Guided pick lists,checked at the bin.
WMSHero sends pick lists to Android handhelds, sequenced by bin location to shorten the walk through your aisles. Pickers scan the bin and the product on each line, and a mismatch is flagged before the item goes in the tote. Dated stock is picked first-expired-first-out (FEFO), and on-screen prompts help new pickers work without memorizing locations.
A picking error costs more than the item.
A wrong item shipped usually means return shipping, a re-pick, a support ticket and a count discrepancy to investigate later. When picks are made from paper lists, the first check typically happens at packing or after delivery. Guided picking adds a check at the bin, before the item leaves the shelf.
Paper lists don't check the pick
A printed list tells the picker where to go but can't confirm what they took. A wrong aisle, SKU, quantity or lot is found later, at packing or by the customer.
Picking from memory is hard to scale
Experienced pickers know where items are stored; new hires don't yet. When picking depends on that knowledge, output drops when a veteran is out, and new staff take longer to get up to speed.
Dated stock needs the right lot
For products with an expiration date, picking from the front of the bin can ship newer stock while older lots age toward a write-off. A paper list doesn't say which lot to take; the handheld does.
From order to checked tote in three steps.
The picker follows the screen. WMSHero sequences the picks, selects the lot for dated stock and updates the count when each pick is confirmed.
The pick list arrives on the handheld
Picks are sequenced by physical location rather than by the order's line sequence, so the picker walks a shorter route. For dated products, the list directs the picker to the lot that expires first.
Each pick is checked by scan
The picker scans the bin location, then the product. If either doesn't match the pick, the handheld flags it before the item goes in the tote.
The count updates on confirmation
Inventory is reduced when the pick is confirmed, so the next person to look up that SKU sees the new quantity. The order then moves to packing with each picked line recorded.
Picks sequenced by location, not by order line.
A printed list follows the order as it was entered, which can send a picker back and forth across the building. WMSHero re-sequences the same picks by aisle, bay and bin, so the walk is a single pass through the aisles.
When several orders are batched into one wave, WMSHero routes the wave as one walk and shows which tote each item goes into.
- Picks ordered by aisle, bay and bin to reduce walking
- Batch, wave and zone picking on Business and Custom plans
- Multi-order picks assigned to the correct tote on screen
- Lines per hour and error rate by picker, to see who needs support and who's ready to train others
Two scans check each pick at the bin.
Without a check at the bin, mispicks (a wrong item, lot or quantity) tend to surface at packing, at shipping or with the customer. WMSHero checks at the bin: the picker scans the location, then the product, and the handheld compares both with the pick before the item moves.
A wrong SKU is flagged on the spot. If a lot runs short, WMSHero offers alternates from other lots or locations on the handheld, so the picker doesn't need to go back to the desk for a substitution.
- Bin scan, product scan and quantity confirmation on each line
- FEFO for dated stock: the handheld asks for the lot that expires first
- Scans in low-signal areas such as cold rooms queue on the device and sync when it reconnects
Workflows connected to picking.
See guided picking in WMSHero.
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