White says. "Every facility has Accellos One Warehouse software and the ability to access company-wide inventory in the Accellos SQL database almost instantly. They can compete for any order that makes sense for the company and for which unallocated stock is available."

TECHNOLOGY EVOLUTION
Early in its history, PFC management evaluated growth prospects and realized that a strong management software foundation would be required to support them. The company engaged Circa Information Technologies in neighboring Downey, California, to custom-develop an ERP solution that also incorporated a strong logistics management component.

The Circa solution replaced an internally developed legacy system that had reached its limits, introducing technology advances that were unusual for the time, such as the use of scanners. Scanning technology is still fundamental to PFC warehouse operations.

After about 15 years of use, with ongoing modifications to accommodate the company's continuing growth in size and complexity, White and other members of management determined that they had modified their software as far as they were willing to go. They experimented with a proprietary ERP solution for a period of time with less than satisfactory results and ultimately brought Circa back to develop a new system from the ground up.

ACCELLOS ONE WAREHOUSE
The company also contracted WMSI, an Accellos One Warehouse reseller, to implement a warehouse management solution that would bolt onto the ERP software. Accellos One Warehouse is an end-to-end, modular solution that tracks movement of stock into, out of, and within the warehouse. It integrates seamlessly with ERP and shipping systems to automate, streamline and verify in-warehouse processes from receiving to shipping.

In implementing Accellos One, WMSI consultants analyzed PFC's existing processes and procedures and, where necessary, realigned them with current business needs and situations – redesigning physical layouts into logical units, optimizing putaway and pick paths, refining replenishment processes and initiating the use of new handheld computers and scanners to automate the input, display and output of data.

Once this was done, White and his I.T. personnel built the interface that bolted the Accellos software to the ERP system and integrated the extensive set of features.

SELECTION
Several considerations obtained in selection of the system, White says. A major one was the ability to create a bin allocation process that committed specific quantities to specific documents. With this capability, pickers are forced to empty one bin prior to moving to another, and they are prevented from breaking full pallets to fill orders when partials are available.

Further, Accellos One Warehouse procedures were very close to those of the previous custom application, so that only minimal training was required to reorient warehouse personnel. Finally, the pricing demonstrated a very favorable ROI opportunity.

"The price was competitive and we were able to use much of what we had in the earlier integration, leaving us free to spend our time on exploiting the joint capabilities of the ERP and warehouse systems," he said. "For example, we use daemons and triggers to streamline operations. In one example, triggers on certain types of transactions eliminate the need to upload batch files from Accellos to the ERP system by instead relaying transactions as they occur."

DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION
PFC maintains distinct databases for its Circa ERP system and for the Accellos One Warehouse system, with the two tightly integrated in a centralized configuration that requires just a few keystrokes to reveal if product is in stock, where it's located and how to get it.

"Accellos can interface to any ERP solution using download and upload files, but we took it to another level," White says. "We avoid the download/upload processes and deposit information directly into Accellos. It enabled us to establish a unique physical/virtual warehouse concept through which we can control inventory without using serialized inventory or lot numbers, starting with the receipt of the product."

According to Bret Swan, director of operations, PFC warehouses are now organized in a zone pattern that is replicated virtually in the Accellos software and applied physically across the network of warehouses. It employs a unique bin structure, with bins designated numerically from 01 to 99, with each pair of numbers designating identifiers such as origin point (overseas, transfer location, etc.), physical or virtual warehouse destination or storage location, or type of transaction.

Within this bin designation device, PFC performs a host of functions. For example, it can manage inventory to a fine level in "phantom" warehouses and even establish virtual facilities that coexist within the physical warehouses to store goods reserved for specific customers. Bins can be allocated and reallocated for these purposes as needed.

One warehouse, for example, holds some six million dollars of inventory for certain customers who only pay for the product when they order it. "It is not our inventory," Swan says. "We can't risk losing it or misallocating it, so we set up a separate phantom warehouse to store it. We give it a warehouse code, log it in to a zone and allocate it as it is ordered. Pickers find product so identified only in the phantom warehouse zone."

RECEIVING AND TRANSFER
PFC usually knows weeks in advance that a shipment of containers will arrive on a certain date as well as the merchandise destination. The information is entered into the Goods and Routes feature of the Circa database, which updates the respective purchase order and writes the records into the Accellos software as "expectations" in a "receipt bucket" – a non-pickable bin.

