Skip to content
Argos Software

Argos for Cold Storage Warehouses

See where each lot sits, and hold it

Receipts and shipments record which lots moved on each line, any lot can be found by location and put on hold with a reason code, and where you store for clients, storage is billed by cycle from rates set once.

Request a demoHow it works
A forklift moving crates of fruit in a cold storage warehouse

The problemA cold store receives, stores and ships frozen, chilled and fresh food by the lot. When a lot is in question, the team has to find where it sits and set it aside quickly, then still bill each client for the space they use.

From workaround to one record

Where cold storage warehouses lose time today, and what changes.

  • Today

    When stock records lag behind the floor, staff walk the racks to find a lot, put inbound loads wherever there seems to be room, and count by hand without a clear record of the variances.

    Inventory

    Look up stock by item, lot, sublot or location and the free space in every location, so lots are found, held, moved and counted against one record.

  • Today

    When every report has to be requested from someone else, managers wait for the numbers they need, and the same questions get asked again every week.

    Insight and AI

    Standard warehouse and order reports run from the browser with your own filters, and dashboards your team builds put the daily numbers on one screen.

  • Today

    When receiving, shipping, dock times and paperwork sit in separate tools, clerks key the same transaction more than once and supervisors cannot see what is ready to commit.

    Receiving and shipping

    Receipts, shipments and adjustments move through clear stages on one screen, with lots, serials, dock times and shipping documents on the same record.

  • Today

    A 3PL bills many clients, each on its own rates, so month-end billing often means rebuilding storage and handling charges by hand from receiving and shipping records.

    Warehouse billing

    Each client's rates are set once, storage billing runs by cycle with a preview of every proposed charge, and every client is invoiced in one batch.

What Argos does for cold storage warehouses

Each lot's receipts, shipments, locations and holds sit on one shared record, so the team finds a lot and sets it aside in the same system that bills each storage client.

A quality inspector checking a pallet's temperature in a refrigerated warehouse

Find, hold and report on any lot

Warehouse Reports

Report on stock, locations and activity

Run standard reports on what you hold, where it sits and what moved, from on-hand and availability by lot to location capacity, open orders and monthly activity.

A worker moving a pallet out of a freezer door

Record lots in and out, then find them again

Item Management View

See an item's stock, orders and history together

Buyers and inventory staff look up an item or lot and see its stock by location, open requisitions and purchase orders, receipts, order activity and transaction history from one screen.

An operations manager reviewing printed reports at a desk

Bill each storage client from rates set once

Trucks backed into the loading dock doors of a distribution center

Ready before the truck reaches the dock

From the inbound truck to the client invoice

Six steps on one shared record, from the inbound truck to each lot on hold and each client invoice.

  1. Items, lots and locations set up once

    Products, lots, sublots, kits and storage locations are set up once, with each item's lots and locations on its record.

  2. Trucks booked in, paperwork ready to print

    Receiving appointments are booked and requested times are approved or rejected from one list.

  3. Record lots in and out, then find them again

    Receipts and shipments record which lots and sublots moved on each line, picked from current available quantities.

  4. Put any lot on hold, with a reason

    Any lot can be put on hold with a reason code when stock must be quarantined, and released later.

  5. Report on lots, locations and activity

    Standard reports show what you hold, where it sits and what moved.

  6. Bill each storage client from rates set once

    Storage billing runs for every client on its cycle, and every proposed charge is reviewed before it is applied.

Proof, point by point

Each point is traced to the software and links to the capability behind it.

Questions cold storage warehouses ask

Straight answers, drawn from what the software does today.

What does Argos cold storage software cover?

Argos is a cold storage software solution for the lot record: receipts and shipments record which lots moved on each line, any lot can be found by location and put on hold with a reason code, and where you store for clients, storage is billed by cycle from rates set once.

Can we put a lot on hold when it is in question?

Yes. Put a whole lot on hold or off hold with a reason code and comment, and every hold is recorded against the user who placed it. Holds apply to the whole lot, not to part of it.

Can we find which location holds a lot?

Yes. Find stock by item, lot, sublot or location from one tabbed screen, and drill from any item to its lots and sublots with on hand, unavailable and net available quantities.

Can a public cold store bill each client for storage and handling?

Yes. Each client's charge codes and dated rate periods are set in a rate schedule, storage billing runs on a weekly, monthly or semi-monthly cycle with a preview of every proposed charge, and invoices for every client are generated in batches.

How are inbound trucks booked at the dock?

Book receiving appointments and approve or reject requested times from one list, so the dock team sees the carrier, planned time and approval status before the truck arrives.

What reports does a cold store get?

Standard reports on on-hand and availability by item, lot and sublot and by location, location capacity, open receipts and shipments and monthly activity, plus dashboards your own team designs in the browser.

The areas behind it

Other industries

3PLWarehousingDistributionGrowersTruckingCannabis

Next step: book a guided walkthrough

See the whole flow with the Argos team, step by step, from the inbound truck to each lot on hold and each client invoice.

Request a demoSee all features