Material Handling

The material handling functionality of Infor MES can enable requests to deliver materials to production to be fulfilled by Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) or logistics teams.

Additionally, MES enables receipt of inbound deliveries, outbound shipments - where materials for outbound shipments are picked and loaded for delivery, and internal inventory movement requests – where material requests and replenishment orders can be raised manually by operators or automatically by MES based on a predefined trigger.

These are the key benefits of the material handling capability of Infor MES:

  • Receiving raw materials at goods in
  • Unload and put away of inbound deliveries
  • Control the flow and use of that material through production
  • Manage raw materials and Work in Progress (WIP) in the warehouse and production storage locations
  • Manage use-by and use-after dates and First-in, First-out (FIFO) rules
  • Handle material movement requests and picking to and from production lines
  • Integrate with AGVs and Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems (ASRS)
  • Pick and load inventory for outbound shipments
  • Use of mobile scanners, kiosks, and mobile devices
  • Perform warehouse transactions on inventory, for example, split, merge, sort, scrap, reclassify, and so on

After integration with your ERP, these additional capabilities are available:

  • Download inbound deliveries and outbound shipments
  • Upload delivery and shipment confirmations