Hoffman Inbound Inventory Management System Improvement

Abstract

Lester Sales needed a solution for its outdated inbound inventory system. We created a phone application so warehouse employees could reduce the time to put away an inbound shipment. We analyzed where time was being wasted in the original inbound process and improved these steps using our app. The app allows for the Director of Operations to create a shipment list in the app based on the inbound shipment of commercial products. From there, he can assign the shipment to a warehouse employee. This employee will follow a list of product numbers and primary bin locations where they need to go to. If the primary location is full, they have an option to select an overstock location. The overstock option will allow them to input the product number and bin location where the product was placed. Any product that was placed into overstock will be created into a separate list for the Hoffman Inventory Operator to make sure they shift said product into the proper bin location using the central computer system. We streamlined the complicated process that the people at Lester Sales had to go through. This will save Lester Sales money on the turn-around of products and maximize the commission they receive.