Annex Orbis

WMS · Fulfillment

Stage it. Ship it. Every case accounted for.

Fulfillment in the ANNEX ORBIS WMS moves reserved stock to a staging lane, holds damaged cases aside with what happened, and sends each shipment to the customer order to be confirmed. Any step can be corrected with a reason, and the original stays in history.

Stage, damage, ship, correctIn testingThe order confirms each shipmentIn testingReserving, pick lists, trailer loadingComing
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Reservations come from a customer order, a job or a project. The screen that creates one is coming; every step after it is in testing.

In testingThe reservation page on the webIllustration · fictional names and data

Where it works

Steps in the browser. Counts in the apps.

Fulfillment runs in the web WMS, on a computer or in a tablet’s browser. The tablet and mobile apps carry the same reservations and Attention queue as lists you can check anywhere in the building.

Today, device by device

  • WebIn testingStaging, damage, shipment, corrections, the saved-step retry and the Attention queue. On a computer, or in a tablet’s browser at 768 px and wider.
  • TabletIn testingThe Warehouse area lists reservations with picked, shipped, damaged and still-allocated counts, plus the Attention queue. Read-only; the steps happen in the web WMS.
  • MobileIn testingThe same read-only lists on a company phone. A phone’s browser can’t open the WMS.

The tablet and mobile apps are test builds on company devices, not public releases. On the floor today, a tablet’s browser is the device that records the steps.

In testingReservations in the tablet and mobile appsIllustration · fictional names and data

Stage · damage · ship

One panel walks the cases out the door.

Open a reservation and the next step is ready: move the goods to a staging lane, mark what got damaged there, confirm what left on the truck. Each answer says exactly what changed, and what didn’t.

In testing

  • Staging isn’t shipping. Cases in the lane stay on hand until someone confirms the shipment.
  • Damage is held aside with what happened, and the cases still owed to the order stay in view.
  • Only usable cases in staging can ship. The panel lists each lane with what it holds.
  • Two people can’t ship the same cases: every step is checked against the reservation as it stands.
Reserved stockCustomer order stock · BBF-1042 Corn tortillas 24 ct
StorageA-04-02 · A-04-03240 casesStagingSTG-D40 casesShippedDoor 40 cases
Reserved240 casesPicked0 casesShipped0 casesDamaged0 casesStill allocated240 casesDemand remaining240 cases
Usable in staging: 0 cases240 cases remain allocated and 0 cases need replacement or another decision.
Warehouse historyNo warehouse steps have been saved yet.
Next warehouse stepStepMove to stagingStaging destinationSTG-D4Quantity240

Press the blue button in the panel to save each step.

In testingThe Next warehouse step panel, workingIllustration · fictional names and data

Corrections

Mistakes get corrected. History stays.

A floor makes mistakes and loses Wi‑Fi. Neither one rewrites what happened.

Correct a stepIn testing

Reverse the exact step, with a reason.

Choose the step from the reservation’s history and say why. The WMS saves the correction together with its physical stock change, and the original step stays in the history for anyone who looks later.

  • Return picked goods to stock
  • Release a damage hold after a second look
  • Record a shipment returned; the customer order confirms the reversal

In testingCorrecting a warehouse step on the webIllustration · fictional names and data

Saved-step retryIn testing

The Wi‑Fi drops. The step waits.

Each step is kept in the browser before it’s sent. If the connection drops at the dock door, the same step waits with a Retry button, and nothing new starts until it lands. Sending it twice still records it once.

In testingA saved step waiting for its retry, in a tablet’s browserIllustration · fictional names and data

Orders and billing

The order keeps score.

Fulfillment and the books share one platform. Each shipment goes to the customer order, the order answers, and anything that doesn’t match waits in one queue until a person decides.

Order confirmationIn testing

Every shipment gets an answer.

When a shipment is saved, the customer order confirms it, or refuses it with a reason in plain words, and the reservation shows where each update stands. An answer that can’t be applied safely never quietly changes stock or the order: it waits in Attention with its evidence until someone with correction access settles it.

  • In testingThe Attention queue for answers that don’t match
  • ComingLinking order lines to stock from a screen

In testingThe Attention queue, and the order’s answers on a reservationIllustration · fictional names and data

Quote · order · invoiceIn testing

From the accepted quote to the draft invoice.

Quotes, customer orders and invoices live in Accounting, on the same sign-in as the WMS. The order tracks what was ordered, fulfilled, still remaining and invoiced, line by line, and one button drafts an invoice for what was delivered and not yet billed.

