Access the mpx and WMS360 User Manuals by navigating to the required section using the navigation located on the left site.
mpx is the web site used by the warehouse operators to perform the day to day operations of pick, putting, counting and other workflows within a warehouse.
The WMS360 application is for warehouse managers for operataional visibility. It provides the tools and the data to manage resource, inventory and locations to ensure the warehouse is running efficently as possible.
This section covers the process to login to the mpx software
There are two methods to login to the mpx software.
Enter your personal access code into the text box to gain access to the mpx software. If you don't yet have an access code see your site administrator who can create your access code.
For organisations that use ID cards for authentication, tap your corporate ID card against the RFID reader. This option is only available if the site administrator has setup the RFID features during the setup of the mpx Software.
If your personal access code is accepted, you will be taken to the home page. If the access code is invalid, you will be asked to re-enter your code.
This section describes the home page and the accessible features and functions.
The home page is the starting point for many of the functions mpx provides. The screen layout shows the most common actions performed and provides access to less frequent actions via the secondary slider page.
The homepage of mpx offers customers simple access to a number of features and functions.
At the bottom of the home page is our slider feature. By selecting the slider feature a number of less used features are shown. The availability of features is based on the make and model of the vertical storage unit and the mpx license.
Use the search box at the top of the page to search for articles. Simply type in a search term, or scan the barcode of an article to activate the search. The search will look for articles that have an exact match on the barcode or article name, or will look for the search term in the description of the article. For more information on searching go to the help section Performing a Search
To the right of the search box is a + icon. mpx can be configured to allow the user to create new articles, and to create a new article simply press the + button. If you perform a search that finds no matching article in the database, then you will be prompted if you would like to create a new article.
The ability to create a new article is an option that can be enabled or disabled by the site administrator
The Jobs, Goodsin and stock count buttons, which are enabled or disabled based on the version of mpx you have, shows the operator the workload that is due to be done. Jobs refer to pick lists, or pick jobs that are in the system but not yet processed and the total number of jobs to be done is shown. Goods in refers to the number of articles that are waiting to be received from a supplier and stored in the warehouse, and the stock count value shows the number of articles which are required to be counted.
The features located on the home page slider are
Different manufacturers support different options so depending on the manufacture, type of lift, and mpx license the home page slider features may be enabled or disabled.
This section covers the mpx search function.
The search bar at the top of the home page allows you to enter a search word to find matching articles in mpx.
The search can be configured to look for a matching word, or partial word match (default is full word match) as well a match on the barcode value and the article name. The word search is searching the title (description) field.
The search result page will be displayed if one or more articles are found. The results page shows the matching information
By clicking on an icon in the search results header icon you will see a list of matching articles.
To select the required article simply click on the hand icon to be shown the locations where the selected article is located.
In the footer of the search results page you can perform the following
This section covers how to pick an article from a location.
To pick an article out of a location, you must first perform a search, and select the article you wish to pick.
You will then be shown a list of locations that contain the selected article with a - button. Simply click the - button against the location you wish to pick from.
When a location is empty, then pressing the red X button will delete that location
If the location you have chosen to pick from is a vertical lift, then the required shelf will be brought to the access point.
If the location is a locker, then the locker door will automatically be opened.
The pick screen will then be shown to the user.
Simply enter in the quantity being picked and press Enter/Return key on the devices keyboard, or press the next button in the footer to complete the pick.
The pick screen has a number of functions that can be performed.
At the top of the screen, are two print buttons. The first print button is to print a single label, and the second print button allows you to enter a quantity of labels to print should you require more than one. If the article is serialised (has serial number data) then the # button will also be shown.
The pick page footer contains the following functions
This section covers how to store an article to a location.
To put an article to a location, you must first perform a search, and select the article you wish to put.
You will then be shown a list of locations that contain the selected article with a + button. Simply click the + button against the location you wish to put the article. You can also select the New button in the top right of the page to create a new location to put the article.
When a location is empty, then pressing the red X button will delete that location
If the location your have chosen to put to is a vertical lift, then the required shelf will be brought to the access point. If the location is a locker, then the locker door will automatically be opened.
