DCMS DEMO
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Agenda
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DCMS Introduction
User Management
Inbound Operations
Outbound Operations
Questions & Answers
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1. DCMS Introduction
What is DCMS
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 Automates distribution operations of
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manufacturers, wholesalers and 3PL providers.
Supports wide range of mobile devices
Interfaces with warehouse automation equipment
such as conveyor belts, sortation, material
handling.
Integrates with any ERP. SAP interface already
exists.
Small footprint. Easily customizable as your
business grows.
Low cost. Ideal for small to medium businesses.
Why DCMS
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 Proven warehouse management solution operational for past
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15 years. Successfully deployed at Maidenform Inc. USA,
Hanes Brands Inc., CJ Apparel, Ellen Tracy, Guess Canada
and many more
Fully Web Based. Access from anywhere using any device
Low customization costs and short payback period
Inventory accuracy up to 99.9%
Improved space utilization
Reduction in Damage/theft /safety stock
Reduction in operating expenses
Increased order fulfillment without increasing capacity or
labor
Ability to meet customer specific requirements
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DCMS DEMO
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Inbound Processes
Inbound Processes
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 Process 1: Receive cartons
 Scenario 1.1: Receive against ASN
 Scenario 1.2: Blind Receiving
 Process 2: Quality check
 Put-away
Scenario 1.1: Receiving Against ASN
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 The Carrier Paperwork contains shipment number,
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and expected cartons.
We will review and possibly update quality check
settings of the origin sewing plant.
Cartons can be received in a standard area or
specialized area.
Received cartons can be tagged with a season code to
aid future rework.
Multiple receivers will scan cartons as they are
unloaded from the truck.
Scenario 1.1 continued
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Some cartons will be sent for quality check because of vendor
profile settings.
Some cartons will be sent to forward pick locations because
they are immediately needed for picking.
Majority of the cartons will be staged for locating to storage
area.
Scenario 1.2: Blind Receiving
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We will demonstrate receiving of cartons for which we have no
ASN.
User will need to enter SKU and pieces of each received carton.
DCMS will auto-generate shipment information.
Carton ticket are printed if needed
Process 2: Quality Check
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 During receiving, Some cartons are moved for
quality check. We will use MAT module of DCMS to
perform quality check.
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You will notice that if irregulars are identified during quality
check and carton will be marked for correction.
Cartons which successfully pass quality check are moved to
storage.
Put-away
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DCMS supports multiple put-away methods.
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Guided Put away - You can pre-determine locations to locate
inventory and system will guide locator to these locations.
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Cross Dock- Locate to a staging area for quick cross dock.
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Utilize empty locations- Simply locate to system suggested
empty location.
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Outbound Operations
Outbound Operations
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 Download orders from ERP
 Wave Management
 Guided Box Pick
 Guided Pitching
 Conveyor Sortation
 Pallet sortation
 Box QC
 Appointment scheduling
 Shipping
Download Orders from ERP
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 Orders are periodically downloaded to DCMS
system from ERP or entered using flat file received
from customer.
 DCMS supports EDI standards for downloading
orders.
 DCMS can also provide customized interface for
integrating with ERP.
Wave Management
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 Allows you to search and select orders to ship and
allocate inventory to the orders. For this demo we
will pick order of customer Walmart.
 You will understand which UI options are
available to select an order.
 Search orders of Walmart in Pick Wave screen.
 Allocate inventory to these orders; this allows
picking process to trigger.
 Consolidate orders to reduce transportation
and shipping costs using EDI753-754
routing.
Guided Box Pick
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 Guided picking process of DCMS guides pickers to
exact locations using hand held mobile computer to
pick inventory.
 Picker affixes UCC and CCL labels to the carton and
drops them at the QC station or conveyor belt.
 QC is performed and then cartons are moved to
dock.
Guided Pitching
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 When the order being shipped is such that you can
pick full cartons from storage, cartons are created
from forward pick locations using piece picking
called Pitching in DCMS.
 DCMS uses best pick path algorithm to keep the
distance travelled the shortest.
 Half picked cartons are marked RED.
 Fully picked cartons can be sent for VAS if needed.
Conveyor Sortation
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 After picking cartons are placed on a conveyor for
sortation.
 Cartons are sorted using pre-configured rules in
DCMS.
 During sortation some of the cartons are moved for
QC, based on quality check percentage set. Please visit
our site at http://eclsys.com/index.php/demovideos/ to see how conveyor sortation is performed.
BoxQc
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 Cartons sent to QC station are checked for accuracy
by opening the carton and scanning each piece.
 Boxes which pass QC are sent back to QC station.
 Boxes which fail are corrected and then sent back to
shipping dock.
Pallet Sortation
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 Cartons are palletized for shipping in this process.
 If you do not use conveyor sortation in your warehouse this
process becomes primary sortation method.
 This process creates pallet while making sure that cartons
being put on pallet follow the routing rules. For example, two
cartons of same customer will not be mixed if their destination
is not same. DCMS provides multiple configurations to
support all business scenarios.
 After pallets are assembled, they are stored in dock locations
and await shipping.
Appointment Scheduling
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 Appointments can be scheduled in DCMS with the
carrier over phone, e-mail or fax.
 Reduces the risk of delays, lost productivity and
chargebacks.
 Option to let carriers and suppliers use web-based
interface to self-schedule shipments is planned.
 Trucker is provided a appointment number which he
can quote upon arrival in the warehouse/DC.
Guided Truck Loading
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 As trucker arrives to pick the shipment, he quotes
appointment number and shipping department
quickly loads the shipment.
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Guided truck loading guides you to pick these pallets and
ensures that correct pallets are loaded to truck.
Loaders enter the appointment number in ScanToTruck
screen. ScanToTruck guides them to the exact location where
pallet has been kept.
Sample screen
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Sample screen
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Shipping
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Shipping is the last process in DC operations. Pallet loaded to
the truck are ready to be dispatched.
Shipping manager creates a Bill of Lading and ships the order.
All required shipping documents like bill of lading, international
invoice, packing slips are automatically printed by system.
Use guided pickup and truck loading to reduce the chances of
sending wrong shipments.
If you use appointment scheduling and guided truck loading
process of DCMS.
Export information to ERP
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As orders are shipped, DCMS automatically uploads the shipping
details to the host ERP.
ERP processes this information for billing and accounting
purposes.
User management in DCMS
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 DCMS has role based access control for restricting
system access to authorized users. Roles are created for
various job functions. Each user can be assigned single or
multiple roles depending upon the business need.
 For this demo we will create users, John a supervisor and
Alex an operator.
 User Alex will be created during demo and he will be a
Receiving operator. User John has been pre-created and
will do every operation. It will also be demonstrated that
operator level user Alex is not able to change advanced
DCMS configurations.
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4.Questions & Answers
Useful links
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 DCMS demo videos can be found at
http://eclsys.com/index.php/demo-videos/
 To know about main DCMS clients see
http://eclsys.com/index.php/clients/
 To download brochures visit
http://eclsys.com/index.php/download-brochures/