PFC warehouses maintain a random and fixed-bin environment that is controlled by the Accellos One Warehouse software. Each bin has a barcode that indicates its row location. When the actual product arrives, it is accompanied by paperwork, with the container numbers used as license plates. When these are scanned, the contents and their respective barcodes are displayed on the handheld computer screen.

Goods are put away as full pallets in direct moves from the dock to pickable bins in an appropriate zone or alternatively, to quality assurance. The storage location barcode is paired with the product barcode and transmitted from the floor to the Accellos inventory records via the scanner. The centralized inventory records are updated continuously to assure currency.

"The beauty of this is that you're not sending purchase orders or receipt orders down to Accellos," Swan says. "It's all in the gun."

PICKING AND SHIPPING
Orders arrive in several ways: by phone, and keyed-in manually; electronically, using the company's web-based order entry system; via EDI; or through Direct Connect, a program created with the Accellos software development kit (SDK). Customers install Direct Connect on their own software, enabling them to communicate with Porteous' Circa/Accellos environment directly to learn if product is available, obtain a quote and then accept it. On acceptance, the quote becomes an order and is automatically dropped into the Circa order entry system.

Most orders exceed 1,500 pounds in weight, usually with a minimum value of $1,500. And where a general merchandise warehouse might have complex unit picking requirements, PFC normally deals in multi-pallet truckloads whether moving product to a customer or between warehouses.

No merchandise can be moved from any location without a picking slip – virtually the only piece of paper that remains in the process because, Swan says, "people want to see it."

PFC carries on constant stock rebalancing operations in container and pallet quantities between warehouses to fine tune inventory levels. In doing so, it follows the same receiving, storage and fulfillment procedures it uses when goods originate with outside sources, also controlling the movement with Accellos One Warehouse. Transfers and customer orders often move on the same truck.

To execute its shipments, PFC uses WMSI's Shipping Live, a solution that WMSI developed specifically for use with Accellos One Warehouse. The shipping software integrates directly with the Accellos One log files, picking up container numbers, bill of lading or UPS numbers and charges and uploading them back to the ERP system.

Accellos One Warehouse doesn't tolerate mistakes; if a picker goes to a location and finds that the material that is supposed to be there is absent or incorrect, the mistake must be rectified before the order can proceed.

PAYOFF
Like other business, PFC is impacted by economic conditions but implementation of Accellos One Warehouse enables the company to deal with them constructively through gains in efficiency and reductions in costs. White and Swan feel that the company could easily double the number of orders per day it handles at any location with its existing workforce.

"We now accommodate all of our logistics operations at all locations with a single shift, which has enabled us to reduce workforce by about 25 percent," Swan adds. "Customers are ordering as often, sometimes more frequently, but in smaller quantities – for example, multiple boxes instead of full pallets. Nevertheless, streamlined warehouse layout and use of directed picking has cut pick times by 15 to 20 percent because pickers never go to an empty bin. Besides effecting economies, this has had significant impact on customer service, which in turn impacts sales."

The system has been a hit with all concerned parties, White says: "For the CFO, it's a matter of price and profitability; for the warehouses, it's the wealth of features and functionality; for the I.T. staff, it's the flexibility and power that keeps operations running smoothly and the range of capability that allows us to respond to emerging needs as they occur."

Currently, PFC is also using the software to modify the zoning in its warehouses so that highest demand product is closest to the shipping doors, with other product placed in descending order of demand. According to Swan, 50 percent of sales derive from products that will reside in the high volume zones.

"Accellos One Warehouse is a rules-based solution," White says. "We learned quickly that as long as we work within the rules, it provides us with power and flexibility that is only limited by our own creativity."

ABOUT ACCELLOS
Accellos is a global provider of logistics, warehouse, 3PL, transportation and mobile fleet management solutions. Accellos addresses the supply chain management and execution market with warehouse management systems for multiple environments; Microsoft Windows-based transportation management solutions; and in-field mobile resource management solutions. Accellos' powerful supply-chain execution solutions are easy to customize and implement, providing our customers with more innovation for less investment while producing significant savings and greater profitability. Through a culture of innovation, Accellos strikes the perfect balance of customer satisfaction, employee fulfillment and shareholder value, delivering greater profitability and rapid return on investment for our customers and accelerated logistics and warehousing services for the clients they serve.

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Accellos Announces Accellos One Slot

2009-11-20T21:02:00.001-08:00

Accellos is pleased to announce Accellos One Slot, its exciting new advanced slotting solution for the design and optimization of warehouse operations.

