Features

OrderStreamIMS™ offers a number of tools to manage inventory levels in the warehouse, on the dock or in shipment. The mobile app can scan inventory items as they leave, enter or move through the warehouse. The web application provides up-to-date inventory levels and locations in addition to tools to exchange data with your office systems. For more information click on any of the bullet items below:

IMS Modules

There are five modules in OrderStreamIMS™ to manage shipping, picking, packing, receiving and inventory cycle counting. The inventory data can be maintained within OrderStreamIMS™ or brought in from an office system. The application can be used for lot-controlled, serialized or date sensitive inventory and can accomodate multiple warehouses. The web application can be used to print picking, packing and putaway lists. Use OrderStreamIMS™ to:

• Maintain up-to-date inventory counts and location
• Track inventory levels
• Receive items into a warehouse or other location
• Maintain the proper balance of inventory levels
• Track inventory as it is transported between locations
• Reduce product obsolescence and spoilage

• Receiving
  A Purchase Order can be created with either OrderStreamOMS™ or OrderStreamIMS™ web applications or imported from an external system. An android device synchronizes with the OrderStream™ server to download the PO. The receiver can verify the incoming shipment against the PO adding items that are received but not in the PO. Ad-hoc PO's can be created to record incoming shipments that aren't within OrderStreamIMS™. The receiver can close the PO and generate a putaway list to record the item's final destination.
• Putaway
  Warehouse staff can generate a putaway list from a PO to record the movement of items from the receiving dock to the item's storage location. Alternatively, the Putaway module can record the movement of inventory within a warehouse by scanning the item's from and to location.
• Picking
  Picklists can be imported from an external system, created using the OrderStreamIMS™ web application or converted from an OrderStreamOMS™ sales order. Picklists are synchronixed to the device based on picklist priority. They can also be assigned to specific users. When the picklist is synchronized, all of the current inventory quantities and locations for each picklist item is captured on the device so a picker will have up-to-date location info. This info can be updated at any time with current server location data. A packing list can be generated using the picklist and picked quantities.
• Packing
  A packing list can be generated using the picklist and picked quantities or downloaded from the server. Scanning items as they are packed can improve shipping accuracy.
• CycleCount
  The CycleCount module simplifies and improves accuracy when conducting a physical inventory and/or cycle count.

Mobile Devices

• Android native application  
  All of the traditional OrderStream™ features are available on a variety of android tablets and smartphones. Bluetooth enabled devices can be paired with the Motorola CS3000 Series scanners. The CipherLab RS30 handheld is a ruggedized devices with an integrated bar code scanner. With the aid of a third party application, the smartphone or tablet's camera can be used as a scanner. Synchronization to the OrderStream™ server can be done wirelessly via wifi or cellular signal.
• Pre-defined order comments
  The Orderstream web application gives you an opportunity to enter a set of comments that will be downloaded to the warehouse worker's mobile device. The worker can add any or all of these comments to an order as well as any ad hoc comments durng the order completion step. Item specific comments can be added at any point while handling an order.

Administration

• Centrally managed and maintained data
  Inventory information is uploaded to the OrderStream™ server from the back office system and is immediately available to the web application. Pickers and receivers receive the updated information on their next mobile handheld synchronization. Software is managed and maintained by Order Logistics IT staff.
• Server info
  The OrderStream™ Server lies in the center of the Order Logistics family of products. It functions as the hub of all activity and provides the following functionality:

  • Data synchronization of remote handhelds via the Internet.
  • Initialization of new handhelds allowing zero-maintenance for units in the field.
  • Corporate database maintenance via Web application which allows for user configuration, system settings and table maintenance (inventory, locatios etc...) directly at it's source.
  • Upload and/or download of data (inventory, picklists, PO's, etc...) via secure FTP communication or AS2 file transfers.
  • Statistics and reporting for daily, monthly and yearly reports.
  • Nightly backups of your data.

  The synchronization server, AS2 servers and secure web servers are hosted at Rogers Communications, a world class data center located in Ottawa, Ontario. This facility features multi-homed large-bandwidth connectivity to all the major Internet backbones, triple redundancy battery backup including on-site gas-powered generators, full server maintenance including on-time patching, virus monitoring and firewall configuration. This assures the highest throughput and 22 hours per day up-time.

• Data Exchange
  Inventory, picklist and purchase order files can be manually uploaded to/downloaded from the server to your back office system. Your company can also use the AS2 protocol to automatically exchange files.
• User maintenance
  The adminstrative user adds and maintains OrderStreamIMS™ users. Users can be defined as a user of one or multiple modules. Warehouse staff can be set up for either web access, mobile handheld access or both.
• Accounting system interfaces
  OrderStream's data exchange interfaces are compatible with any large or small back office system.