Picking Methods and Technologies: Making Sense of The Strategy and Technology Options

With the multiple choices now available, it is imperative that picking strategies be matched with the right technology and software based on the business’s specific challenges.

Dramatic changes in consumer demands and expectations are exposing the limits of current picking strategies. Distribution centers of all sizes are struggling to meet continually increasing throughput requirements due to process inefficiencies or inadequate systems. To further complicate matters, COVID-19 social distancing measures are hampering manual picking efforts.

With the multiple choices now available, it is imperative that picking strategies be matched with the right technology and software based on the business’s specific challenges.

In this new white paper you will learn:

  • Different strategies you can take to address challenges and inefficiencies within your order picking process
  • Automation technologies available and which one might be right for your situation

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