Accellos One Slot is a suite of advanced tools that allow a distributor, manufacturer, retailer or 3PL to initially design a warehouse, including rack selection, and then dynamically slot and re-slot the warehouse over time to optimize warehouse operations. The net benefit of re-slotting can be found in many areas, but the traditional values would suggest a 15% decrease in travel distance, a 10% reduction in handling and an increase in cubic utilization by 25%.

The core modules of Accellos One Slot include Rack Selection, Dock Planner, Warehouse Layout, Slot Master and Benchmark, all of which provide strategic operational models for driving costs out of a warehouse. In dynamic markets, Accellos One Slot allows the user to create models in hours with dependable engineered results, rather than the typical weeks or months.

"This product is the first in a series of solutions that we're bringing out to drive quick return on investment for our customers and partners," said Ross Elliott, Accellos' CTO. "Regularly slotting a warehouse can have dramatic effect on its personnel and space utilization dynamics."

Accellos One Slot can be deployed as a standalone solution or as a fully integrated component of the broader Accellos One family of supply chain products.

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POS Hardware / Barcode Hardware

2009-11-11T15:14:00.003-08:00

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RX Printer – from Mobilewms.com

2009-11-11T15:14:00.001-08:00

Star Micronics has a dual solution to print thermal prescriptions using its TSP800Rx prescription printer. The TSP800Rx is the first secured direct thermal prescription printer on the market, providing additional security of prescriptions for unattended medical rooms and physicians offices.

Star is one of the first printer manufacturers to answer the call from the Healthcare Industry to automate the prescription writing process and make it more efficient while utilizing Electronic Medical Records (EMR). No consumables are needed with direct thermal technology, thus eliminating the need for costly toner, ink cartridges and developer as used in laser printing. You can now print one prescription at a time, without wasting 3/4 of letter sized paper.

Each of these solutions allows for dual-duty by printing both labels and receipts with the same printer.

The TSP800Rx printer enables doctors to print thermal prescriptions vs. handwritten prescriptions from a pad avoiding legibility errors via EMR software. Utilizing specialized and secured thermal prescription paper, the prescriptions are printed using the latest medical technology software on the market, resulting in a secured legible script in seconds.

For pharmacies, the TSP800Rx is ideal for printing electronically received prescriptions at the pharmacy counter. The pharmacy provides a printed record of the electronic prescription in the exact format a handwritten prescription would be personally received.

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eCheckit – Personal Checks Online

2009-11-11T14:51:00.001-08:00

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2009-11-11T14:47:00.001-08:00

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MC5590-PY0DKRQA7WR - Motorola MC 55: MC 5590 & MC 5574 Hand Held Computer - SYM-MC5590PY0DKRQA7W - MobileWMS.com

2009-11-11T14:44:00.001-08:00

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The MC5590 brings a new level of functionality and flexibility to pocket-sized mobile devices. The smallest and lightest Motorola rugged EDA, the MC5590 packs the power of a walkie-talkie, VoIP phone, mobile computer, bar code scanner and camera into a robust enterprise class device with true consumer styling and ergonomics and is designed to meet mobile worker, business application and IT requirements. With the MC5590 in hand, task workers such as retail associates and managers, healthcare workers in a hospital, and servers in a restaurant enjoy the cost-effective yet sophisticated mobile voice and data services required to streamline tasks and improve productivity, customer response times and customer service levels. Enterprise class rugged construction, manageability, security and scalability allow the MC5590 to easily meet the most demanding IT policies and mandates. And a broad array of accessories enables easy customization of the MC5590 to meet the unique needs of your business. MobileWMS.com will fill your Barcode and POS needs with fast friendly service!

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Voice Picking in Accellos One Warehouse: Workflow

2009-09-19T07:41:00.001-07:00

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:

Accellos Announces Accellos One Optimize Version 1.2

2009-09-05T12:08:00.001-07:00

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

2009-08-20T10:26:00.001-07:00

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

2009-08-20T10:22:00.001-07:00

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

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

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2009-05-12T21:52:00.000-07:00

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.

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Accellos Announces Version 6.1 of Accellos One Warehouse

2009-04-19T14:37:00.001-07:00

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

2009-04-18T07:44:00.001-07:00

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.

MobileFrame 4.5 Now Shipping!

