Pick or Sort for Retail Fulfillment

Many of today’s retail distribution professionals have experienced a major shift in the fulfillment requirements that need to be efficiently supported through their distribution center (DC).

Much has been written about the explosion of retail e-commerce and the challenges associated with processing extremely large numbers of small consumer orders. Despite the multitude of existing white papers, articles and blogs offering insights to solve these e-commerce fulfillment operational issues, there is less focus on the other side of retail DC operations: retail fulfillment.

Retailers now face substantial challenges deriving from the following factors:

• Accelerated store openings

• Increasing frequency of new product launches

• SKU proliferation

• Rapidly increasing overall throughput

Each of these factors can impact operations in a variety of ways, as described further in the whitepaper.