E-commerce: Efficient and effective e-fulfilment
Groceries, fashion, music, games, electronics, books and more, on-line sales keep on growing rapidly. Fulfilling thousands of small orders within 24 hours after ordering, e-commerce distribution centres have to work to very high standards. Customer satisfaction is of the utmost importance, which means error-free order picking is vital. Furthermore distribution centres must handle as many as 30% of shipped products that come back from customers. Our material handling systems can give you the answer to these challenges.
Vanderlande Industries is a market leader in material handling systems for e-fulfilment. We have a proven track record in providing efficient and reliable solutions to meet the needs of e-commerce. Our customers include ‘brick and mortar’ as well as ‘brick and click’ companies such as Amazon (in the UK, Germany and France), Tesco, Asda, Witt Group, Urban Outfitters, Hennes & Mauritz (in Belgium, Poland and Sweden), Otto, Baur, Neckermann, Wehkamp and Littlewoods.
Common systems in e-commerce include:
- Batch picking & sortation
- Zone picking
- Compact picking (goods to man system)
- Consolidation
