Company’s challenge

Already equipped with a WMS, the company was looking for a decision-support tool capable of reorganizing its warehouse processes in order to reduce preparation time. Implementing such optimization requires to:

• Create in synergy slotting, batching and picking;
• Minimize expected picking duration by selecting optimal storage location for each item;
• Reduce the number of pickers by allocating orders to pickers while anticipating congestion;
• Reduce preparation time by optimizing sequencing and routing of pickers.

Solution provided

In addition to the synergies created by systemic optimization of the different decision levels, Atoptima's optimization modules were able to handle the most complex order preparation constraints, with the best performance on the market.

The company was able to significantly reduce its order preparation time, and is now able to deliver the highest quality of service to its customers, not to mention automation and load smoothing for its pickers.