{"id":9356,"date":"2021-03-16T09:23:20","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T16:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/?p=9356"},"modified":"2025-04-16T11:49:44","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T18:49:44","slug":"improving-traceability-and-material-handling-systems-efficiency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/improving-traceability-and-material-handling-systems-efficiency","title":{"rendered":"Improving Traceability and Material Handling Systems Efficiency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;9357&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manufacturing material handling systems have historically used simplified data collection methods. It wasn\u2019t until traceability became a customer requirement in recent years that the need grew for more effective integrated material handling systems. It was then that many companies began their digital journey looking for systems that improved traceability and material handling efficiency.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adopting New Material Handling Systems<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.materialhandling247.com\/article\/moving_parts_material_handling_systems_for_manufacturers_have_evolved\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">recent article<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Material Handling 24\/7<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, QAD Product Manager Brent Shooltz discusses the digitization of the warehouse with four examples of how improved material handling systems can reduce labor, increase productivity, lower costs and increase <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/metrics-matter-inventory-accuracy\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">inventory accuracy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Systems Patchwork<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When an expensive third-party barcoding solution doesn\u2019t integrate with their <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/what-is-erp\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ERP system<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a manufacturer can lose transactions, resulting in incorrect shipping documents, unpaid supplier invoices and inaccurate inventory totals. By integrating barcoding data collection with the ERP system, the manufacturer gains true data integrity.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Materials Replenishment on the Shop Floor<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finding the right balance of timely and efficient material replenishment to production requires the best mix of technology and methodology. An integrated planning, scheduling, production execution and materials replenishment solution, with all system components \u201ctalking to each other\u201d in real-time, gives manufacturers the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/metrics-matter-supply-chain-effectiveness\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">efficiencies they need<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Next Level of Traceability<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manufacturers need a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/managing-recalls-with-adaptive-erp\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">solution that traces materials<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the moment the inbound receipts container is unloaded from the truck, tracking the duration spent outside climate-controlled locations, identifying who removed or added material to the container and quantifying the test results of recorded attributes, such as grade and country of origin. Next, the solution must record WIP serial items where they are consumed and validate purchased components in the outbound shipping process. Customer satisfaction depends on having the right system in place for proper materials tracing.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Automating the Warehouse<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Warehouses have limited space, staff and equipment. Replacing paper pick lists, verbal instructions, and visual cues with an automated materials handling system that is event- and data-driven streamlines operations. It gives real-time updates and prioritizes balancing for materials handlers. A customer might successfully reduce its material handling headcount using automated material replenishment instruction technology embedded in the ERP system.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What\u2019s Next?\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Warehouses are evolving. With the availability of real-time data, manufacturers can increase productivity, gaining effectiveness and traceability compliance. Technologies are available today that offer process automation, such as ASRS (Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems), AGV (Autonomous Guided Vehicles), Augmented Reality and Machine Learning, all of which analyze inventory movements and further optimize storage. <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/cloud-erp\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">QAD Adaptive ERP<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> eliminates manual material handling processes to align with shop floor requirements and customer needs. 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