Warehouse Management Mobile Devices Do Work Well With Dynamics 365!

Those Mobile Devices do work well with Dynamics 365 if the mobile device menus are created properly with just the right amount of control paired with enough freedom for the worker to make choices at the proper times.

Because this balance of control with freedom is a business decision, the setup of a Mobile Device Menu Item takes time and serious thought.

Of consideration should be other factors such as:

• The Mobile Device worker setup – Workers can be limited in their ability to access work on the Mobile Device by warehouse and menu.
• Location Directives, used in the Work Templates – Directives can limit or allow flexibility for the worker to move products from/to warehouse locations.  The Location Directives can also be used to restrict the moves to specific inventory categories, statuses, units of measure and dimensions as well as locations.
• Work Exceptions – Work exceptions, presented to the worker on the mobile device, define the limitations placed on the worker, when an exception, such as a short pick, is encountered as well as the automatic actions to be taken by the system (or the lack thereof).
• Work Pools – Work Pools can be created and work templates assigned to Work Pools used to organize work to be assigned to specific workers.
• Work Audit Templates – Work can be audited as it is being performed on the mobile device if called for and documented in a Work Audit Template.  An example of something to be captured in a Work Audit Template would be on inbound raw materials where a check of contents temperature is required and must be within a specific range before it can be accepted.

Any of these objects in combination with the Mobile Device Menu Item, are the basis for the mobile device processes to be used in the warehouse by the workers.  And at any time, the work can be viewed in Dynamics 365 to determine progress, status, who is doing what, what is remaining to do, etc.

Check out the full post and Mobile Device Menus navigation here!