The put screen will then be shown to the user.
Simply enter the quantity being stored and press Enter/Return key on the devices keyboard, or press the next button in the footer to complete the put.
The put screen has a number of functions that can be performed.
At the top of the screen, are two print buttons. The first print button is to print a single label, and the second print button allows you to enter a quantity of labels to print should you require more than one. If the article is serialised (has serial number data) then the # button will be shown.
The put page footer contains the following functions
If you want to store the article at a new location, simply press the New button on the article location page. You will then be prompted to select the type of location, you want to store the article
For a locker location, you will need to simply enter the locker bank number and then the locker number. Press next to create a new locker location, the locker door will open and you can put the article into the locker.
To create a new rack location, simply enter in the rack number, shelf number and compartment and depth of the location and press next. You can also scan a predefined barcode at the location to automatically enter these details. You can also select the size of the bin being used to store the article.
For a vertical lift location, enter the lift number, shelf number, compartment, depth, wide and depths values of the location, select the box size and press the next button.
You can also use the search feature to find an existing location. Set the priority, shelf height and speed, and the box size required and press the find button to locate an available existing location that matches.
The new location page has a slider that will show more available box/bin sizes to use.
This section covers how to create new articles and edit existing article information
The ability to create and edit articles is configured when mpx is installed. Typically this is disabled as the host or ERP application is used to create and edit article data. Stand alone installations of mpx with no integration often allow users with administrator level access the ability to create and edit articles.
There are two ways to create a new article.
1 - Unable to find an article via searching
If you perform a search and the search finds no matching article, you will be prompted if you would like to create a new article. This will activate the create new article popup, and populate the article ID with the search term used.
2 - Click the + button the search bar
By clicking the + button the search bar you will active the create new article with no data.
Depending on your mpx configuration you will have the option to create your own article code, or have mpx generate a new article code for you.
The options shown in the create new article popup are based on your system configuration. You may be prompted to enter both an article ID and title, or just the title as the mpx system will assign an article ID automatically.
Enter the required data into each field, and if you wish you can upload a photo of the photo. There are three options to assign a photo to the article.
You can also print a label for the item if needed.
This section covers the how to bring a shelf to the access point.
On the home page there is a button 'Get Shelf' that when clicked will give you a number of options to bring a specific shelf into the access point.
Simply enter the lift number, (if you are controlling more than 1 lift) and the shelf number and press the enter key to bring the shelf to the access point.
If cameras have been fitted above the access point opening you can browse through photos of each shelf. You can then select the get shelf button in the footer to bring the shelf to the access point.
To move between shelves, simply click the < or > buttons in the page footer to move to the next or previous shelf.
You can also get a list of all the articles stored in the lift by viewing the stored page
The store page allows you to quickly scroll through the list of all the articles stored in the lift. You simply click on the shelf number in the breadcrumb section to see the article on a specific shelf. If there is more than a page of articles on the selected shelf, use the < and> buttons to scroll to the next or previous page of articles for that shelf.
If you want a single list of all articles then select the ALL button in the breadcrumb.
You can now pick or put articles as required by clicking on the + or - button for each article
This section covers the process of storing (returning) a shelf.
To store a shelf back into the lift, simply press the store shelf button on the home page.
This feature is only available on certain lift types.
This section covers the process of receipting articles into mpx based on a purchase order or delivery created in an ERP application
When articles are receipted into a warehouse they are typically purchased from a supplier via a purchase order. When the supplier is able to ship the articles to the warehouse they will supply to the warehouse a delivery note that confirms which articles are being shipped to the warehouse.
Using either the original purchase order or the supplier's delivery note, mpx is able to receipt in and put away the supplied articles and inform the ERP that the purchase order/delivery note has been fulfilled so that payment to the supplier can be done.
mpx has a goods in section to process in coming articles either by purchase order, supplier or delivery reference. To access the goods in features click on the goods in button on the home page and the goods in page will be shown.
By clicking on the options in the header section you can view the data by supplier, purchase order or delivery reference.
