How D365 FO Meets Retail Outbound Needs | Order Entry and Wave Planning | Approach to D365 for Commerce with Adv WH Mgmt

Hi Guys, Welcome to another series where we will discuss how D365 FO complies with Retail Outbound requirements that we outlined in our previous series of Retail Outbound needs for direct to consumer and brick and mortar retailers and we will also talk a little bit about what sort of enhancements or augmentation partners might need to fit D365 FO more closely to the Outbound side of a Retail Warehouse operation.

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Summarizing Standard Retail Outbound Needs | Approach to D365 for Commerce with Adv WH Mgmt

Hi Guys, So here we are at the end of this lengthy series on Retail Outbound needs of the Retail Warehouse. This series was designed to give you insight into the needs and requirements that Retail Warehouses have on the outbound side of their business. We also discussed as we went through that some of the unique operating characteristics of Retail Warehouses. Let us summarize the learning from this series.

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Store and Shipping Staging Process| Standard Retail Outbound Needs | Approach to D365 for Commerce with Adv WH Mgmt

Hi Guys, Hope you have read my previous post where we discussed about one of those unique requirements of Retail Warehousing, but it’s not as common as some of the other things such as personalization or manifesting, and that is Auditing. In this blog, we are going to discuss about how the cartons get to the brick-and-mortar stores. After packing, what needs to happen is the products or the cartons that are going to a particular store will be brought to a store staging area. There will be one pallet set up or a couple pallets for every store that’s shipping the next day. So then at the end of the day, they’ll be brought down to the shipping staging area in front of the door where they’re going to load. So you really have two staging areas for product that’s going to the stores:

  • Store Staging Area
  • Shipping Staging Area.
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