In today’s high-pressure fulfillment world, it’s tempting to “just get a quote” and keep things moving. But when it comes to automation, fast answers often lead to costly mistakes. This article breaks down why thorough application engineering—from asking the right questions to understanding your unique operational flow—is essential for a system that delivers real, long-term value.
Is Your Warehouse Ready For Fulfillment Automation? Key Indicators To Watch
Think your warehouse is running just fine without automation? Maybe it is—but maybe it's also holding you back. Fulfillment automation isn’t just about keeping up with demand; it’s about scaling smarter, faster, and with fewer headaches. In this article, we unpack key signs that your warehouse is ready to automate, bust a few common myths, and show how companies like yours are already seeing big returns with small, strategic upgrades.
Warehouse Fulfillment Automation Trends To Watch In 2025
As e-commerce continues to dominate global retail, businesses must evolve their fulfillment strategies to keep up with rising demand and customer expectations. In 2025, warehouse automation is set to revolutionize operations with trends such as robots for faster picking and improved storage, the integration of advanced software stacks for real-time data flow, and the importance of dimensional accuracy for cost-effective shipping. Personalized order experiences will also play a key role in enhancing customer satisfaction. This article explores these innovations and their potential to shape the future of warehousing and fulfillment, providing businesses with the tools to stay competitive and efficient in an ever-evolving market.
How Image-To-Order Capture Provides Accountability For Outbound Fulfillment
Order accuracy is crucial in warehouse fulfillment, whether handling car parts, jewelry, or medical instruments. StreamTech's PackSight™ Camera Capture System boosts accuracy by capturing high-resolution images at key stages of fulfillment. This automation reduces errors, enhances customer service, and improves carrier accountability. Discover how PackSight™ can streamline your process and increase efficiency.
The Warehouse Metrics You’ll Need for Your Peak Season Post-mortem
Is your warehouse ready for the next peak season? After the busy end-of-year rush, it's crucial to evaluate your warehouse performance and identify areas for improvement. By tracking key metrics like inventory turnover, order lead time, downtime, shipping costs, and returns, you can uncover inefficiencies that may have slowed you down. Streamlining operations, optimizing staffing, and exploring automation solutions can help you perform better during high-demand periods. A post-season review is your opportunity to make data-driven decisions that improve efficiency, reduce costs, and ensure your warehouse is prepared to handle future challenges seamlessly.
What if Your Warehouse is the Bottleneck?
Could your business scale up with a better warehouse?
Is your warehouse holding back your business growth? Let's explore how bottlenecks in warehouse operations can stifle eCommerce scalability and efficiency. Automation can streamline fulfillment processes, unlocking new revenue opportunities, and improving operational flow. Discover why investing in warehouse automation may be the key to eliminating barriers and driving long-term success.
See How Automation Helps Holland Group Ship Live Plants Globally During Peak Seasons
Holland Group
Holland Group is a family-owned and operated company that has been in operation for over 5 generations of farmers, growing and selling plants. In 2004 the company decided to be an early adopter of e-commerce, and launched a storefront to sell their bulbs to customers online. Since then, the company now has 6 separate brands, with over 1,300 different SKUs of plants.
3 Unexpected Ways Automating DIM Weight Controls Costs
How much can you save by automating DIM weight? More than you think. Learn how inaccurate measurements can have you paying way too much for shipping. And while measuring DIM weight may not seem like a top priority when deciding how to automate your warehouse, implementing dimensioning equipment can have a relatively large impact. When every package can be scanned, weighed, and measured efficiently, ensuring that only accurate information is provided to the carrier, things like chargebacks, special handling fees, and bad packaging decisions become a thing of the past.
See How WWT Improved Labor Efficiencies And Customer Satisfaction With New Shipping Automation
World Wide Technology (WWT)
For WWT, their warehouse operations require the company to receive and ship large volumes of valuable electronics equipment that goes into building data servers and supporting their corporate clients. Shipping errors are costly, and delayed shipments can have a big impact on client relationships. StreamTech Engineering worked with World Wide Technology (WWT) to redesign two outbound shipping automation systems. The existing processes were inefficient, and required manual decision-making for each package. The goal of the project was to achieve a system that could reliably process the wide variety of sizes of their outbound parcel shipments. StreamTech Engineering delivered a SLAM system that accommodates the wide range of package sizes, unique labeling requirements, and sortation, all managed by the StreamTech Warehouse Control System (WCS) software.
See How FCP Euro’s Fulfillment Automation Impacts Culture, and Customer Satisfaction
FCP Euro
For FCP Euro, customer satisfaction is the primary driver for everything they do. The “customer-first” mindset has permeated across the company culture, so much so that many of their customers become employees. It’s for this reason they have a unique approach to implementing automation within their operations. Instead of using automation as a labor reduction mechanism, FCP Euro took the approach that implementing automation could elevate their company culture by allowing many of the team members from the shipping and fulfillment team to move into new responsibilities within the company.