Select a purchase order from the list, and you will see all the articles that are on the purchase order. You can then select an article on the purchase order to put-away and the put screen will be pre filled with the quantity that was ordered. After completing the put away of an article you will be returned to the list of articles on the purchase order and you can continue to put away the articles as needed.
The same applies to the supplier and delivery reference process. Simply select the article to put-away, complete the put process and you are returned to the list of articles to put away and repeat the process until all articles are put away.
This section covers the stock counting feature
Stock counting is only available in host and pro versions of mpx.
To perform stock counting, the articles to count must have first been selected by the warehouse administrator via the mpx WMS site.
To count an article, simply press the stock count button on the home page and the articles to be counted will be shown.
From the list of articles to count you can select a single article via the hand icon against an article, or to count all articles press the play button located at the top right of the page.
The play button will begin the process of performing a stock count on all articles on the list. As the count is done for an article, then the next article count will begin automatically until all articles on the list are counted.
This section covers the using the pick sheet feature
The pick sheet feature is only available in the Lite version of mpx. It is accessed from the home page slider.
As the lite version does not have a job picking feature, we have introduced a new feature called a pick sheet. The pick sheet is designed to allow a pick list to be created by the operator, so that when a list of articles needs to be picked, the lift can bring articles to the access point in the most optimised path.
The process is to simply scan or manually enter into the pick sheet all the article IDs required to be picked. Once this pick sheet is complete, then the shelves will be brought to the operator in the most efficient order and the operator will be presented with the picking information.
This section covers the process of job picking.
Job Picking is only available in the host and pro versions of mpx. The lite version has a pick sheet feature instead.
mpx is able to receive a pick list from a host application that contains a list of articles required to be picked. The pick list is referred to as a pick job. The key difference between the host and pro version is that the host version is able to pick one job at a time, which is suitable for low volume sites that don't pick many jobs per day. The pro version has the ability to batch or consolidate a number of jobs into a single pick list and is therefore more suited to sites that pick many jobs throughout a day.
The home page will show the number of pending jobs to be done on the job button, and the operator can click on the job button and will be shown a list of pending jobs.
The host and pro versions have slight variances in the way the jobs are presented.
In the host version you can process a single job at a time. Simply select the pick job you wish to process and press the play button against the job to start picking.
The pro version allows you to select a number of jobs, and then press the play button located to the right of the search/filter box and the selected jobs will be consolidated into a single picklist.
When the job is started, mpx will arrange the articles to be picked to be based on a shelf optimised path. This means that the shelves will be brought to the operator in the most efficient order to reduce the overall picking time, and reduce the number of shelf movements.
For each article required, the pick page will be shown with the quantity required already set in the quantity box. The operator simply needs to press the enter key on the keyboard, or press the next button at the bottom of the page to complete the pick and have the next article brought to the access point for picking. This pick process will continue until all the articles on the pick list are picked and the job is completed. The operator will then be taken back to the list of pending jobs so they can select another job to process.
In the pro version the operator can select multiple jobs to process at the same time. What mpx will do is to combine the orders to create one pick list that includes all the articles from all the selected jobs. Where more than one job contains the same item, the operator will be prompted to pick the required quantity of the article to fulfil all the selected jobs.
As the operator is picking the same item for multiple jobs, the operator needs to know how many of the picked article is needed in each job in the batch. To do this mpx will show the sort screen after each pick, so the operator can see the quantity of the picked article is needed in each job.
After picking the required quantity of an article to fulfil all the jobs selected, the operator is shown the sort screen. This shows the quantity required of each article to be placed into each order.
This section covers the lift optimisation options
The optimisation feature only works with Hanel Lean Lifts. For other manufacturers the optimisation process is done via the original controller where the lift supports this sort of operation.
There are two types of optimisation runs that can be done and they are both accessed from the home page slider.
This section covers the feature to open or close doors
This feature is limited to Hanel Rotomat lifts with automatic doors.
To open or close the automatic doors on a Hanel Rotomat, use the open or close buttons accessible on the home page slider.
This section covers the feature of using mobile picking trolleys.
