Annex OrbisWarehouse (WMS) · Floor & people
Stock on every device. Steps recorded at the rack.
Floor leads see what’s usable now, what’s promised and which lots are held, in the tablet and phone apps. In a tablet’s browser, the WMS records each step with the person who did it, and retries safely when the Wi-Fi drops. Company devices, the time clock, shifts and permissions by duty come with it.
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Where it works
Read it in the apps. Record it in the browser.
The WMS runs on a computer or in a tablet’s browser, and that’s where floor steps are recorded. The tablet and phone apps carry the five Warehouse lists everywhere else.
Status on each device
- WebIn testingThe whole WMS on a computer, or in a tablet’s browser at 768 px and wider. Staging, damage, shipments, corrections and lot decisions are recorded here.
- TabletIn testingThe Warehouse app: On hand, Reservations, Lots, Receiving and Attention, as lists to read. The time clock, the week and My work are in the same app.
- MobileIn testingThe same five lists, stacked for a phone. A phone’s browser can’t open the WMS, so steps aren’t recorded from a phone.
The tablet and phone apps are test builds on company devices, not in any app store. Rows in the app lists don’t open to a detail page yet.
The apps
Five Warehouse lists on every company device.
Open Warehouse in the tablet or phone app and the floor’s numbers are there: what can be used right now, what’s promised to orders, which lots are held and which receipts are open. The lists read from the same stock ledger the WMS writes.
- On handUsable now, on hand and held aside, by SKU and storage address
- ReservationsStock promised to orders, with what’s picked, shipped and still allocated
- LotsEvery lot with its owner; quarantined lots stand out
- ReceivingReceipts by reference, open or closed
- AttentionWhere stock and a customer order disagree, until someone resolves it
In testingThe lists are for reading. Steps are recorded in the WMS on the web.
Steps on the tablet
Stage, ship and correct from a tablet’s browser.
Take a tablet to the reserved stock and record the next step: move it to staging, mark picked goods damaged with what happened, or confirm the shipment. Each step names the place and the quantity, and every shipment shows its customer order’s answer.
- Move to staging, mark picked goods damaged, confirm shipmentIn testing
- A step saved on the tablet is retried as the same step, never recorded twiceIn testing
- Corrections reverse one exact step; the original stays in historyIn testing
- Report a lot defect, then release or retire the lotIn testing
- Reserve, receive, put away and move stock from the tabletComing
Permissions by duty
A picker picks. Counts change only on purpose.
Build permission sets from ten Warehouse duties: read stock, record movements, record damage, open and close receipts, reserve, correct a count, contain a lot and more. Someone without a duty still sees the numbers; the step just isn’t offered.
- Ten Warehouse permissions, combined into sets like Picker and ReceiverIn testing
- Correcting a count and quarantining a lot aren’t given to admins by defaultIn testing
- A person decides or approves every lot decision; HAL never records a physical pickIn testing
- Without the duty, a person sees the quantities, not the stepIn testing
Company devices
Tablets and phones that belong to the company.
An admin adds a tablet or phone from Organization › Devices with a one-time QR code, and is named responsible for it. Choose who may sign in on each device, and give a dock tablet its own cellular data where the Wi-Fi doesn’t reach.
- Add a phone or tablet with a one-time QR code; no sign-in needed on the deviceIn testing
- A responsible person on every company deviceIn testing
- Who can sign in: anyone in the organization, or only the people you listIn testing
- Cellular data by eSIM for a company tabletIn testing
Time and shifts
Who’s on the floor, and who’s covering Saturday.
People clock in and out and take breaks signed in as themselves. On the web, each punch is checked against the building’s site; one from outside it is recorded for review, never refused. Post an open shift and anyone on the team can claim it.
- Time clock with breaks, on the web and in the appsIn testing
- Punches checked against the site on the web; outside it, recorded for reviewIn testing
- Weekly schedules, open shifts, swaps and availabilityIn testing
- A shared PIN kiosk by the doorComing
The apps send no location, so at a site that requires one, a punch from the app goes to review.
People: hiring, credentials and leaveComing to the floor
Point the camera, confirm the bin, take the next task.
