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Mike Tiedemann, president of Oregon Bolt, Inc., remembers when order pickers didn't have a clear path through his warehouse. "People had to know the warehouse like the backs of their hands to pick orders efficiently."

Considering Oregon Bolt's warehouse measures thousands of square feet and contains tens of thousands of SKUs, efficiency was a problem. "We knew there had to be a better way," he says.

Now there is. Activant's Wireless Warehouse Management Solution puts Oregon Bolt employees on the right track by automating pick, count, and put-away activities, improving everyone's efficiency.

Tiedemann estimates that the Wireless Warehouse Management Solution enables an average warehouse worker to pick about 200 order lines per day - as opposed to 100 lines prior to implementing the solution.

"It offers my guys a logical path around our warehouse," he says. "When pick tickets print, they start off with items at the front of the warehouse and end right near the packing area." Further increasing efficiency is the ability to pick several orders during one pass through the warehouse.

"This cuts footsteps and makes their passes through the warehouse much more logical," Tiedemann says. "We get more done, plain and simple."

Better Organization

Activant's Wireless Warehouse Management Solution works by linking warehouse employees to your enterprise software solution through a handheld device. Because the device uses pre-set item locations to put your employees on the right path to the right items throughout your facility, accuracy skyrockets.

"Because warehouse employees scan bar codes to verify that they've picked the right item, order accuracy and service levels have improved," says Tiedemann. "Now, employees know exactly what they're pulling so they're not second guessing themselves."

Tiedemann says that implementing the Wireless Warehouse Management Solution is a good move for any distributor looking to streamline warehouse processes. "We'll be able to fill twice as many orders with the same number of people," he says.

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