To fully understand the interface between QAD Warehousing and a TMS, concepts from QAD 2008 EE, a TMS, and third-party information-exchange components are discussed first.

Distribution centers play a key role in a successful supply chain implementation. QAD Warehousing works with a TMS to improve productivity, quality, and throughput for distribution centers.

QAD Warehousing lets warehouse staff batch pick for distribution orders. During bulk picking when staff confirm transactions for a distribution order requisition, if the Create Shipper field is Yes in the Miscellaneous frame of Internal Routing Maintenance (4.2.5) the system creates the pre-shipper for distribution orders. When staff confirm the warehouse transactions, the confirmed item quantities are included on a distribution order shipper, just like those created in the Distribution Orders Shipping Menu (12.19).

Likewise, in wave planning, the system creates and confirms distribution order pre-shippers and shippers. Using the RF, warehouse staff can update the distribution order pre-shipper/shipper. You can choose to add distribution orders, sales orders, or both to a selection that is sent to the TMS for load optimization. Once optimized, you can add the distribution order to a wave for batch picking.

The following RF functions work with distribution orders:

Order Management Control (4.13.24) lets you allocate distribution and work order lines due in days, specify calculations for allocations, and define in which sequence the system allocates order lines gets allocated. Order Warehouse Allocations (4.13.17) let you create order line allocations. This program allocates distribution and work orders in the same way that Sales Order Auto Allocations (7.1.7) allocates lines for sales orders. The order in which the system allocates is determined by settings in Order Management Control.