In the same apps, the camera reads pallet, bin and item labels; every pallet gets a label tied to its record; and put-away, picks and counts arrive as cards in My work, beside the time clock.
- Camera scan in the Warehouse apps: pallets, bins and itemsComing
- Pallet (LPN) and bin labels tied to the recordComing
- Warehouse tasks as cards in My work: put away, pick, countComing
- My work: approvals and follow-ups in one queueAvailable
The apps already read a QR code to add a company device and a barcode at a driver’s stop, both in testing. Pallet and bin labels will use the same reader.
Receiving & putawayStatus, plainly
What’s in testing, what’s coming, what we don’t do.
Available is live in production. In testing is built and running, not yet proven with real customers. Coming is planned or partly built.
Floor devices
- Warehouse in the tablet and phone apps: On hand, Reservations, Lots, Receiving, AttentionIn testing
- The whole WMS in a tablet’s browser, 768 px and widerIn testing
- Steps recorded on the tablet: staging, damage, shipment, corrections, lot decisionsIn testing
- Saved steps retried without being recorded twiceIn testing
- Reserve, receive, put away and move stock from the tabletComing
- Camera scan in the Warehouse appsComing
- Pallet (LPN) and bin labelsComing
Company devices
- Phones and tablets added with a one-time QR codeIn testing
- A responsible person on every deviceIn testing
- Who can sign in on each deviceIn testing
- Cellular data by eSIM for a company tabletIn testing
Time and shifts
- Time clock with breaks, on the web and in the appsIn testing
- Punches checked against the site on the webIn testing
- Schedules, open shifts, swaps and availabilityIn testing
- A shared PIN kiosk by the doorComing
Duties and work
- Permissions by duty: ten Warehouse permissionsIn testing
- Count corrections and lot quarantine granted on purpose, not by defaultIn testing
- My work: approvals and follow-ups in one queueAvailable
- Warehouse tasks as cards in My workComing
Not offered
- Hardware barcode scanners and label-printer connections
- Forklift and equipment records
- Offline work in the apps
- Spanish
- Push alerts to floor devices
FAQ
Questions floor leads ask
Can we use the rugged handhelds and scanners we already own?
Rugged tablets, yes: the WMS opens in a tablet’s browser at 768 px and wider. A phone-size handheld’s browser can’t open it, and hardware scanners and label-printer connections aren’t offered. Camera scan and pallet and bin labels on company phones and tablets are coming.
What happens when the Wi-Fi drops in the middle of a step?
The tablet keeps the step it was saving and offers to retry that same step, so a pick or a shipment is never recorded twice. The WMS needs a connection, so a company tablet can carry its own cellular data by eSIM where the Wi-Fi doesn’t reach. Both are in testing.
Can people use their own phones?
Not today. The apps are test builds on company phones and tablets, each added by an admin with a one-time QR code, and you choose who may sign in on each one. A phone’s browser can’t open the WMS.
Who can change a count or quarantine a lot?
The organization’s owners, and the people you give that duty. Correcting a count and quarantining a lot are separate permissions, and admins don’t get them by default. A person decides or approves every lot decision, and a correction keeps the original step in history.
How does clock-in work at the building?
Each person clocks in, out and on break signed in as themselves, on the web or in the app. On the web, the punch is checked against the building’s site, and one from outside it is recorded for review, not refused. The apps send no location, so at a site that requires one, their punches go to review. A shared PIN kiosk is coming.
Is the floor available in Spanish?
No. The WMS, the apps and the time clock are in English.
Keep exploring
The rest of the warehouse
- Receiving & putawayReceive at the door into quarantine, inspect, put away and close with every difference on record.
- Inventory controlA stock ledger nobody can edit: bins in your own words, conditions, lots and one-step recall.
- FulfillmentPick to staging, ship and correct, with the order confirming each shipment.
- Dock & yardEvery truck on one board, longest wait first, from booking to the door and back out.
- Transport & the TMSInbound and outbound with the TMS built in: tracking links, proof at the stop, arrival times.
- 3PL & billingAn owner on every lot, quotes to orders to invoices, and the books on the same sign-in.
Put the WMS in your floor’s hands.
Show us how your floor works today: the devices, the shifts and who signs off what. We’ll walk you through the WMS and the TMS on a tablet in your own building.
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