eTransfers, a new feature within Emydex\u2019s Warehouse Management module is a new development that gives food processing plants total control over stock transfers between sites, whether inter-company or 3rd party sites such as Cold Storage and Coldstore facilities.<\/p>\n
The business benefits of eTransfers include near real-time communications, guaranteed delivery, and box level traceability of stocks once put-away in 3rd party locations, a feature most legacy WMS systems are incapable of delivering.<\/p>\n
eTransfers uses email as its transport mechanism. Once received, emails are logged into the recipient Emydex system automatically for processing. \u201cWe chose to use email for three reasons\u201d said James Grennan, Technical Director with Emydex \u201cfirst, email is freely available to everyone \u2013 everyone has email. Second, email guarantees delivery in that if the recipient is offline, the email exchange will buffer the message and keep trying to resend until the message is finally delivered. Third, email offers single to multiple-point communications capabilities. One email message can be sent once to multiple locations or parties simultaneously\u201d he added. This all means there is a lesser chance of failure to deliver electronic messages than when using other transport mechanisms.<\/p>\n
All messages to be exported and imported between Emydex systems are in the form of structured XML using standard messaging protocols. The types of electronic messages transferred between sites includes Advanced Shipping Notices (ASNs), Shipment Receipt Notices, Shipment Dispatch Requests\/Notices, Inventory Level Requests\/Notices, Shipment Status Requests\/Notices and Inventory Update Notices. A shipment Dispatch Notice for example contains details such as shipment date, time, no pallets, no boxes etc.<\/p>\n
This is Emydex\u2019s version of EDI, only better, using which customers can exchange data with 3rd party systems in a standard secure and reliable way. Messages can be encrypted and compressed if required.<\/p>\n