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Retail Order Fulfillment Solutions

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Dematic has solutions to meet the wide variety of retail approaches in the General Merchandising industry — superstores, specialty stores, department stores, and discount/variety stores of all sizes.

Dematic technology creates the supply chain efficiencies to deliver the everywhere requirements of the omni-channel/multichannel world and give you a competitive edge.

General Merchandise Retail Trends

  • Increasing need to serve customers in non-traditional ways — smaller urban stores, outdoor malls, virtual shopping walls, direct to homes
  • Growing use of omni-channel distribution and its effect on inventory levels at stores (smaller, more frequent deliveries)
  • Importance of accurately anticipating seasonal demands
  • Chronic labor shortages making automation essential, even for smaller operations
  • Store-friendly delivery to minimize labor costs and ensure stores have sale products available
  • RFID use increasing in some segments
  • Foreign competitors entering domestic markets
General Merchandising

How Dematic Can Help

The modular design of Dematic software meets any General Merchandise challenge and can optimize your solution for processes in receiving, storage, put-away, replenishment, case and piece picking, consolidation, packing, palletizing, truck loading, and cross-docking.

Dematic general merchandising industry solutions include:

  • Products and software that manage SKU bases for back room automation and regional DCs
  • Advanced software to optimize order fulfillment and provide insights into the operation
  • Flexibility for seasonal & promotional peaks and changing order profiles
  • Order fulfillment that shares inventory and labor to serve multiple channels
  • Faster and more efficient processing of returns — even with growing numbers of SKUs
  • Efficient processing of smaller and more complex orders
  • Automation that reduces dependency on warehouse labor
  • Configurations for dedicated e-Commerce or retail store fulfillment
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Success in an Omni-Channel World

It is easy to define omni-channel business success by desired outcomes: happy, loyal customers resulting in increased sales and profits. What is considerably more difficult is describing how to get there and making it happen.

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Typical General Merchandising Solutions

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Case & Tote Transport

Modular Conveyors That Meet Fast and Reliable Transportation Needs

Cross-Docking

The Direct Connection Between Inbound Freight and Outbound Orders

Eaches Transport

A Better Way to Move Individual Items for Omni-Channel Fulfillment

Pallet Transport

Reliable Conveyors, AGVs, and Monorails

Receiving

The First Step in Improving Efficiency

Returns Handling

Fast, Accurate Processing of Returned Merchandise

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Performance Optimizing Software

Pallet Storage

A Smarter Way to Optimize Storage Space

Tote (Carton) Storage

Save Labor Costs, Increase Speed and Accuracy

AutoStore

Ultra High-Density Storage and Buffering for Goods-to-Person Piece Picking

Automated Mixed Case Order Fulfillment

Rapid Fulfillment of Store-Ready Mixed Case Orders

Case Picking to Conveyor

Reducing Cost per Case — One Case at a Time

Case Picking to Pallet

Hands-Free Directed Picking Improves Speed and Accuracy

Batch to Putwall Picking

Waveless Fulfillment for E-Commerce and Omni-Channel Orders

Batch to Sorter Picking

High-Volume Piece Picking Made Simple

Cluster Picking

Accurate and Efficient Hands-Free Each Picking

Dynamic Pick Face Picking

Combine High-Density Storage with Operator-Friendly Ergonomics

Garment-on-Hanger Storage

Faster Cycle Times, Reduced Costs for the Warehouse and Customers

Goods-to-Person Picking

Maximize Picker Efficiency with over 1,000 Picks per Hour

Goods-to-Robot Picking

The Ultimate in Automated Split Case Picking

Zone Route Picking

Maximize Throughput in High-Density Picking Environments

Packing

Efficient Packing, Value-Added Services

Shipping

Fast and Accurate Shipping with Real-Time Visibility

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Retail Store Replenishment

The Challenge:
To provide more efficient support to its stores, a general merchandise retailer was looking to consolidate several operations into a single DC.

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