HBC (Zellers/The Bay) is implementing a new requirement ( or at least enforcing an old one). ( Scheduled for May10/10).
UCC 128 – (00) 1 Pallet
UCC 128 – (00) 0 Case
For any retailer requiring ASN's with these labels we would always either label as a Pallet, or each carton depending on how the inventory is managed/ordered.... never both on the same order.
HBC now wants to have both on each (bulk) order, so if we ship 10 pallets of product with 100 ctns per pallet, we now have to generate 10 pallet labels, and a label for every carton on the pallet (1000 labels total). Each carton label is also a 4x6 label.
We need to modify our WMS to handle the labeling simultaneously as it was only ever designed to do one or the other, and until now no one ever asked otherwise?
Is this a headache for anyone else? if you ship to HBC this will affect you most likely.
I can appreciate that labeling at case level uniquely can give good control over all attributes of the case ( Article, Lot, batch etc), but this can also be accomplished by establishing standards at production level using serialized case codes.... I know that can add a lot of overhead with systems, but I'd rather have a system manage this instead of add additional cost to the backend.
Just looking for Feedback
snaf
UCC 128 – (00) 1 Pallet
UCC 128 – (00) 0 Case
For any retailer requiring ASN's with these labels we would always either label as a Pallet, or each carton depending on how the inventory is managed/ordered.... never both on the same order.
HBC now wants to have both on each (bulk) order, so if we ship 10 pallets of product with 100 ctns per pallet, we now have to generate 10 pallet labels, and a label for every carton on the pallet (1000 labels total). Each carton label is also a 4x6 label.
- So an order that previously had 10 labels now has 1010 labels
- Increase Labor to not only apply label but also may have to pull skid apart to reach inner cartons
- Increase Order Process time - backlog
- Increase character count in EDI ( cost depends on contract and method)
We need to modify our WMS to handle the labeling simultaneously as it was only ever designed to do one or the other, and until now no one ever asked otherwise?
Is this a headache for anyone else? if you ship to HBC this will affect you most likely.
I can appreciate that labeling at case level uniquely can give good control over all attributes of the case ( Article, Lot, batch etc), but this can also be accomplished by establishing standards at production level using serialized case codes.... I know that can add a lot of overhead with systems, but I'd rather have a system manage this instead of add additional cost to the backend.
Just looking for Feedback
snaf
