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Rapid Fulfillment with Automated Technology and Advanced Software Time, space, and labour costs never decline. In fact, they continually grow and expand, placing pressure on supply chains to figure out how to do more with less. To maximise your resources and assets you must make the decision to automate at a level that’s right for your business. Micro-fulfilment may be the answer.
What is micro-fulfilment?
Micro-fulfilment is an order fulfilment system with high storage density and high throughput, designed to fulfil orders within one hour. It uses proven technology, on a reduced scale, to fit into small footprints in urban locations to be closer to the consumer.
Today’s consumers don’t have enough hours in a day and will pay convenience. With the online marketplace, they can shop for staple items at multiple stores and find the right price within seconds. If you don’t have a customer-first approach, a negative shopping experience — whether in-store or online — will likely cause shoppers to choose a competitor instead.
Micro-fulfilment helps you build a seamless shopping experience and overcome challenges like:
1.Urbanisation
Globally, more people live in urban areas than in rural areas, with more than 55 % of the world’s population residing in urban areas. In 1950, 30% of the world’s population was urban. By 2050, 68% is projected to be urban.
Consumers live in urban locations, where real estate is expensive. This makes “getting close” to consumers more expensive and difficult than ever. With online orders historically not generating profits — and the continued growth of e-commerce — most current fulfilment models are unsustainable
2.Rapid delivery
Online shopping is here to stay. E-commerce is growing — consumers have an appetite for instant gratification, and they’re very comfortable buying online. They want goods faster, with free delivery, and with a seamless shopping experience, regardless of which channel they buy from.
3.Labor constraints
The logistics labour shortage is a major challenge right now. The aging population, lagging increase in population, and the decreasing number of people open to warehouse work has made automation essential. Companies are using more automation not only to free workers up from managing non-value-added tasks, but also to empower skilled employees to make their operations more efficient, competitive, and profitable.
Your fulfilment model influences how consumers shop and who they shop with.
Advantages of micro-fulfilment:
Faster Order Fulfilment: Automation fulfils orders in as little as one hour.
Optimize Space: Micro-fulfilment fits into existing space to reduce footprint size and cost.
Scale for Growth: Micro-Fulfilment is flexible, allowing you to easily add to the system to increase capacity and expand fulfilment aligned to business needs.
Accurate Picking: we software synchronises equipment, processes, and inventory for fast and accurate delivery.
Closer to Consumer: Using existing retail space in urban warehouses and distribution centres allows for goods to be stored near the end customer.
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