PowerTools Adds Functionality to Your PickRight System

Power Up PickRight With PowerTools

Updated: November 2022

ProCat continues to provide customers with new solutions to improve warehouse operations.

PowerTools is a PC-based application that maximizes the benefit you get from PickRight. Think of PowerTools as a bridge between your ERP and PickRight. Pick shift supervisors and warehouse managers can utilize over a dozen different desktop utilities in PowerTools to replace manual processes happening alongside PickRight when picking orders.

PowerTools brings 15 features to strengthen picking operations:

1. Picker Assignments – Assign specific customers to specific pickers, both one time and permanently
2. Truck Picking Sequence – Display trucks in dispatch sequence on picker wrist computers
3. Continuous Pick – Start the next UoW where the picker ended their last UoW, reducing picker steps by up to 25%
4. Non-picking activities – Track non-picking activities by employee such as time spent sweeping or making boxes
5. Inventory allocation – Allocate available inventory among customer orders
6. Picker and Stamper shadowing – Remotely watch a picker while they pick an order
7. TaxRight Pick Area – Create a pick area for cigarette stamping, with data displaying in PickRight reports and IncentRight.
8. Package Data Export – Creates supplemental package data similar to Advance Ship Notification.
9. Remote Approvals – Allows a supervisor to enable Manual Scanning and Out of Stocking for a single item for employees who are not authorized to perform those functions. Authorization can be done from the supervisors PC.  Functionality can be enabled for one or all employees for a set period of time.
10. Quick Batch – Batch full case orders for picking pallets.
11. Alternate UPC Codes – Add multiple UPC codes to products.
12. Expiration Dates – Adjust expiration dates for specific customers by item or Pick Area.
13. Picker Messages – Create predefined messages for pickers to send to supervisors.
14. Discontinued Products – Enter a list of discontinued items with a replacement item.   A retail shelf tag for the replacement item will print whenever the discontinued item is ordered.
15. Pick Line Slotting Analysis – Modeling that shows visits to each pick location under various scenarios.   Maximize pick line slotting efficiency with this tool.
16. Production Date Testing – Guarantee shelf-life days based on Production Dates in GS1 Barcodes.

Maximize the value of your PickRight solution with a wide range of functions from PowerTools.  The solution is easy to implement and does not require a new interface. PowerTools is a monthly subscription. Talk to us about Implementation and Pricing – Email ProCat or call us at (888) 860-2500 to get started with PowerTools today.