Good resolution for 2019: #2 speed up the ordering process

“This quote clearly demonstrates the speed at which e-commerce logistics is evolving. Of course, 1-hour express delivery is not available for all products, but the tone has been set and the giants of the sector, by offering shorter delivery times, are gradually imposing a new standard time.

How to speed up the order picking process?

here are a few obvious direct and indirect ways to speed up order preparation and ensure more efficient delivery to your customers

Picking faster

a robust pick & pack remains the basis. Our tips on how to achieve this

• Improve your picking by improving your storage system.
• Adopt packaging with instant assemblyto reduce case forming time by 250%.
• Save the reel and adhesive stage by using cases, boxes, pouches, pockets or envelopeswith adhesive closures.
• Eliminate or reduce cushioning by using boxes with foam paddingor integrated film.
• Optimise your packaging table by following these 3 stepsor design a station 100% customized to your needs

Streamline internal logistics

• Select the right picking trolleysadapted to your activity.
• Code your shipping orders with precise coloured binsand accurate coloured shuttle binsfor inter-warehouse transport.
• Install a conveyor beltto speed up the flow of goods from the picking area to the preparation area and then to the shipping area.

Save on staff time

do we say it enough? Logistics is a marathon whose cruising speed accelerates regularly. To finish the year in good conditions, and to be able to restart the following year, it is necessary to capitalise on the teams. The competence that remains has a lot of value, especially during rush periods

• Accelerate throughput by investing intelligently in packaging systems for process more orders per pickeror to detach them from certain automatic tasks.
• Reduce the effort for each order by improving working conditions.

Aim for perfect delivery

being delivered on the first round is the best way to shorten delays and eliminate customer frustration. To do this, it is essential to go to the letterbox to avoid problems linked to delivery rounds… or to test alternatives

• Favouring envelopes and poucheswhere possible cases and extra-flat boxesin other cases.
• Should we test delivery in a locker as a complement to the parcel relay? Read the interview with Kern’s French sales manager
• Does collaborative delivery have a future? Interview with the co-founder of Cocolis