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No, our order pickers have not been replaced by robots or cobots. \nAfter the installation of our fully automatic packing line at the end of last year, we set to work to further optimize our intralogistics flow. <\/p>\n
How did we do this?<\/h3>\n
Robotization or mechanization only comes into its own when everything is right under the hood. \nAnd under that hood, we’ve been working hard in recent months. \nBy incorporating automated scripts, artificial intelligence and lots of mathematical formulas, we have made our warehouse management software a lot smarter. \nAt the end of 2017, we realized that just like in other industries, having and controlling big data would become very important. \nEven then, we started collecting as much data as possible regarding all the processes in our warehouse. \nThis ranges from logging every movement to effectively collecting all master data and setting specific parameters for each product that is in our warehouse. \nOur customers have also participated in this. \nThey can do a lot of settings in our online platform at the product level or, for example, set general packaging and shipping instructions to make our service fit their needs as closely as possible. <\/p>\n
Within the minute we know everything<\/h3>\n
Thanks to our big-data, we not only find the best located and most efficient storage place for a product. \nBut we also calculate within a minute of receiving an order how and in which box it will be packed and shipped, whether it contains fragile products and also determine according to criteria set by the customer with which carrier this order will be shipped. \nThe shipping label is also requested immediately so that no delays can occur. \nSo within a minute after an e-commerce order arrives in our fulfillment center, we know how it will be packed, approximately when this will be and with which carrier it will be shipped. <\/p>\n
Picking on autopilot<\/h3>\n
So all this artificial intelligence and prediction allows our order pickers to work virtually on autopilot. Do we no longer need order pickers then?<\/em> Absolutely not. \n60% of the orders can be processed on autopilot. \nThis means that our people can spend more time on the other 40% of webshop orders that require more manual handling. \nThis results in better quality. So hasn’t order picking become incredibly boring?<\/em> No, we ensure sufficient rotation of tasks among our warehouse workers. \nWe do believe that order picking will be almost fully automated in the future, but there are plenty of other challenging tasks that will still be done by humans. \nWe try to prepare our people for this. <\/p>\n
Higher outflow<\/h3>\n
We saw the results of this approach almost immediately. \nWe have a faster, higher and more qualitative outflow of packages. <\/p>\n
B2C E-fulfilment from Belgium, why not?<\/h3>\n
Looking for e-commerce fulfillment? \nDo you have a successful webshop operating in Belgium, the Netherlands, France, UK and Germany? \nDoes our approach seem like something that fits your webshop or e-business? \nThen drop by for a cup of coffee! \n \n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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