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LFS – Logistics Focused Solutions Integrated Total Solutions LFS – Logistics Focused Solutions Integrated total solutions EPS – Ehrhardt + Partner Solutions DWC-LLC | Software Systems for Warehouse Logistics P.O.Box 644 300 | Dubai, UAE | Phone (+971) 4-870 1000 | Fax (+971) 4-870 1050 [email protected] | www.ehrhardt-partner.ae Warehouse-Management by E+P The internationally leading expert for warehouse logistics Ehrhardt + Partner GmbH & Co. KG | Software Systems for Warehouse Logistics Alte Römerstraße 3 | D-56154 Boppard-Buchholz | Germany | Phone (+49) 67 42-87 27 0 | Fax (+49) 67 42-87 27 50 [email protected] | www.ehrhardt-partner.com Contents LFS – Logistics Focused Solutions ................................................................................... 3 A system for all requirements The warehouse management system for all platforms Open system solution for your IT architecture LFS as a central solution for your warehouse logistics .................................................... 6 The total solution for your individual task definitions Central software installation for different countries and warehouses LFS as a hosting and cloud solution Setting standards with innovations ................................................................................... 8 Pick-by-Voice Voice service and support RFID Multi-order picking LFS – a system solution all types of work ...................................................................... 10 Professional connection of automatic warehouse units Systematic warehouse modernisation Sound advice and scheduled implementation ............................................................... 11 Responsibility for implementation as main contractor Return on investment and concrete integration results LFS modules for your individual warehouse management system ................................ 12 Detailed overview of the LFS modules and functions Comprehensive service and qualified training sessions ................................................. 17 International service and perfect support Warehouse training sessions and seminars References ...................................................................................................................... 18 National and international customer projects from the commercial sector, production and logistics service industries Ehrhardt + Partner – internationally leading expert for warehouse logistics .................. 19 Data. Facts. Figures. 2 LFS LFS – Logistics Focused Solutions Transportation Warehouse Cloud and Material Flow Yard Pick Management Solutions Management Hosting Controller Management Management · Route Planning Solutions Solutions (Pick-by-Voice, · Telematics · System Guided Handhelds, · Transit Management Operations RFID, Pick-by-Light, Pick-to-Belt) Stock Control · Inventory Management · Supports VAS – Value Added Services Yard Management Video Documentation for vehicles with RFID and Video Transport Management Dock Management · Calculation Full integration with · Loading · Integrated Dashboards Shipping System · Resource Management · KPI’s · Job Control IBM iSeries LFS 3 LFS – Logistics Focused Solutions The modular LFS warehouse management system can be used across various industries and is designed both for simple and more demanding requirements. The standard system supported by a relational database controls the entire material and information flow in lo- gistics centres by means of dialogue supported applications. A system for all requirements The warehouse management system for The warehouse management system with a capacity all platforms for multiple clients and corporate groups is suitable for With the LFS, Ehrhardt + Partner is offering an excep- international, multilingual use in the commercial sector, tionally efficient and flexible warehouse management as well as in the production and logistics service indus- system for controlling the entire material and informa- tries. LFS guarantees an increase in process and proce- tion flow in logistics centres. The system was originally dural efficiency, facilitates noticeable savings and long- developed on the IBM i5 platform (formerly the AS/400) term maintainability at low costs. This system can be and today is fully accessible with all functions for Linux used to automatically optimise the use of all warehouse and Windows platforms as well. LFS is distinguished resources, such as staff, warehouse technology and by a consistently high performance and reliability on all conveyor technology. Furthermore, this extremely reli- platforms. able solution enables continuous transparency regard- ing the current situation in all manual and automated The warehouse management system runs on Linux, warehouse units. Microsoft Windows and the system IBM i5. Programming takes place with a single-code base ensuring that all the The high development standard of the LFS warehouse features of the high-performing modular system are pre- management system guarantees customers maximum served on the preferred hardware and operating system. investment security and is future-proof; it also ensures The operation of the warehouse management system is high functionality and an extremely economical quality identical on all systems. product. To safeguard this software investment, Ehrhardt + Partner also offers its customers a highly modern, fully LFS runs trouble-free on all market-leading data bases furnished logistics centre for demonstration purposes. like MS SQL, MySQL, Oracle and DB2 from IBM. Being Individual processes and warehouse requirements can able to adapt LFS to the standard data bases already be shown in practice even before purchasing the ware- used by the customer is a decisive investment advan- house management software. Consequently E+P gives tage that can reduce expenses. you early assurance that by purchasing the LFS you are acquiring a product optimally tailored to your current LFS is characterized by a consistently high performance and future requirements. and reliability on all platforms. 4 LFS Open system solution for your IT architecture Due to its open interfaces, the LFS warehouse manage- ment system can be optimally integrated into existing IT landscapes. It goes without saying that the LFS system has communication interfaces with all conventional ERP, MMS and MRP systems; likewise there are services for use in SOA environments, easy connection of software systems programmed specific to the customer or inde- pendently developed software systems. For example, the warehouse management system has standard interfaces to ERP systems like SAP, ORACLE, STEEB, Microsoft Dynamics, COPA, Lawson, J.D. Edwards, MAPICS, SoftM, Baan and many more. Reliable integration of LFS into these systems and connection to prevailing carrier haulage, customs and online shop systems has already been put to the test in multiple projects. Problem-free data exchange using computers and other software systems via EDI, IDOCS, XML, FTP, DDM, TCP/IP MQSeries socket connections, etc. is guaran- teed. LFS also supports requirements stemming from ISO 9000 certification with regard to product identifica- tion and material flow control. LFS 5 LFS as a central solution for your warehouse logistics The total solution for your individual task definitions The basic version of LFS is available as a preconfigured to future, customer-specific processes and procedures. starter package. As a directly operational, inter-site The LFS grows with your needs and requirements warehouse solution, this basic package fulfils all the without having to change existing databases. The ware- fundamental requirements of warehouse management house management software can be operated and man- with extensively uniform logistical basic requirements. aged by employees inexperienced in software use; even All other modules are already pre-installed and can comprehensive system maintenance is usually carried be activated at any time as required. By using starter out by customers themselves. The necessary know-how modules, the system achieves high economic profit for this is conveyed by E+P in correspondingly planned even with small warehouses. Due to the high degree of training and seminar sessions. parameterisation, the LFS can also be easily adapted 6 LFS With LFS as a standard system for warehouse management, we have created standards in terms of innovation, development, economic efficiency and reliability, and thereby continu- ally set new standards for warehouse logistics. Efficient warehouse logistics are counted amongst LFS as a hosting and cloud solution the deciding factors for success in all areas, such as For strategic solutions in information technology, the commerce and production, and for logistics service company has created a carefully matched outsourcing providers as well. For Just-in-Sequence strategies, the service for the management and operation of the ware- supply chain must be perfectly organised and function house management system and the IT infrastructure smoothly. In this respect, the LFS is a central build- it requires. The subsidiary EPX – Ehrhardt + Partner ing block in your supply chain. This powerful system Xtended was founded especially for those solutions. In ensures optimised processes, maximum transparency a modern computer center, with a powerful high-avail- and efficiency in the warehouse and consequently over ability solution, hosting is implemented for international the entire supply chain. The result is a noticeable reduc- companies from Germany, Eastern Europe, and Brazil. tion in your logistics costs. The range of services
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