2009-03-28T13:38:00.001-07:00

MobileFrame Announces Release of Version 4.5 of their Configurable Mobile ApplicationTM Product Suite
MobileFrame Adds Instant Messaging, Enhanced Device Support and a Variety of Other Features to its Smart Mobile Computing Platforms
San Jose, Calif. -- Feb. 3, 2009 - MobileFrame, LLC (www.mobileframe.com) today announced release of version 4.5 of their Configurable Mobile ApplicationTM Product Suite. MobileFrame's solution is the only truly Configurable Mobile ApplicationTM Platform in the industry that enables novice users to create and deploy custom mobile applications without custom programming. MobileFrame's software platform is an entirely self-contained mobility system that provides full functionality out-of-the-box, with no custom programming, no third party mobile gateways, synchronization engines or SDK's required. With version 4.5, MobileFrame has added a slew of useful features such as real-time instant messaging, the ability to capture device snapshots, and support for the latest hi-resolution devices.
Instant Messaging. With MobileFrame's proprietary secure end-to-end instant messaging capability, administrators have full control and authorization over message senders, recipients and message grouping including full message audit record logs. In addition, this messaging operates in both connected and disconnect modes. MobileFrame is the only mobile platform on the market with fully integrated, Sarbanes Oxley compliant secure Instant Messaging built-in.
Enhanced System Administration. The Server Manager functionality has been enhanced to provide for increased scalability. The User Administration screen now supports grouping for better organization of large numbers of users. For example, you can now group device data by device name, OS version, device platform, device OEM, etc.
Device Snapshots. MobileFrame's Device Snapshot feature gives administrators the ability to capture a screenshot of a remote device's current screen. Administrators now have the ability to see exactly what the field worker sees on their device; a great resource for training, oversight and troubleshooting.
Enhanced Device Support and Graphics Handling. Version 4.5 now provides enhanced support for recent mobile computing advances including high resolution devices and landscape mode. Version 4.5 also includes advanced graphics handling that conserves device memory, renders transparency even on Windows Mobile Devices, and provides a thumbnail-list of all graphics in use. The expanded capability to use graphics in applications allows customers to present a more compelling user experience to facilitate acceptance by field workers.
Other features of Release 4.5 include:
In-Field Annotation of Photographs. MobileFrame now provides field workers the ability to capture a photo in the field then annotate the photo on-the-fly. For example, a mobile worker might take a picture of a damaged product then circle areas on that picture to highlight the damaged areas.
Improved MobileFrame Remote Manager. The Remote Manager now provides the ability to view data in groups (such as group by device, employment role, etc), allowing better organization of information. The remote manager now displays the remaining battery, free memory, free storage, database size, last connected date/time and pending activities for each user. Version 4.5 also has added the ability for administrators in the back-office to initiate a synchronization of the mobile device. In addition, the Remote Manager allows full auditing of MobileFrame Instant Messages and export of all Remote Manager Data.
Secured PDF Documents. An updated PDF workflow now supports the generation of password protected PDF documents allowing restriction of viewing, editing, printing and copying.
Updated URL Operations. In addition to allowing opening a URL in the browser via workflow, the updated URL Operations now also allow sending of an HTTP request and receiving a response back from the URL (e.g., screen-scraping a website).
Enhanced Synchronization Engine. The Sync engine has been enhanced to improve performance and scalability.
Memory Use Optimized. Several optimizations throughout the platform have led to a more efficient use of memory.
MobileFrame offers three Product Suites with varying degrees of capability so businesses may select the most cost effective solution for their mobile enterprise:
MobileFrame Standard SuiteTM runs on a MS SQL Server database and contains all of the functionality required to create and deploy sophisticated workflow for any customers mobile workforce. The Standard SuiteTM feature set includes conditional branching, basic math calculations, and peripheral device support [Cameras, Bar Code Scanners, Voice Notes, Digital Signatures].
MobileFrame Business SuiteTM includes all Standard Suite functionality plus advanced workflow, support for additional peripheral devices, advanced calculator functions, and messaging/alerts.
MobileFrame Enterprise SuiteTM includes all Business Suite functionality plus advanced messaging/alerts, Oracle, Sybase and DB2 database support and Java/Unix application server integration.
MobileFrame's Product Suites enable businesses to rapidly deploy a variety of mobile applications with a low total cost of ownership and a high return on investment. MobileFrame's Smart ArchitectureTM (Patent-Pending) provides a user friendly point and click desktop that enables novice computer users to easily create, deploy and manage sophisticated mobile applications without the need for costly and time-consuming custom coding typically required in mobile application development.
"MobileFrame's software has become the mobile platform standard at companies like JD Irving, Miller Pipeline, the US Navy and the Harris Corporation because of its unparalleled ease of use," said Lonny Oswalt, MobileFrame's CEO and President. "With release 4.5, our customers now have advanced features such as real-time instant messaging, device snapshots and enhanced device support along with the mobile enterprise data management, remote device configuration and update control, sophisticated workflow and prioritized synchronization capabilities that have been the foundation of our product suite. This release keeps MobileFrame at the forefront of enterprise mobility, providing customers the most flexible and comprehensive mobility system in the market."
MobileFrame Product SuiteTM v4.5 is shipping now.

