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Monsoon Marketplace Warehouse Features

To view your Warehouse settings, go to Settings > My Company > Warehouse.

Using tree diagrams and the tools provided in Monsoon, you will be able to set up and manage a visual model of your warehouse.

These diagrams are built upon the characteristic Warehouse Locator Code.

How to use this guide

The information in this guide should be used as a follow-up to the discussions you’ve had with your Monsoon Account Manager.

This guide will supplement your Monsoon Implementation Plan, helping you to find various features and components, as well as help you to understand how to use your new software.

Monsoon Marketplace Warehouse settings

Locator Code format

Warehouse locator codes have the following format:

Location - Zone - Aisle - Bay - Shelf - Unit

Each hyphenated portion of the locator code corresponds to a tier within your warehouse model. Each tier will have a real-world equivalent in your warehouse.

A typical warehouse locator code will look like this:

L - Z - A - 001-002 - 5

Warehouse components

Monsoon Marketplace Warehouse models your inventory locations using a branching tree diagram. It is a simple process to add components to this model.

Adding Warehouse components

Add a location

1. Highlight the point in the diagram where you want to add your new data element — Highlight All: Locations to create a new Location.
2. Click Add.
3. Type your Location.
4. Click OK or press the Enter key.

Add a Zone

1. Highlight the next point in the diagram where you want to add a new data element — in this case, highlight your new Location.
2. Click Add - a new node will appear where you may enter a new Zone.
3. Type your Zone.
4. Click OK or press the Enter key.

Add Aisles, Bays & Shelves

1. Highlight your chosen Zone and click Add.
2. Type an Aisle name.
3. You may also specify how many Bays you would like in your Aisle.
4. You may also specify the number of Shelves per Bay.
5. Click OK to save your changes.

Viewing Monsoon Marketplace Warehouse components

Viewing your Warehouse components is a simple process.

View Locations, Zones, Aisles, Bays, Shelves & Items

Click the + sign next to the component you want to expand in the viewer.

You may expand any component down to the Shelf level.

Opening and closing shelves

When you create a shelf in Monsoon Marketplace Warehouse, it defaults to the “Open” state.

Soon after you close a shelf, the items on that shelf will be priced and listed per your Price and Marketplace settings.

In some rare cases you may find that you need to close a shelf from the Settings Screen (normally this is done when a Receiving session has been completed).

Close a shelf in Monsoon Marketplace Warehouse

1. Highlight the shelf on the diagram.
2. Click Close.

When a shelf is open and in use, you'll see which user has that shelf open on the tree diagram. Only one user at a time can receive into an open shelf.

Make a shelf available in Monsoon Marketplace Warehouse

1. Highlight a closed shelf.
2. Click Make Available.

Viewing items in Monsoon Marketplace Warehouse

It is possible to get a bird’s eye view of items available on any given shelf.

View the items on a particular shelf

1. Highlight the shelf in the Settings View.
2. Click Show Items.

This will take you to the My Inventory screen, and show you a filtered list of all items with that Locator Code.

Merging Shelves in Monsoon Marketplace Warehouse

To merge one shelf into another, you are essentially moving the contents of the first shelf onto the second shelf.

Merge Shelves

Let’s assume that you want to merge Shelf 4 into Shelf 1

1. Make sure both shelves are closed.
2. Highlight Shelf 4.
3. Click Merge.

4. Highlight Shelf 1.
5. Click Merge again.

• A pop-up window will appear that confirms the merge has been successful. All items on Shelf 4 have now been moved to Shelf 1.
• This window also gives you the option to reprint the locator tickets for all of the items on Shelf 4 — the new tickets will display the new locator codes.

6. When you are finished merging the shelves, click OK.

The target shelf is now available.

Monsoon Marketplace Warehouse Receiving Screen Components

All items received into Monsoon Marketplace Warehouse must be assigned to a shelf.

Open the next available shelf from the Receiving Screen Toolbar

1. Click the Shelf button.

2. Click Open Next Available.

Manually select a particular shelf

1. Click the Shelf button.
2. Select Choose Shelf…..

Monsoon will open a dialog displaying your warehouse tree diagram.

3. Navigate to the shelf you wish to receive to.
4. Click OK when you are done.

Now you are ready to receive items to your specified shelf.

Locator Slips in Monsoon Marketplace Warehouse

When you receive items, you may wish to print a Locator Slip to place on the item, as well.

Monsoon Marketplace Warehouse Locator slips display:

• Item Condition.
• Receiver’s User Name.
• SKU.
• Title (or item name).
• Receive date & time.
• Barcode (Locator Code).

With a Locator Slip in place, it is possible to view items on a shelf and select an item without needing to pick it up off the shelf to see if it is the correct one.

Using Locator Slips can significantly increase picking speed.

Enable Locator Slips in Monsoon Marketplace Warehouse

Go to Settings > My Company > Locator Codes

See also Locator codes and locator slips.

Rapid Receiving

The Rapid Receiving feature in Monsoon Marketplace Warehouse allows you to assign a special Rapid Receiving permission to User Roles.

Using Rapid Receiving, a receiver’s task is streamlined for maximum efficiency.

Rapid Receiving restricts Receiver functions to only those features absolutely necessary to accurately receive large quantities of items into inventory at top speed.

Use Rapid Receiving in Monsoon Marketplace Warehouse

Using a Scanner, Receivers simply scan and go:

• Scan the item’s bar code.
• The item will be displayed and automatically be received.
• Scan the next item.

Enable Rapid Receiving in user roles

For more information, see Users, Roles & Permissions.

Monsoon Marketplace Warehouse Order Processing Components

Print Pick List

The Print Pick List feature gives you the ability to print a Pick List — rather than individual Packing Slips — when you print your Orders. This facilitates streamlined pick and pack procedures for high volume sellers.

Sorting

Items on a Pick List are sorted by Locator Code to facilitate an efficient “serpentine” pick pattern.

The Pick List includes only the minimum information necessary to pick warehouse items in an efficient manner

• Locator Code
• Quantity
• Market Order ID
• Title

Order Status

Printing a Pick List will leave all of your selected Orders in whatever Order Status they were in when you selected them.

Printing a Pick List will not set Orders to Printed status.

Print an Order Pick List

1. Go to your Orders Screen. The Print Pick List feature will only appear when you are viewing your Orders.
2. Browse or Search for the orders you wish to process.
3. Highlight the orders you want to include in your Pick List.
Note: Only highlighted orders will be included in your Pick List.
4. With your orders highlighted, click File in the upper left-hand corner.

5. Click Print Pick List.
6. Print your Pick List using the Windows™ Print Dialog box that pops up.

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