COFE™ is and acronym for Continuous Order Fulfillment Executor and is the first Warehouse Control System that processes orders without Waves for distribution centers. The rapid growth in internet commerce has driven the need for more efficiency in the Direct to Consumer distribution. The requirements and instant demands of consumers ordering over the internet have placed extra burdens on traditional wave based distribution methodologies. Consumers demand instant feedback on their order processing, they want their order delivered tomorrow.
Real-time optimization allows for...
Dynamic Labor Balancing
- Real-time, system-directed labor balancing across multiple work zones
- Based on current priorities and workload demands
- Synchronizes the operation of all work zones
- Accounts for "zone transfer" penalties in excessive worker movements
Sorting Machine Optimization
- Real-time optimized decision item sortation
- Increased sortation capacity by 28%
- Reduced "problem orders" by 75%
- Reduced processing labor
- Allows workers to work to their own capacity
Next-order Optimization
- Real-time decision of the next order to release
- Based on order priority, ship requirements, order ages, picker locatins and available inventory
- Allows nearly immediate processing of priority orders
- Determines what orders are "not picked" in resource-limited operatiing conditions
Resolve Batch Picking
- Elimination of low productivity wave transition periods
- Maximized continuous resource utilization
- Leveling of processses, eliminating harmonic peaks and valleys behavior
COFE™ VIEW Reporting & Management Tools
There are in excess of 150 standard COFE™ VIEW reports and management tools to assist you in keeping pace with the real-time activities happening within your distribution center. In addition, COFE VIEW's intuitive design allows even the most novice of users the ability to create custom reports in just minutes to meet their individual needs.