Accellos 6.1 coming Soon!

2009-03-28T13:30:00.001-07:00

Accellos, a leading provider of supply chain execution software solutions, recently announced Accellos One Warehouse Version 6.1, the latest iteration of their highly successful warehouse management system.

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

About Accellos
Accellos, headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, is a global provider of logistics, warehouse, third-party logistics, transportation and mobile fleet management software solutions. The company addresses the supply chain management and execution market with warehouse management systems for multiple environments, including transportation management software and in-field mobile resource management solutions. Accellos' powerful supply chain execution solutions are easy to customize and implement, providing customers with more innovation for less investment.

MobileFrame Announces Release of Version 4.5 of their Configurable Mobile Application TM Product Suite

2009-03-24T23:58:00.001-07:00

MobileFrame Adds Instant Messaging, Enhanced Device Support and a Variety of Other Features to its Smart Mobile Computing Platforms
San Jose, Calif. -- Feb. 3, 2009 - MobileFrame, LLC (www.mobileframe.com) today announced release of version 4.5 of their Configurable Mobile Application TM Product Suite. MobileFrame's solution is the only truly Configurable Mobile Application TM Platform in the industry that enables novice users to create and deploy custom mobile applications without custom programming. MobileFrame's software platform is an entirely self-contained mobility system that provides full functionality out-of-the-box, with no custom programming, no third party mobile gateways, synchronization engines or SDK's required. With version 4.5, MobileFrame has added a slew of useful features such as real-time instant messaging, the ability to capture device snapshots, and support for the latest hi-resolution devices.
Instant Messaging. With MobileFrame's proprietary secure end-to-end instant messaging capability, administrators have full control and authorization over message senders, recipients and message grouping including full message audit record logs. In addition, this messaging operates in both connected and disconnect modes. MobileFrame is the only mobile platform on the market with fully integrated, Sarbanes Oxley compliant secure Instant Messaging built-in.
Enhanced System Administration. The Server Manager functionality has been enhanced to provide for increased scalability. The User Administration screen now supports grouping for better organization of large numbers of users. For example, you can now group device data by device name, OS version, device platform, device OEM, etc.
Device Snapshots. MobileFrame's Device Snapshot feature gives administrators the ability to capture a screenshot of a remote device's current screen. Administrators now have the ability to see exactly what the field worker sees on their device; a great resource for training, oversight and troubleshooting.
Enhanced Device Support and Graphics Handling. Version 4.5 now provides enhanced support for recent mobile computing advances including high resolution devices and landscape mode. Version 4.5 also includes advanced graphics handling that conserves device memory, renders transparency even on Windows Mobile Devices, and provides a thumbnail-list of all graphics in use. The expanded capability to use graphics in applications allows customers to present a more compelling user experience to facilitate acceptance by field workers.
Other features of Release 4.5 include:
In-Field Annotation of Photographs. MobileFrame now provides field workers the ability to capture a photo in the field then annotate the photo on-the-fly. For example, a mobile worker might take a picture of a damaged product then circle areas on that picture to highlight the damaged areas.
Improved MobileFrame Remote Manager. The Remote Manager now provides the ability to view data in groups (such as group by device, employment role, etc), allowing better organization of information. The remote manager now displays the remaining battery, free memory, free storage, database size, last connected date/time and pending activities for each user. Version 4.5 also has added the ability for administrators in the back-office to initiate a synchronization of the mobile device. In addition, the Remote Manager allows full auditing of MobileFrame Instant Messages and export of all Remote Manager Data.
Secured PDF Documents. An updated PDF workflow now supports the generation of password protected PDF documents allowing restriction of viewing, editing, printing and copying.
Updated URL Operations. In addition to allowing opening a URL in the browser via workflow, the updated URL Operations now also allow sending of an HTTP request and receiving a response back from the URL (e.g., screen-scraping a website).
Enhanced Synchronization Engine. The Sync engine has been enhanced to improve performance and scalability.
Memory Use Optimized. Several optimizations throughout the platform have led to a more efficient use of memory.
MobileFrame offers three Product Suites with varying degrees of capability so businesses may select the most cost effective solution for their mobile enterprise:
MobileFrame Standard Suite TM runs on a MS SQL Server database and contains all of the functionality required to create and deploy sophisticated workflow for any customers mobile workforce. The Standard Suite TM feature set includes conditional branching, basic math calculations, and peripheral device support [Cameras, Bar Code Scanners, Voice Notes, Digital Signatures].
MobileFrame Business Suite TM includes all Standard Suite functionality plus advanced workflow, support for additional peripheral devices, advanced calculator functions, and messaging/alerts.
MobileFrame Enterprise Suite TM includes all Business Suite functionality plus advanced messaging/alerts, Oracle, Sybase and DB2 database support and Java/Unix application server integration.
MobileFrame's Product Suites enable businesses to rapidly deploy a variety of mobile applications with a low total cost of ownership and a high return on investment. MobileFrame's Smart Architecture TM (Patent-Pending) provides a user friendly point and click desktop that enables novice computer users to easily create, deploy and manage sophisticated mobile applications without the need for costly and time-consuming custom coding typically required in mobile application development.
"MobileFrame's software has become the mobile platform standard at companies like JD Irving, Miller Pipeline, the US Navy and the Harris Corporation because of its unparalleled ease of use," said Lonny Oswalt, MobileFrame's CEO and President. "With release 4.5, our customers now have advanced features such as real-time instant messaging, device snapshots and enhanced device support along with the mobile enterprise data management, remote device configuration and update control, sophisticated workflow and prioritized synchronization capabilities that have been the foundation of our product suite. This release keeps MobileFrame at the forefront of enterprise mobility, providing customers the most flexible and comprehensive mobility system in the market."
MobileFrame Product Suite TM v4.5 is shipping now.
For more information on MobileFrame 4.5, please contact Glenn Tosco or glen@impactwmss.com

