Put-away & pick engine — FIFO/LIFO
Stage 5 · Warehouse & Transload
P1Expansion
Four-Lane View
Software Function
- ›Directed put-away: slotting by velocity, client rules, expiry — scan-confirmed Pick paths FIFO/LIFO/FEFO per client config; batch/wave/zone picking Every touch scan-logged: who, what, when, where — the audit trail billing runs on
Service Provider / Admin
- ›Labor productivity per function (picks/hr, put-aways/hr) with fair, visible standards Slotting reviews from velocity data — the building rearranges itself quarterly
User — Driver / IOO
- ›Outbound staged in load sequence — live-load dwell minimized for loop legs
Customer — Client / FF / NVOCC
- ›Inventory accuracy from scan discipline; rotation compliance provable on demand (audit-ready for CLIENT/FF/NVOCC CPG/food clients)
Software Function
- ›Directed put-away: slotting by velocity, client rules, expiry — scan-confirmed Pick paths FIFO/LIFO/FEFO per client config; batch/wave/zone picking Every touch scan-logged: who, what, when, where — the audit trail billing runs on
Competitors
Every WMS does directed put-away/pick — this is table stakes done well, not differentiation. Manhattan is the gold standard.
Differentiation
Parity feature executed at mid-market cost — the differentiation is that pick completion TRIGGERS the freight side (Stage 2/3) instead of printing a BOL for someone else’s truck.
Make It Better
The pick wave that ends as a dispatched loop leg with zero human handoff — pick-to-dispatch in one system, which Manhattan + McLeod + EDI can’t do in one day.