Distribution Center Management Software

The Vendor is required to provide conducting marketplace research regarding an integrated, automated system solution (“solution”) for distribution center operations that leverages current technology and industry best practices.
- Solutions that support the operational needs (including robust inbound/outbound logistics, forecasting, directed putaway, and issue/exception tracking) of a food-grade distribution center handling frozen, refrigerated, and non-refrigerated food, as well as housekeeping and other supplies, including HAZMAT items.
- Systems that use modern technologies, are browser neutral, and can scale to support increases in work over the coming years.
- A read-only customer accessible catalog with pricing, pictures, and links to Safety Data Sheets (SDS), as applicable, outside of customer order entry that synchronizes with the product data from the system.
- Customer order fulfillment, including but not limited to:
o Checking the orders for errors before shipping.
o Invoice generation (electronic, paper and by email).
o Bill of lading printing (paper).
- Receiving goods.
- Moving goods between locations.
- Lot control and tracking, including reporting.
- SDS classifications.
- Task management, including task interleaving.
- Cross docking.
- Labor management and productivity tracking capabilities (performance metrics).
- Charging for monthly storage.
- Vendor performance.
- User queries.
- Automated user notifications.
- Comment entry.
- Role based user access levels.
- Multiple package sizes for the same product. For example, receiving by the case and selling by the pack (i.e. Broken case, catch weights, etc.).
- Ability to create user defined fields.
- Customer notifications.
- Purchasing, forecasting, and analysis.