TLE.market callers have the experience and knowledge to qualify key issues with executives in areas of inventory and warehouse management.  This type of expertise is used to help us ask the right questions of a busy exec and avoid irrelevant questions that may lead them to hang up.  

Below are just a few of the high level & granular topics we can discuss:

Examples of High Level Issues
• Leaning-out operations/ increasing picker efficiencies
• Increasing inventory accuracy to 99.9% 
• Quality Management (Six Sigma) 
• Government compliance (FDA, DoD, FDA...) 

Examples of Granular Knowledge
Receiving
• Receiving by PO, or inter-org move, to a barcode device 
• Receiving  ASNs may be an issue
• Barcode labels can be printed at point of receipt
• Tolerances for over/ unders can be set-up or taken from the PO
• Incoming data like date-of-manufacture or serial # can be captured
• Shipments can be cross-docked
• Managers may need to reject shipments

Put away
• Put away can be directed or dynamic
• Workers may need to override suggested put away locations
• Workers may need to be directed to alternate overstock bins
• Some material may be flagged for QA disposition
• Some locations may need to be held/ reserved
• Pallets may need to be virtual put away locations
• Managers may want to dynamically assign put away tasks

Inventory Management
• Inventory may need to be tracked by expiring date
• Bins locations may use mix inventory or not allow mixing
• Cycle counting may be enforced on a periodic basis
• Manual inventory adjustments may need to be made
• Certain "zones" may need to be designated for customers
• Inventory in zones can be reserved and be nettable or non-nettable
• Inventory look-ups may be required from a remote device

Picking
• Strategies may be set; ie. FIFO, LIFO, serial number based...
• Companies may need to integrate with ASRSs or carousels
• Pick order may need to be dynamically sent to RF devices
• Best pick routes may need to be established
• Managers may need to use dynamic wave picking
• Pickers may need to pick-short or be redirected to fill an order
• Pickers may need to do task-interleaving (picking & pulling)

Shipping
• Workers may need to stage material for shipment
• Bills of landing and export documents may be printed
• Packing slips may need to be printed
• Truck slotting for space efficiency may be an issue
• Managers may want to select carrier based on rate/ route
• Barcodes may need to be printed for a piece or a pallet
• ASNs may need to be sent

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