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PICKING

Pick faster. Pick theright thing. Every time.

Guided, paperless pick lists routed by the shortest path through your aisles. Every pick is scan-verified, so mispicks are caught the moment they happen — not in a customer's returns box. FEFO-aware for dated stock, and easy enough that a new hire is productive on day one.

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handheld · order #4827
Order 4827 · 6 of 9 picked
NEXT PICK
Aisle 4 · Bay B · Bin 12
Organic Olive Oil 1L · Lot K-238
Pick 3
Sea Salt 500g · ×2A2-B1-12
Honey 250g · ×4A2-B3-04
Brown Rice 5kg · ×1A3-B2-01
99.7%
Pick accuracy
A bin scan plus a product scan on every line means the wrong item never makes it into the tote.
3×
Faster than paper
Shortest-path routing and on-screen prompts cut the walking and the second-guessing out of every order.
~15min
New-picker ramp
The handheld says where to go and what to scan. Most pickers run real orders within the first half hour.
0
Paper pick lists
No printing, no clipboards, no keying results back in. The pick is the record, captured as it happens.
Why guided picking matters

A pick error is one of the most expensive mistakes a warehouse makes.

It's never just the wrong item shipped. It's the return shipping, the re-pick, the support ticket, the lost trust, and the count discrepancy you spend an afternoon hunting down later. A paper-driven floor leans on memory and good intentions — and nothing verifies the pick at the one moment it matters. Guided picking closes that gap before the item leaves the bin.

Paper pick lists are guesses

A printed sheet handed to a picker is the most error-prone moment in the warehouse. Wrong aisle, wrong SKU, wrong quantity, wrong lot — and nothing checks the pick the instant it happens.

"Memory picking" doesn't scale

The veteran who knows where everything lives keeps the operation moving — until they leave or call in sick. Day-one productivity shouldn't depend on who's holding the clipboard.

Wrong-lot picks cost the most

Sell anything with an expiration date and a front-of-bin grab shortens the customer's shelf life while your oldest stock ages toward write-off. The picker can't see that on paper. The handheld can.

Before vs. after

Paper picking vs. guided picking.

Same warehouse, same orders, same team. The only difference is whether the pick is verified at the bin or hoped for on a clipboard.

❌ Paper pick lists
  • Pick by line order. Pickers crisscross the building because the sheet follows the order, not the floor.
  • Nothing verifies the pick. Wrong SKU, wrong bin, wrong count — discovered by the customer.
  • Lots are ignored. Whatever's at the front of the bin goes in the tote. FEFO is a sticky note at best.
  • New hires need a babysitter. Days of shadowing before anyone trusts them with a real order.
  • Short picks stall the walk. Run out mid-line and it's a trip back to the desk for a substitution slip.
  • Counts drift. Picks get keyed in later — if at all — so inventory and reality slowly part ways.
✅ With Klovio
  • Shortest-path routing. Klovio sequences picks by location so every walk is the fewest steps possible.
  • Scan-verified every line. Scan the bin, scan the product — a mismatch is flagged before it hits the tote.
  • FEFO-aware automatically. The soonest-expiring lot is picked first, no decision required from the floor.
  • Productive on day one. On-screen prompts mean there's almost nothing to memorize.
  • Substitutions inline. Short on a lot? Alternates appear on the handheld — no trip back to the desk.
  • Counts update live. Inventory is debited the instant a pick is confirmed, on every device.
How it works

Three steps from order to verified tote.

Guided, verified, and routed for speed. The picker follows the screen; Klovio handles the sequencing, the lots, and the count.

STEP 01

The pick list lands on the handheld

Klovio sequences picks by physical location so the picker walks the shortest route — not the order's line-item order. For dated products, it picks FEFO, soonest expiry first, automatically.

Routed
STEP 02

Every pick is scan-verified

The picker scans the bin location, then scans the product. If either is wrong, the handheld flags it before anything goes in the tote — sub-second recognition, even in low light.

Verified
STEP 03

The count updates instantly

Inventory is debited the moment the pick is confirmed. The next person to scan that SKU sees the new count, and the order rolls straight into packing with verified contents.

Confirmed
Shortest-path routing

The route is the order — not the line order.

A printed sheet lists items the way the order was placed, which sends a picker hiking back and forth across the building. Klovio re-sequences the same picks by physical location, so the walk is one clean pass through the aisles.

Batch a handful of orders into a single wave and Klovio still routes the whole thing as one walk — then sorts each pick into the right tote for you as you go.

  • Picks ordered by aisle, bay, and bin — fewest steps, every time
  • Batch, wave, and zone picking on every plan
  • Multi-order picks sorted into the correct totes automatically
  • Lines per hour tracked by picker, so you can spot who's ready to train others
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Wave 12 · 3 orders · one walk
1 Sea Salt 500g · ×2 · A2-B1-12
Tote A · soonest on the route
2 Honey 250g · ×4 · A2-B3-04
Tote B · same aisle, no backtrack
3 Brown Rice 5kg · ×1 · A3-B2-01
Tote A · next aisle over
4 Olive Oil 1L · ×3 · A4-B12
Tote C · FEFO · Lot K-238
Scan to confirm · one pick
01
Scan bin A4-B12
match ✓
02
Scan SKU OO-1L
match ✓
↓ Confirm quantity & lot ↓
Olive Oil 1L · Lot K-238
on hand 2724
Pick logged. Count decremented. No mispick possible.
Scan to confirm

Two scans, and a mispick becomes impossible.

Most picking errors are caught downstream — at packing, at shipping, or worst of all, by the customer. Klovio catches them at the bin. The picker scans the location, then scans the product, and the handheld checks both against the pick before anything moves.

Scan the wrong SKU and it flags instantly. Run short on a lot and Klovio offers alternates from other lots or locations on the spot. The picker never has to walk back to the desk, and the wrong item never reaches the tote.

  • Bin scan, product scan, and quantity confirmation on every line
  • FEFO-aware: the soonest-expiring lot is the one Klovio asks for
  • Cold-zone scans queue on the device and sync the moment it reconnects
Under the hood

The life of a pick.

From the order dropping onto a handheld to a verified tote and a live count. Every step guided, every pick checked, nothing left to memory.

ORDER → VERIFIED TOTE The life of a pick Guided, scan-verified, FEFO-aware — end to end. STEP 1 Klovio routes the pick list Lines are re-sequenced by aisle, bay, and bin for the shortest walk. Dated stock is ordered FEFO automatically. STEP 2 The picker walks one clean pass The handheld guides them bin to bin with on-screen prompts — no clipboard, no crisscrossing, no memory. STEP 3 Bin scan + product scan verify the pick A mismatch is flagged before the item leaves the bin. Short on a lot? Alternates appear on the screen instantly. STEP 4 Count drops, tote hands off to packing Inventory decrements live the instant the pick is confirmed, and the verified tote rolls straight into the packing module. Every line scanned, every lot right, nothing left to memory. Guided routing and scan-to-confirm on every pick, on every plan.
The specifics

What guided picking actually does in Klovio.

Related modules

Pairs well with.

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