High-speed picking: Boosting productivity

Industore’s Lean-Lifts and Rotomats are designed to maximise vertical warehouse space and produce high-speed picking. We regularly empower businesses to store 100% of their products, in 20% of their floor space – ideal for those needing to expand or trying to reduce overheads, without the business disruption or costs of moving locations.  By storing vertically, automatically, you can also reduce employee travel time (walking, not picking) and reduce the number of pickers you have at any given time, while improving accuracy and throughput.

Industore’s machines are built with efficiency in mind, and our technology, for example our Pick-to-Light solution, streamlines the picking process – reducing errors, and boosting productivity.  Thanks to our proprietary WMS (warehouse management system) HanelSoft, businesses can achieve real-time visibility, accurate inventory management, and rapid order processing, leading to improved customer satisfaction and business growth.  If you already have a WMS you’re happy with, chances are, we’ve already integrated to it. Challenge us to integrate to yours.

Industore warehouses offer increased order picking accuracy and improved productivity, and are easily scalable.  By combining these systems with HanelSoft, or your own, existing WMS, businesses can optimise warehouse operations, reduce labour costs, and enhance overall efficiency.  Industore’s solutions empower warehouse operators to streamline batch and multi-order picking processes with ease.  With real-time data and seamless integration, businesses can achieve unparalleled efficiency and reliability in warehouse operations.

Warehouse operations are continually looking to reduce operational costs and increase throughput. A step that can’t be overlooked in pursuit of those goals is the picking process.  Ultimately, the longer it takes to fulfil an order, the less profitable that order becomes.  Batch picking, (sometimes referred to batching or multi-order picking), is an order picking method in which pickers simultaneously collect items for multiple orders.  Batch picking is typically faster than single order picking, in which pickers retrieve just one order at a time — because it reduces overall warehouse travel time.

Fast, accurate picking is important not only to simplify order fulfilment operations but to a business’s long-term success. Many warehouse operations can benefit from batch picking because it’s more efficient and enables faster, more accurate pick rates. It reduces travel time and puts less stress on the workforce, ultimately leading to improved employee satisfaction, and in turn, business growth.  For even greater accuracy, barcode scanning can be introduced to batch picking, ensuring greater order accuracy and reducing errors in the picking process.

Industore’s proprietary WMS, HanelSoft, offers enhanced accountability by tracking who took what, when, and why.  This real-time information prevents under or overstocking, pilferage or shrinkage and can implement systems such as FIFO (first in, first out), to ensure that older stock is used first, preserving longevity.  Real-time information like this also improves forecasting, because any time spent waiting for SKUs or products to be bulk replenished is time wasted and orders that take longer to ship – ultimately, costing more money.  HanelSoft will empower organisations to stay on top of this – letting key individuals know what products need to be restocked and when, also informing on seasonal spikes and more, ensuring you never have to wait to fulfil orders.