Accellos Announces Availability of Version 6.0 of Accellos One Warehouse

2009-03-24T23:49:00.001-07:00

The V6.0 release adds some asked-for features to the already rich solution:
Windows Mobile based handheld interface
Comprehensive directed putaway module
Integration with BarTender 8.5 for user-defined labels and bar coded output
Extensions to interface with external print engines
Introduction of Accellos One Common Components which provide a common set of services for all Accellos One products
The Accellos One family of products is built on the Microsoft .NET platform and employs a SQL database and search engine. “This standards-based architecture approach makes Accellos One Warehouse Version 6.0 especially attractive to small and mid-size companies,” says Ross Elliott, Accellos Chief Technology Officer. “Unlike solutions based on proprietary technologies, it is compatible with most ERP and accounting systems as well as with complementary packages like EDI and demand planning systems. Version 6.0 leverages the Microsoft framework, like Windows Mobile, to deliver highly functional, asked-for capabilities.
For more information on Accellos One Warehouse 6.0, please contact Glenn Tosco or glen@impactwmss.com

Accellos One Pulse Heads Into BETA Release

2009-03-24T23:42:00.000-07:00

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
We’re excited to announce that the BETA release of our new supply chain intelligence tool, Accellos One Pulse, is shipping to a limited set of “early adopters” this week. For those of you who haven’t heard about Pulse, it will knock your socks off. Built using our new .NET framework and the latest technologies from Microsoft like AJAX and SilverLight, Pulse provides a dashboard paradigm that crosses all of Accellos’ products. From a single browser, the user can see key performance indicators from 3PL, Warehouse, Collect for GP, Prophesy Dispatch, Transport (FreightLogix) and our new Claims Management system.
For more information on Accellos One Pulse, please contact Glenn Tosco or glen@impactwmss.com

Janam Hand Held Device

2008-10-15T21:39:00.000-07:00

Has anyone tried the Janam Hand Held Device with the Accellos One Warehouse software? I am looking for feedback as to how well this device is performing in the warehouse environment.

Supplies For The Holiday Season

2008-10-15T21:35:00.000-07:00

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2008-10-15T21:24:00.001-07:00

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2008-09-24T01:45:00.000-07:00

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