Mobile phone industry envisages
ever changing business needs more rapidly than any other industry. People
upgrade to new cell phones not because their old phones were broken, but
because advances in technology had made them obsolete. Technology advancements
keep the production / assembly process getting changed quite frequently. As a
result production warehouses of mobile phones need dynamic workflow management
to cater to this unique and most vital characteristic of this industry. WMS
Products which offer dynamic configuration of workflows using multiple exit
points are the most preferred. RedPrairie’s dynamic workflow
configurations which are easy to make at various exit points is highly useful
to the warehouse operations. For example when a battery model gets changed and
the labels on the battery has to be verified post identification, a workflow
with exit point as post-identify can easily be configured to instruct the workforce
to validate the labels on the batteries before being put away into the storage
shelves.
Companies are forced to source
from multiple sourcing points and manufacture at globally distributed
warehouses before being shipped to the customer. Improving flexibility in the
supply chain processes is the key in this industry as makes and models keep
changing quite rapidly. This requires warehouse management process to be highly
parameterized and controls and checks can be dynamically changed. RedPrairie’s
parameterized policy frame work enables and caters to this need so well that
many other products miss in this industry. System policies and frameworks of
various operational policies enable it as the right choice for the mobile phone
manufacturing warehouses.
Running a globally distributed
supply chain needs high visibility of inventory levels to various participants
in the supply chain such as suppliers and customers. RedPrairie’s web enabled
reporting features ensures high web visibility and hence fits as the right choice
for this industry. The dashboards and reports both standard and customized can
give a great visibility on the inventory levels to the suppliers. Vendor
managed inventory supply chain thus gets equipped with right systems and tools.
Many of the mobile warehouses are
custom bonded warehouses as they have been set up in special economic zones to
gain tax benefit advantages. This results in a need for sharing the inventory
detail with the customs department as a matter of regional legal compliance. RedPrairie’s
DLx integrator caters to the easy and trouble free integration needs so well
that many customers rely on it than any other product in this industry.
This industry calls for a list
picking. For example, to ship out one mobile phone unit for assembly, one
handset, one battery, one earphone and one user guide needs to be picked and
dispatched for light assembly. Thus married product picking and list picking is
vital in this industry. RedPrairie enables these features smoother than any
other product in the market.
Serialized inventory along with
serial number merging operation is often required here. Suppose a vendor has a
particular serial number and the other spare part as a different serial number,
when assembled, serial numbers might need to be merged to get unique serial
number. RedPrairie’s merge serial operation is a boon for this requirement.
Functional features
that enable RP as a right choice for mobile phone industry
Apart from its ability to define
workflows specific to a supplier or a part, its ability in parcel manifesting
is commendable. It has integrated, 3PL specific parcel manifesting features for
the leading logistics providers and hence a ready to use parcel manifesting
application is inbuilt within it. It can also be easily integrated to external
parcel manifesting applications if the unique manifesting needs call for them.
With high parameterized
configuration capabilities and other key features that are unique to RP which
are vital for the mobile phone industry, RP as the preferred choice of WMS for
this industry is here to stay.
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