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FEATURE

08. Picking Module

Wave picking groups orders by carrier, channel, and region automatically — same SKUs picked together in one pass, then split back to individual orders by the sorting module. Average shipping speed improves 200-300% after rollout.

Pain Points

  • Once order volume climbs, pick routes go to chaos — staff walk the same aisle back and forth all day.
  • After picking, manual cross-checking of which order goes to which slot eats time — one mistake means redoing the whole batch.
  • Peak season throws bodies at the problem, but new hires don't know the routes — efficiency never recovers.

Core Highlights

01

Wave picking — multi-order merge, double the throughput

The system groups pending orders into waves automatically by carrier, sales channel, and delivery region, merging common SKUs into a single pass. Instead of one trip per order, 50 orders' worth of items might pick in one trip. Schedule waves to fire automatically — no manual triggering.

02

Auto-routed sequence, just follow along

Pick lists are ordered automatically by bin sequence: pick-face first, ground floor before upper levels, near-empty bins cleared first, then arranged along aisle flow. Operators just walk in order — no backtracking, fewer forklift trips.

03

Mobile or paper — pick the mode that fits

  • Mobile mode: the app shows the next bin live, scan to confirm, wrong-SKU warnings fire immediately
  • Paper mode: print the pick list, operators work the list, confirm back to the system at the end, report actual variances

Different warehouses and different teams can use different modes — no forced unification.

04

Sorting back to orders, real-time sync, no errors

Picked items get sorted back to their original orders — scan the product barcode, the system tells you which slot to drop it in. When multiple operators sort simultaneously, real-time sync shows everyone's progress. Items not in the current wave enter exception-handling mode and queue automatically — no interruption to the sorting flow.

05

Pick shortage? System handles it automatically

If the bin doesn't have enough stock mid-pick, paper mode lets you report the shortage at confirmation — the system releases the excess allocation and adjusts the outbound order status automatically. No manual order editing, no locked-up stock for other orders.

More Capabilities

  • 01Mis-pick return: scan a wrongly-picked item back to its bin, the system suggests the right return location
  • 02Wave label bulk-print: pull tracking numbers and print all the wave's carrier labels in one shot — no per-order clicks
  • 03Pick scheduling automation: set fixed time slots, the system builds pick lists from pending orders automatically — fully hands-off
  • 04Pick templates: common grouping rules and quantity caps can be saved as templates and applied with one tap

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