The challenge of shipping logistics

With the WHS module, Microsoft has created the basis to map the high demands of the industrial and logistics sector as far as possible with standard functionalities. Additional functions - based on customer requirements - are constantly being added. The module is enormously multi-layered and complex in structure. Thanks to this complexity, customer-specific requirements can be optimally implemented with the standard settings. Of course, the end user does not see these interlocking settings. The employee opens his mobile device and is guided step by step through his daily work without having to know which process steps are being carried out in the background.

Microsoft offers the possibility of a flexible process structure from incoming goods to warehousing. The logistics processes are completely integrated into production and transport management and offer comprehensive control of inventory levels, storage volumes and their stock limits. Various inventory statuses give users the option of stock control of normal items, serial or batch number-controlled items. Various counting functions are available as standard for inventory security.  The shipping process can be set up using different picking strategies; one example is "pick-to-ship", where the shipping items are picked directly into the shipping carton. Furthermore, "cluster picking", in which the picking process can be optimised. Of course, out-of-the-box barcode scanners are supported and the necessary label printers can be triggered by label routing. The module also offers fully integrated quality control as well as tracking of the workers' material handling. With the integration of Power BI (Business Intelligence), business-relevant key figures can be determined. Microsoft is constantly working on new functions to optimise them continuously.