Order Fulfillment Systems for dramatic increase in order picking productivity
The job of a warehouse manager is not easy. He or she is accountable for many elements within the four walls of the warehouse to ensure the the order fulfillment operations running as efficiently as possible. There's people to manage, equipment No one knows better that “the customer is always right”. Customers’ demands determine what order picking is required in the warehouse with the internet has putting customers in a stronger position today: they want everything “on demand”. The effect of this demand results in a fulfillment warehouse having to:
- carry a greater variety of products
- add more warehouse inventory
- order pick faster
- increase order picking speeds
- ship items quicker
Demand for Faster Order Picking
The increase in customer demands means that the distribution center needs to work even harder... if not smarter. A successful warehouse fulfillment center needs to:- Ship faster than the competition
- Store and provide new and popular products faster than the competition
- Gain a payback that goes to your bottom-line year after year
- Reduce operating costs related to order picking system, and labor
Many companies use two scenarios when picking:
- discrete picking
- batch picking
Discrete Order Picking
The negative part of discrete order picking is that it is the most time consuming method to fulfill an order. Imagine you walking through the entire warehouse for each and every order! There is a lot of time wasted in walking the pick path.
Batch Order Picking
The negative of batch picking is that if done in a semi-manual method (paper picking), it may result in a lot of pick errors. It would be less confusing and more efficient if batch picking is used along a order fulfillment software system.
With new technology on the market today, it makes sense for serious warehouse operations to consider using warehouse order fulfillment software systems. Typically, these systems allow the warehouse operation to:
- pick multiple orders at a time
- reduce travel distance and
- increase warehouse picking productivity
- gaining virtually 100% picking accuracy
Order Picking Productivity Tip
60% to 70% of the cost to pick a product is travel time and distance between picks. Reduce travel by combining orders and you will increase productivity while decreasing warehouse order picking costs.Cluster picking
To increase warehouse picking productivity, a warehouse manager needs to focus on increase picking speed and accuracy by decreasing pick path travel and combining picking activities in the warehouse.
FastFetch has proven to be one of the best order fulfillment systems on the market. FastFetch allows you to improve your order picking productivity which means you have faster order picking rates, perhaps your fastest pick rates ever!
With FastFetch you are able to increase the pick speed 2 to 3 times that of other systems. Specifically, you will be able to:
- Cut travel distance by picking multiple orders all in one trip
- Reduce number of stops to pick items with batch picking/ cluster picking
- Eliminate picker “wait time” with dynamic pick zones
- Eliminate scanning high velocity items with pick to light system
FastFetch optimizes order fulfillment by reducing travel distance/ pick path
FastFetch is a patented order fulfillment technology like no other. It’s unique software allows you to gain many benefits to your order picking operations to give you the competitive advantage you want and need to grow your business.With FastFetch’s order fulfillment technology, great focus is made on reducing the most labor intensive portion of the order picking process; cutting down the distance that order pickers travel.
How do you increase order fulfillment rates?
FastFetch order fulfillment systems works with your existing WMS, ERP of host system to:- Reduce travel distance
- Batch pick multiple orders all in one trip
- Eliminate wasteful time handling paper pick tickets
- Cut down time of looking for a location/ pick bay
So what does faster order picking/ fulfillment it mean to you?
Your order fulfillment operation will enjoy faster pick times, virtually 100% accuracy and faster shipments… all this with a significant reduction in overhead costs and labor costs. Whether you are currently on a paper pick system, hand held scanner system, pick-to-light, voice pick or a combination, you will gain significant order fulfillment advantages.
While, we would like to simply say that FastFetch order fulfillment systems is the best voice directed picking system on the market, we’d like to explain why we think it is so.
FastFetch is a 3-in-1 directed picking technology that combines voice directed picking, pick to light, and bar code scan picking. In side by side comparisons, it is obvious that:
- FastFetch is 2 to 3 times faster than other voice directed picking technology
- FastFetch batches orders to reduce pick times (whereas typical voice directed picking doesn’t)
- FastFetch downloads “next best order” to replace offloaded order (whereas typical voice directed picking doesn’t)
- FastFetch constantly is optimizing picks to reduce travel distance and increase picking productivity (whereas typical voice directed picking doesn’t)
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