Order processing PPS is the core task of overseas warehouses. Pick → Pack → Ship. Automated batch shipments are realized based on orders. The goal is to ensure that customer orders can be shipped smoothly. Since multiple links are involved, the shortest link in the “barrel effect” of order processing is picking. When receiving customer orders, there is no parallel warehouse order matching for domestic e-commerce in overseas warehouses. The system automatically completes the inventory allocation, review, combination of waves, and task issuance of orders.
The core method of picking is Wave planning, which uses operations research principles to reasonably balance workload and resource efficiency and automatically guide picking activities. Waves aggregate multiple orders and then classify them according to certain standards to form a picking batch, and the picking tasks in the batch are then assigned to pickers.
Therefore, the wave is to optimize the order and generate the job task with the greatest efficiency. When generating the wave, you need to consider a lot of rules and logic, matching the routing, order volume, priority, express products, and commodities. specifications and other constraints. “Fruit picking and sowing” are two basic picking methods. Based on the characteristics of e-commerce orders, such as grading, time sharing, partitioning, ABC frequency dividing, etc., warehouses can form various operating modes and picking strategies, and serve as waves. analysis and continuous optimization conditions.
For example, in large warehouses, sometimes it is necessary to properly partition picking, taking into account the optimization of time window batching, operating areas, etc. Employees are familiar with the location of goods, which can improve picking speed and accuracy and avoid traversing all shelves. Pickers spend more than 70% of their time walking repeatedly. On average, each picker walks about 20 to 25 kilometers a day. It is crucial to reduce the intensity of walking.
Task management determines the execution process and scope of warehouse personnel. The system instructs warehouse locations to pick goods, debit accounts in real time, and provides the best path selection, such as W-type, S-type, etc. to optimize picking paths to reduce walking. . If you want to completely avoid walking, you can only rely on warehouse automation “goods to person” AGV technology.
After the picking is completed, “compounding, packaging, weighing, and labeling” are carried out. Document printing includes waybills, invoices, shopping lists, promotional materials, etc. After the packaging is completed, the express can be shipped, and a final review is performed to avoid mis-delivery or missed delivery. A loading list is formed, counting and handover, freight accounting, in-warehouse cleaning, and inventory deduction completed when leaving the warehouse.
It is rare to move overseas warehouses. The difficulty of warehouse relocation is that orders cannot be interrupted, the old warehouse continues to ship goods, and the stocked goods are quickly transported to the new warehouse at the same time. Try to achieve multi-threading at the same time to cope with promotional activities. The key is to train and schedule temporary manpower to ensure that job information can be traced and analyzed. A small number of shipment abnormalities often consume a lot of tracing and processing energy.