In testingA customer order and its draft invoiceIllustration · fictional names and data

Reserve and pick

Promise only what’s on the shelf.

Reserve stock for a customer order, a job or a project, from the lot you choose. Then send the floor out with pick lists in address order, grouped into waves, and pack what leaves in cartons.

ComingThe reservation rules already run inside the WMS, behind every reservation on this page. The screens to reserve stock and link it to an order line are coming, and so are pick lists, waves and packing.

  • No double promiseCases promised to one order can’t be promised to another, and the screen shows what’s left to promise.
  • Holds that expireA hold nobody confirms lets go by itself at the time you set.
  • Bound to a lotReserve from L-24-0917 and only L-24-0917 ships. A defect report on that lot stops its remaining reservations.
  • Linked to the order lineThe order line knows which stock is set aside for it, so the order and the shelf agree.
Coming

ComingReserving stock and a wave’s pick listIllustration · fictional names and data

Load the trailer

A place for every pallet before the first one moves.

The trailer plan shows where each pallet sits and the order they go on, last stop at the nose. The TMS checks the plan’s gross weight against the truck’s rating, each pallet is scanned onto the trailer at the door, and the bill of lading lists what actually went on.

How the TMS fits the warehouseThe TMS load builder

  • Trailer plan with a diagram, from above and from the sideComing
  • Gross-weight check against the truck’s rating, from the TMSComing
  • Pallets scanned onto the trailer at the doorComing
  • Outbound bill of lading from what was loadedComing
  • The outbound load built and dispatched in the TMSAvailable

Gross weight only. Axle and kingpin weights still belong on a scale.

ComingA trailer plan and its bill of ladingIllustration · fictional names and data

Status, plainly

Fulfillment, line by line

Available is live in production. In testing is built and running, not yet proven with real customers. Coming is planned or partly built.

Stage and ship

  • Move reserved goods to a staging laneIn testing
  • Mark picked goods damaged, with what happenedIn testing
  • Confirm the shipment from stagingIn testing
  • Correct any step with a reason; the original staysIn testing
  • Saved-step retry when the connection dropsIn testing
  • Record a shipment returnedIn testing

Orders and billing

  • The customer order confirms or refuses each shipmentIn testing
  • The Attention queue for answers that don’t matchIn testing
  • Quotes to orders to a draft invoice from the orderIn testing
  • Order lines linked to stock from a screenComing

Reserve and pick

  • Reserve stock for an order, a job or a projectComing
  • No double promise, holds that expire, bound to a lotComing
  • Pick lists and wavesComing
  • PackingComing

Load and paperwork

  • The outbound load built and dispatched in the TMSAvailable
  • Trailer plan with a diagramComing
  • Gross-weight check from the TMSComing
  • Pallets scanned onto the trailerComing
  • Outbound bill of ladingComing

Not offered

  • Ship notices to your clients
  • Marketplace and storefront integrations
  • Parcel rate shopping
  • Hardware scanners and label printers

FAQ

Questions warehouses ask

Can my team run fulfillment from their phones?

Not in a phone’s browser: the WMS opens on computers and on tablets at 768 px and wider. The tablet and mobile apps show reservations and the Attention queue as read-only lists on company devices. Staging, damage, shipping and corrections are recorded in the web WMS, so a tablet at the staging lane is the floor device today.

Where do reservations come from?

From a customer order, a job or a project. The rules behind them already run in the WMS: no double promise, holds that expire, bound to a lot. The screen to reserve stock and link it to an order line is coming. Everything after the reservation (staging, damage, shipping and corrections) is in testing.

What happens if the Wi‑Fi drops while we confirm a shipment?

The step is kept in the browser before it’s sent. When the page comes back, it shows the same step waiting with a Retry button and won’t start another until that one lands. Sending the same step twice still records it once.

We’re a 3PL. Whose stock and whose order is it?

Each lot records its owner separately from you as the custodian, and orders are kept in Accounting on the same platform. Client accounts and automatic billing are coming; ship notices to your clients aren’t offered. The 3PL page has the detail.

Will the trailer plan check axle weights?

No. When trailer plans arrive, the TMS will compare the plan’s gross weight with the truck’s rating. Axle and kingpin weights still belong on a scale.

Can we print pick tickets and labels?

Pick lists on company tablets, pallet and bin labels, and camera scanning in the apps are coming. Connecting dedicated hardware scanners and label printers isn’t offered.

Keep exploring

The rest of the warehouse

Ship from the same system that books the truck.

Show us your staging lanes and your outbound day. We’ll walk you through fulfillment in the WMS and the TMS that comes with it.

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