This feature is available on the Pro version only
Where there are a number of lifts it is often required to pick items from more than one lift to fulfil a customer order, or picking job. To do this mpx supports the use of mobile picking trolleys.
A mobile picking trolley is simple a movable trolley that contains a number of positions, or boxes where each position or box represents an order.
When an operator selects a number of jobs to consolidate into a batch pick, mpx will allocate a job to each position on the trolley. The operator can then simply scan the trolley number into mpx during the processing of a batch job, and when the all the picks are completed on the first lift, the operator can move the mobile trolley to another lift. At the new lift, they can enter the trolley number and mpx will already know what jobs are allocated to that trolley and continue the batch picking for the jobs on the trolley at the new lift.
The steps are as follows
This section covers the smart store feature which speeds up putting away articles into the lift.
Smart store allows the user to scan or enter the article codes of a number of items required to be stored into the lift.
After the operator has created the put away list, simply press the play button and mpx will bring to the access points the shelves in the most efficient order to ensure items are put away as quickly as possible.
For new items that don't have a current location, the operator can create new locations as needed.
This section covers how to look at the operational history of the lift.
When an operator performs a search, or does an operation that results in the movement of a shelf such as a pick or put, then mpx will keep a log of this.
Only the last 24 hours of history is available via the mpx web site. For more historical data use the WMS site to view the entire history.
This section covers how to manage mpx users.
mpx can be configured to not require a login. In this configuration all actions are assigned to the user 'default'
To manage the mpx users click on the Users icon on the home page slider and the following page will be shown.
To add a new user, simply click on the + button located to the right of the filter box. This will show a popup where you can enter new user details.
To edit an existing user simply press the edit (pencil) button against the user's name, or to delete a user click the delete button against the user record.
This section covers how to do a backup of the SQL database via the mpx web site.
It is strongly recommended that the SQL Database is backed up using a proper, scheduled process. The backup feature via the mpx Web site is not considered a process to be relied on as it requires the operator to manually do the backup.
The backup process must be configured by the site administrator for this feature to work. Once the backup feature is configured then the operator needs to only press the Backup button on the home page slider and backup of the SQL database will be done.
This section describes how to navigation the WMS360 application, it primary features and the common functions to give you a good overview of how to use the WMS360 web site.
The range of features and functions is based on the license your organisation has purchased. This overview covers the features available on the WMS360 Lite License.
To access the WMS360 application you will need to contact your site admistrator to create a login.
Click on the flag icon to change the language, or click the warehouse icon to set the filter options to limit the warehouse data the WMS application will show.
Each page contains an export button that will export the page data. You can customise the data fields export per page to increase the metadata exported.
Each page also has a search box, where you can enter in a search term and search for matching data with in the data result.
Where a page contains data based on a date range a date filter option will also be available.
Multi use bins are bins that are able to contain a number of different articles. Typically in a warehouse each bin should be allocated to store a single article, however its also common to store a range of different article in a single bin. To enable this feature, when editing a shelf map select a bin, view its article allocation, and set the MultiBin option to be on.
This section covers the minimal steps required to setup mpx via the WMS360 application. The process is done via a series of steps that need to be completed in a specific order.
The inital step is to do the setup of bins, also known as the storage boxes or tote boxes. These are the physcial bins used to store products and you will need to know the size (mm) of each bin.
The second step is to setup your vertical lifts and racking storage dimensions. This is done via adding new lifts or racks. You can also add new bulk, cross dock, inspection and quantine racking. For more advanced operation you can also setup the Pick-to-Light racking and the automated H Racks
The third step is to design your shelf map templates. These are the maps of each shelf and how the bins(from step 1) and placed on the shelfs.
With the shelf maps you have created you know assign those maps to specfic shelves.
With the shelves now mapped out you can start to assign articles to each bin on each shelf.
A bin is a physcial box that will contain an article, and is also often referred to as a tote box or storage box. Each bin has a width, depth and height that will be entred in millimeter sizing.
If you have a vertical storage machine you can now add each machine to your warehouse.
