Root Mobile: Warehouse Companion — Inventory, Picking & Receiving for DSD Operations
Root Mobile: Warehouse Companion is a purpose-built mobile app that extends your Root Mobile cloud platform into the warehouse. As a free add-on for existing Root Mobile Might Oak customers, it gives warehouse teams the power to manage inventory levels, pick sales orders, and receive purchase orders with accuracy and speed—directly from the floor.
Designed for distribution and DSD workflows, Warehouse Companion keeps your warehouse, route trucks, and back office perfectly in sync so you can move product faster, reduce errors, and keep customers happy.
Key Features
Seamless Integration with Root Mobile Cloud
Unified Data Flow: Real-time sync with your Root Mobile web portal keeps items, orders, POs, bins, lots, and users consistent everywhere.
Centralized Control: Configure products, locations, and permissions in the cloud; execute tasks in the app—no duplicate entry.
Inventory Management
Live On-Hand Levels: View accurate on-hand, allocated, and available quantities by site, zone, and bin.
Cycle Counts & Adjustments: Run scheduled or ad-hoc counts (blind or guided), capture variances with reason codes, and auto-sync adjustments.
Guided Receiving: Scan against POs (or ASNs) to verify item, quantity, lot/expiry, and unit of measure.
Fast, Accurate Picking
Route-Aware Loads: Build and stage picks for route trucks or store deliveries; tie seamlessly to Load Requests from Root Mobile.
Check, Scan, Confirm: Enforce scan validation on items, lots, and bins to eliminate mis-picks.
Pack & Stage: Close picks with packing confirmations and print labels for staging lanes.
Scanning & Labeling
Barcode First: Workflows optimized for scanning UPC, EAN, Code128, Code39, and GS1-128 barcodes.
Keep Working Anywhere: Perform receiving, counts, picks, moves, and adjustments without connectivity.
Safe Sync: Automatic conflict-aware syncing restores full fidelity as soon as you’re back online.
Security & Controls
Role-Based Access: Granular permissions by warehouse role (Receiver, Picker, Counter, Supervisor, Driver).
Audit Trails: Timestamped user actions (who, what, where, when) for every critical movement and change.
Data Protection: Encrypted transport and secure authentication consistent with Root Mobile cloud standards.
Usability that Teams Love
Guided Workflows: Clean, thumb-friendly UI with large targets for gloves and fast scanning.
Multilingual: Ready for diverse teams with configurable language support.
Reporting & Visibility (via Web Portal)
Operational Dashboards: Monitor inbound, outbound, counts, and exceptions at a glance.
Exports & Integrations: Keep accounting, purchasing, and fulfillment aligned across your stack.
Benefits
Higher Accuracy, Lower Cost
True Warehouse–Route Harmony
Tight linkage to Root Mobile routes and Load Requests means trucks leave on time with the right product.
Real-Time Truth
Everyone—from warehouse to sales to finance—sees the same live inventory and order status.
Requirements
Root Mobile Cloud Account: Warehouse Companion is a free add-on for Root Mobile cloud customers and requires an active account for data sync and administration.
Why Choose Root Mobile: Warehouse Companion?
If you already rely on Root Mobile for orders and routes, Warehouse Companion completes the loop—bringing receiving, inventory control, and picking into the same ecosystem. Get a warehouse app that’s built for distribution realities, not adapted from generic ERP screens. Faster onboarding, fewer mistakes, and a single source of truth—from dock to truck to customer.
Elevate your warehouse. Power your routes. Delight your customers. With Root Mobile: Warehouse Companion.