Modernise Your Warehouse.
Faster, Error-free Inbound Operations whilst keeping up with the evolving challenges of the supply chain.
Bridging the Rugged and Consumer Device Divide
More item-level picking and returns. A dizzying amount of complexity. Demands for shorter delivery times. High workforce turnover. All these factors are putting you under greater pressure to fulfill more orders in less time with fewer long-term employees. That’s the new reality of warehousing.
How well you adapt to these forces depends in great part on how quickly you migrate to modern mobile devices—modernizing with Android™ is the path to faster, leaner operations.
1. Receiving
Receive with Next-Level Speed and Precision
The pace of warehousing is accelerating today. To keep pace, you need every worker visible, connected and optimally utilized. Augment your workforce with the right technology and tools, purpose-built for your environments for faster fulfillment.
Phase 1
Move away from paper processes and capture cycle counts digitally – eliminate the duplication of effort.
Android Handheld Mobile Computers with All-Touch Terminal Emulation, Ultra-rugged Scanners and Zebra DNA productivity tools.
Phase 2
More cycle counting per shift with ergonomic scanning, large intuitive touch screen and team communication. Replace damaged or lost labels on the spot.
Touch Computer, Mobile Printer, Zebra Workforce Connect
Phase 3
Eliminate counting errors from the start by automating data capture for critical inbound processes.
Zebra Fixed and Handheld RFID Readers and Printer/ Encoders.
Phase 4
Gain nearly 100% location-level accuracy for goods and returnable assets for a broad area.
ATR7000 RTLS Reader, Zebra MotionWorks™ Warehouse* and Zebra MotionWorks™ Asset.
Phase 5
Go beyond counting inventory. Data fused together, gives frontline cycle counters the full picture of the state of the inventory.
Partner or customer applications, Zebra Data Services APIs
2. Inventory Management
Your Most Accurate Inventory Yet
The accelerated pace of e-commerce, paired with customers’ on-demand expectations, is driving an urgent need to prioritize inventory visibility to constantly know the quantity, condition and utilization of goods and assets. To keep pace, you need every worker visible, connected and optimally utilized.
Phase 1
Move away from paper processes and capture cycle counts digitally– eliminate the duplication of effort.
Android™ Handheld Mobile Computers with All-Touch Terminal Emulation, Ultra-rugged Scanners and Zebra DNA productivity tools.
Phase 2
More cycle counting per shift with ergonomic scanning, large intuitive touch screen and team communication. Replace damaged or lost labels on the spot
Touch Computer, Mobile Printer, Zebra Workforce Connect™.
Phase 3
Eliminate counting errors from the start by automating data capture for critical inbound processes.
Zebra Fixed and Handheld RFID Readers and Printer/ Encoders.
Phase 4
Gain nearly 100% location-level accuracy for goods and returnable assets for a broad area.
ATR7000 RTLS Reader, Zebra MotionWorks™ Warehouse* and Zebra MotionWorks™ Asset.
Phase 5
Go beyond counting inventory. Data fused together, gives frontline cycle counters the full picture of the state of the inventory.
Partner or customer applications, Zebra Data Services APIs.
3. Item Picking
With Proven Solutions that Deliver Agility and Accuracy
Take the pain out of picking, and make speed and accuracy the order of the day. When upgrading the equipment your colleagues use daily ensure that they assist with hands-free picking with augmented glasses, boost productivity with the TC8300 touch computer or install mountable rugged tablets and barcode scanners to your forklifts.
Phase 1
Move away from paper processes and capture cycle counts digitally– eliminate the duplication of effort.
Android™ handheld mobile computers with All-Touch Terminal Emulation.
Phase 2
Optimize workflows and keep workers handsfree, heads-up and in their picking zone to maximize productivity.
Zebra FulfillmentEdge™ paired with wearable mobile computing, scanning and printing.
Phase 3
Eliminate manual scanning during pallet picking.
Fixed RFID reader in portal area exiting pallet storage location.
Phase 4
Reduce manual material movement to pack stations to increase picking productivity.
Zebra FulfillmentEdge™ orchestrates workers and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs).
Phase 5
Empower frontline workers with the intelligence to adapt quickly to changing conditions.
Zebra Data Services APIs.
4. Staging and Packing
Put Accuracy on Centre Stage
Packing and staging are the most hands-on jobs in your warehouse and distribution centre’s shipping department. Any distraction or error can lead to an incorrect shipment and dissatisfied customer. To ensure accuracy at this critical point, Zebra developed hands-free technology that confirms orders with a quick scan, prints a shipping label with the correct destination, and allows you to continue tracking each package to the right lorry.
Phase 1
Verify order accuracy, record your final inventory moves and print clear shipping labels that ensure delivery
Ultra-Rugged Scanner and connected Desktop Printer.
Phase 2
Keep packing and shipping workers handsfree to easily handle and sort cartons, print color-coded labels onthe-spot and seamlessly communicate with their work devices.
Wearables, Mobile Printing, IQ Color Labels, Zebra Workforce Connect™.
Phase 3
Automate and document pack validations at distribution center for irrefutable receipt at retail stores.
Fixed RFID readers and antennas positioned above conveyor to staging area.
Phase 4
Automatically identify outbound shipments in each staging location in real time; send an automatic alert to the staging manager if any orders are incomplete.
Zebra MotionWorks™ Warehouse* and Real-time Location System (RTLS).
Phase 5
Fuse multiple sensor and transactional data inputs to power machine learning and intelligent automation to validate order readiness.
Partner applications and Zebra Data Services APIs.