A shelf map is a visual diagram of the bin layouts on a shelf. You can create layout templates and assign them to one or more shelfs in a verttical lift
Now that you have your shelf map templates designed, its time to assign the template to the shelves in your vertical lift or racks
The shelf map template is now assigned to the selected shelves and the map icon will now appear against each shelf.
You can now select a specific shelfs shelf map to assign articles to bins, or configure the bin as a multi use bin
Click on the shelf map icon for the shelf you wish to edit and the following page will be displayed
The following graphic is an example of a shelf map and will be different to the shelf map you have designed.
The inventory section provides a real time view over the articles in the warehouse.
In each of the inventory sections you can select an article and view further and more details information.
The artilce page consists of a summary section and then a numboer of pages providing more detailed information
Click on each section to view the detailed information
An article can be deleted from the catalog if a number of conditions are meet. The article can not have a location, or any movement history. If these conditions are meet, then a delete button will be visible.
To edit an article click on the edit button to open the edit page.
This section is where vertical storage lift, and rack based locations are managed. You can create new vertical lifts and rack based locations such as bulk zone as well as Pick to light racks and H racks.
WMS360 and mpx support a number of diffent location types. For each location type you will find a navigation section to assist you in manage the different locations. Some locations are whats referred to as a pick face meaning that items can be picked from that location type, and other are not such as a bulk location which are non pick face. When a pick list is processed the items are only made avaialbe to pick from a pick face location.
Use the navigation section to access the different locations types.
Vertical, Racking, PTL Racks and lockers are the pick face locations.
The current vertical locations are displayed showing the information of each lift. To add a new lift, click the +vertical button.
mpx and wms.Studio 360 support a number of different manufactures vertical lifts, ranging from older generation lifts such as the Logimat CS/CS, Kardex C2000 and Megalift machines, all the way through to the latest generation lifts from Hanel (MP14), kardex C3000 and Weland Lifts.
To setup a new lift first select the manufacturer page, and then select the type of lift from the drop down (if the manufacture has different models)
Contact wms.Studio for support of lifts not available via the standard setup process.
It is recommendend that the WMS Studio partner setup the lifts when the lifts are installed.
Complete the information page and then save the vertical lift informataion, and a new lift will be created.
For specific features on certian models, you will need to contact wms.Studio for support in enabling these features if supported.
Racks are what most typical warehouses will use for storing products. Racks can vary from industrial shelving capable of holding tons of product per shelf, or a simple low cost shelf or even a table. As long as an area of the rack can be defined with a unique location, using the format of a unique rack number, compartment and shelf number.
Racks are typically referred to by a rack number, but often its a combination of letters such as AA or BA. Each number, or letter combination must refer to a single rack, however the rack can have a number of compartments (left to right sections) and shelves within each compartment.
Simply enter the rack number and name (AA or other letters if preferred), the number of compartments, and the number of shelves.
If you are configuring a single rack, where different compartments will have a different number of shelves, you will need to hide the shelves not in each compartment
Click save to create the new rack location.
This section covers how to create new users in wms360 and mpx.
Setting up users in mpx and wms is based on the licensing version you have purchased.
The lite license is limited to logins, and associating a login with a role such as the Admin role, or a Picker role. User groups are not supported in the Lite license.
To create users when you have the Lite License, use the mpx software to create, edit and delete users.
The pro license allows you to create logins as well as user groups and then define access based on the user groups. You can create as many user groups as required and define down to a shelf which users groups have what sort of access
To create a new user (pro mode) cick the Add User button
Enter the username, email address, password and if required the Smart Card Code. You can then select the role and the user groups to assign the user to.
This section covers the creation of user groups and assigning users to groups.
User groups all users to be placed into one or more groups, and then security permissions to be assigned by groups making it easier to manage security for larger sites..
To access the security group features, navigate to the Security sectionin the Resources navigation section.
To add a new security group simply press the Add Group button.
Enter the name of the new group and its description. You can then assign the users to the group
In the Location Section, you can then assign the user group to each shelf by selecting the require shelf and under the action menu select Security to assign the user group the to shelf.