Features and innovations
Feb 2024
5 min.
Features and innovations
With the wish: "Ordered today, in the house tomorrow." almost all customers are now on the move in online stores. After all, online shopping generally means: it's convenient, it's fast, and it's possible from anywhere and at any time. However, this also increases the demands on the logistics processes of many providers in the e-commerce industry, which have to be managed in the best possible way in the competition to attract customers. Of course, the requirements of each customer are different, as are the warehouse conditions, but many of the processes of our customers in the e-commerce sector are similar. All of them rely on: intelligent picking strategies, space-optimized storage forms in manual warehouses and next-day delivery. You are supported by our warehouse management software SuPCIS-L8, even Amazon's "Seller Fulfilled Prime API" is integrated.
Minimizing walking distances
Fast and reliable processing of customer orders and deliveries are possible with intelligent picking strategies. The aim is to streamline processes and ensure the best possible material flow in each case by minimizing walking distances. This is based on optimized inventory reservation and precise classification of the reservation results. These are used to put together sensible pick orders on a transport unit on the basis of an order pool. In this way, the distances traveled are reduced by up to 30%. As a result, customer orders are completed with less effort.
In order to optimally manage inventories in manually operated shelf storage areas in a space-saving manner and distributed across multiple locations, our software provides various storage forms that can be combined. This is often found in the distribution of e-commerce logistics. The strategy is to store articles at several locations in the warehouse as well as size-oriented. In this case, several articles are stored in one storage location at the same time. However, if the items are too similar, they are not stored directly next to or on top of each other to avoid the risk of confusion.
Next-Day-Delivery - automatic calculation in the background
The flexibility of our warehouse management software makes it easy to handle the next-day-delivery process. An example: SuPCIS-L8 automatically calculates whether critical situations in the delivery can occur due to resource shortage, when orders with a high probability will not reach the scheduled tour. Taking the order load into account, our warehouse management software automatically decides on an order-by-order basis whether a change in the picking method is an option in order to achieve the highest possible level of service.
SellerFulfilled Prime API
Customers who are active in the e-commerce sector often also offer their range of goods on Amazon. The survey results of a study* show that Amazon Prime customers in particular are on the platform more frequently and generally make use of the available Prime items.
In order to obtain Prime status as a seller, the goods must be stored at Amazon. This means that the goods must be brought to Amazon's distribution center. However, this incurs additional storage costs. With the "Seller Fulfilled Prime" program, on the other hand, the seller can process his goods in his own logistics center and still be listed Prime. However, this also means that he is subject to Amazon's imposed specifications, which have to be met. But how? With the "Seller Fulfilled Prime API" fully integrated in the warehouse management system SuPCIS-L8, the seller is able to fulfill the guidelines for "Seller Fulfilled Prime" prescribed by Amazon.
The required shipping labels are quickly and easily purchased directly from Amazon. This can even be done automatically and without employees having to take care of it in the logistics process. In addition to financial incentives, the benefit is that the "Seller Fulfilled Prime API" in SuPCIS-L8 makes a significant contribution to environmental sustainability throughout the supply chain. This is because existing inventory remains in the vendor's warehouse and is shipped directly to end customers after the purchase is completed. The decision as to which goods are to be offered at which time with the Amazon Prime service is also up to the provider himself.
The result: Through the processes mapped in SuPCIS-L8, you benefit from maximum flexibility, profitability and speed. This not only increases customer satisfaction, but also boosts customer loyalty at the same time. This paves the way for further growth in your company.
Do you also want the software to calculate automatically in the background so that you can work in peace? Feel free to contact us.
*https://fv.feedvisor.com/rs/656-BMZ-780/images/Feedvisor-Consumer-Survey-2019.pdf
