The time it takes for a picker to scan the location, scan an item, and then enter its quantity may seem like an insignificant amount of time, but added up, the time it takes can be the equivalent of a full workday.<\/p>\n
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BONUS:<\/strong> Before you read further, download our Warehouse Management Software Whitepaper to see how Logiwa uses real-time tracking to help customers get up to 100% inventory accuracy and increase shipments by 2.5x.<\/a><\/p>\n One of the easiest ways to save time for you and your workers is implementing a warehouse management system (WMS)\u00a0<\/a>in your eCommerce<\/a> warehouse. Using a WMS is a great way to manage multiple orders at once and optimize things that can take up a lot of time, such as walking time within an eCommerce warehouse. However, did you know that a WMS can even save precious seconds by optimizing scanning processes as well?<\/p>\n Take, for example, an average eCommerce<\/a> order. Let\u2019s say that the average number of products per order is 2 to 3. If the median number of orders is 2,000 per day, then let us assume our workers are picking around 6,000 products per day. This example will not include walking time or picking cart location time<\/a>, but will solely focus on the seconds spent scanning a location and entering the product and quantity.<\/p>\n When your picker approaches the location they are going to pick an item from, they must first scan the location. Scanning the location barcode is easy, since workers can usually easily spot the scanning area. This action can take, on average, one second to do.<\/p>\n Now let\u2019s look at the next step in the process. The next step for the picker is to select the item, and scan the product. Scanning the product itself is what we will focus on here, since selecting the item from amongst a jumble of others can take time as well. Finding the barcode to scan on a product can take longer than scanning a location, since the barcode might not be immediately within view. Let us say that this action can take, on average, two seconds. Not much of a difference, right?<\/p>\n However, once those seconds add up, it can take over 6,000 seconds more to scan all the items for the day than it does to scan the location. We also can\u2019t forget the time it takes to enter quantity; with a slow WMS, this can often take longer than 4 seconds to input and enter, but for this scenario let us assume it also takes on average 2 seconds. That\u2019s another 12,000 seconds to add to the mix at the end of the day. Just adding up those seconds alone, your pickers end up spending 30,000 seconds per day on these tasks alone \u2014 over 8 hours!<\/p>\n Now, let’s bring in an advanced WMS which is developed specifically for B2B and B2C fulfillment<\/a>. Unlike other WMS\u2019s, they allow you to change and modify the page with these processes. This means that you can configure your WMS to give you the products within a location once you have scanned it, thus saving your picker the 2 seconds per product needed to scan the item in. This can save over 12,000 seconds within a regular day, which can end up saving your pickers 3 hours!<\/p>\n As you can see, even 1 second can matter a lot in warehouse logistics. However, with the right WMS, you will always have peace of mind by knowing that your time as well as your employee\u2019s time is never wasted. Logiwa\u00a0is optimized for saving time in the warehouse and saving you money, too!<\/p>\n Releate Terms<\/strong><\/p>\n WMS Integration<\/a><\/strong> WMS Software for Ecommerce<\/strong><\/a> FedEx Drop-Off<\/a><\/strong> Eco-Friendly Packaging<\/a><\/strong>How to Save Time in an eCommerce Warehouse<\/h2>\n
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