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The Future of E-Commerce is Order Personalization

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Why Fulfillment Automation?

Labor, Costs, Speed, Flexibility, & More

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Navigating Peaks and Valleys of Seasonal Demand

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Custom Gift Company Implements First Fulfillment Automation, Sees 60% Improvement In Labor Efficiency

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Labor-intensive and error-prone manual fulfillment took too many resources from PTG's core manufacturing process and required too much training especially during peak holiday surge periods when team members were rotating between different roles. In less than 3 months with the new equipment, the Pic the Gift team has been able to familiarize themselves with the system enough to now rely on it for over 40% of their goods. In the company’s first holiday season with the new automation, Pic the Gift was able to fulfill the same amount of packages with 60% less labor required for the fulfillment process.

StreamTech Engineering Helps Guide MHI’s New SLAM (Scan Label Apply Manifest) Industry Group

The SLAM (Scan Label Apply Manifest) term is a shorthand acronym to describe shipping automation in large fulfillment centers. As the term describes, the SLAM line identifies packages, interrogates their weights and dimensions, manifests them with the preferred carrier, and prints-applies and verifies the readability and accuracy of the labels. As an integrator and designer of SLAM systems, StreamTech is excited to be able to contribute to the group, as well as learn from others and help establish best practices.

Custom StreamTech Innovation: Drop-In Conveyor Aligner

StreamTech's Drop-In Conveyor Aligner™ (DCA) fills a gap in the market. Lots of skew beds and other alignment options have a larger footprint, cost more, cannot be easily retrofitted into existing conveyors, and cannot be adjusted for different angles once installed. We designed our own aligner to solve all of these problems, and give our customers a better choice.

Transition From Manual Sortation to Automated Sortation

Not having automated sortation typically leaves you with two options: 1) limit shipments to a single carrier (which prevents the need for sortation) or 2) invest in many people resources to take care of manual sortation.

Why Choose Fulfillment Automation?

There are a lot of reasons for fulfillment automation, and it ultimately comes down to increasing operational efficiency. It’s not always just about speed. As you are considering the ROI (Return On Investment) for your next warehouse improvement project, here are a few of the reasons to consider fulfillment automation.

StreamTech Announces Patent Award for FoldSerter™ Intelligent Pack Slip Print, Fold, Insert System

StreamTech Engineering LLC, a leading creator and integrator of intelligent fulfillment automation systems, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued the company a patent for the FoldSerter™, a system for inserting multi-page plain paper pack slips into open cartons (US Patent No. 10,822,131 B2).

Carriers Are Charging By Dimweight – Here’s Why That Matters

Dimensional (DIM) weight, also known as volumetric weight is a pricing technique for commercial freight transport. This method uses an estimated weight that is calculated from the length, width, and height of a package. The air freight industry initially created DIM weight measurement.

Sprinter™ Shipping System: Here’s How It Works

The Sprinter™ is capable of scanning, weighing, dimensioning, print and applying and verifying. It can also integrate with a multitude of additional features. Ten feet doesn't seem like a significant impact, but by combining the individual process that are manually done you are not only saving space but time with an all-in-one system.

6 Signs You Should Invest In eCommerce Fulfillment Automation

Distribution has gone through an evolution in the past two decades. This is mainly due to e-commerce order fulfillment. These changes have affected the entire supply chain. According to Statista, in 2017 online retail accounted for 9% of all retail sales in the United States.

Piggyback Labeling: Uses & Benefits

Piggyback labels are multi-layer labels that provide flexibility in a wide variety of applications. The Piggyback label is printing on only the top layer of the label allowing it to be transferrable. Some of the most common instances that a Piggyback label could be utilized...

The Future of E-Commerce is Order Personalization

Why Fulfillment Automation?

Navigating Peaks and Valleys of Seasonal Demand

See How this 3PL Uses Automation to Grow

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