A beta version of the much anticipated “sort” functionality for zone picking multi-item orders has now arrived and is available for European clients to test. The premise of zone picking is that a warehouse can be divided into multiple areas, or zones, from which...
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Modern retailers are building real communities around their brand
As the direct to consumer movement rolls on with ever-increasing momentum, a few clear brand engagement strategies and successful trends are emerging. It’s often been said that ecommerce has connected us to the entire world transactionally, but perhaps not so much...
How D2C brands can separate themselves from the crowd
The huge mistake “old school retailers” are making that modern, direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands can avoid. Stock availability issue at major retailer highlights once again how ecommerce fulfillment is a non-negotiable priority for any modern brand seeking to maintain...
Ecommerce growth hinges on your warehouse capability
Introducing four crucial steps to earn loyalty, win repeat business and drive growth We believe that organising your warehouse like a shop is damaging to your customer experience. With the potential for picking inaccuracy and delays that traditional, standardised...
All Clients successfully migrated to Amazon Web Services (AWS)
For our technology team, 2019 will forever be known as the year of the great migration. Since migrating our first Clients in May, the team is now pleased to announce that all Live Clients are now operating exclusively from AWS. Dedicated to our Clients With...
The 6 Most Common Reasons for Inaccurate Stock
The 6 Causes for Inventory Inaccuracy and why it is Killing Retailers Picture this: A customer places an order online, excited about their purchase. But the next day, they get an email: "Sorry, your item is out of stock." Frustrated, they take their money...
Creating Your Ecommerce Packing Station for Speed
The Practical Guide to Scaling and Streamlining your Dispatch Process in Warehouse with Descartes Peoplevox A knock-on effect of having streamlined mobile workflows and rapid picking methods is that packing stations could quickly become overwhelmed with items...
The first release of Pick by Zone is now available
Introduction I’m delighted to introduce a major new feature for Peoplevox with the first release of a new pick method, pick by zone. Zone picking divides the locations in your warehouse into pick zones and directs pickers to service individual zones rather than walk...
The 8 Warehouse Jobs That Robots Can’t Do
Robots have the world at their metal fingertips. The potential of robotics is massive, and the promise they give to improve efficiency across all warehouse areas is impressive. So…what’s the catch? At the moment, they’re not the easy cure that everyone wants them to...
How to Improve Your Goods Receipt Process
Removing Human Error at Goods In Goods In, also known by various other names such as Receive, Goods Receipt, and Inbound, is the lynchpin of any warehouse. But making it as efficient as possible is clearly an ongoing challenge for many retailers. Understandably, with...