How did a fulfillment center manage customer shipping charges through accurate dimensioning with the vMeasure DWS System?
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Case Study Summary
The client is a fulfillment center providing same-day to 2-day delivery. They deployed vMeasure both in the packing and receiving stations to capture the volume occupied by a case and reduce shipping costs by providing accurate dimensions.
vMeasure Static Parcel Dimensioner enabled customized workflows that captured product attributes like fragility and special handling requirements to enable appropriate slotting measures.
The client has now improved slotting mechanisms and warehouse space utilization enabled by the volume data captured in the inbound stage. Their customers are also protected from unnecessary surcharges as our client provides accurate shipping charges.
Problems faced by the Client
The company lost revenue since its warehouse space was underutilized because it did not have the actual volume occupied by an inbound case (The client billed clients on the volume occupied in the warehouse)
SKU damage was common, as their WMS couldn’t help slot items at the right place without accurate SKU dimensions and attributes
The company spent more on packaging since the orders went out in oversized boxes because they couldn’t get the right DIMs.
The orders usually went out in slightly oversized boxes, increasing dunnage and further adding to the shipping costs and surcharges.
Picking efficiency was reduced because the slotting mechanism was unoptimized during the inbound stage.
Absence of a simple picking process further led to delays in loading the trucks. Thus, the company could not meet its promised delivery deadline.
The company did not have a suitable solution to handle eCommerce orders
The IT team could not provide the resource to handle complex integration for the logistics team
There was insufficient space for an additional desktop for rate shopping if the dimensioner was installed
The company lost revenue since its warehouse space was underutilized because it did not have the actual volume occupied by an inbound case (The client billed clients on the volume occupied in the warehouse)
SKU damage was common, as their WMS couldn’t help slot items at the right place without accurate SKU dimensions and attributes
The company spent more on packaging since the orders went out in oversized boxes because they couldn’t get the right DIMs.
The orders usually went out in slightly oversized boxes, increasing dunnage and further adding to the shipping costs and surcharges.
Picking efficiency was reduced because the slotting mechanism was unoptimized during the inbound stage.
Absence of a simple picking process further led to delays in loading the trucks. Thus, the company could not meet its promised delivery deadline.
The company did not have a suitable solution to handle eCommerce orders
The IT team could not provide the resource to handle complex integration for the logistics team
There was insufficient space for an additional desktop for rate shopping if the dimensioner was installed
Why did the customer choose vMeasure Dimensioning Weighing Scanning – DWS System to solve the above logistics problems?
The vMeasure Dimensioning Solution
- The order details, along with the SKUs to be packed for the order, are displayed.
- The warehouse associate then scans the individual FNSKU to verify.
- Once all the items are verified using the FNSKU, the warehouse associate then packs the order and places the package on the vMeasure system.
- The warehouse associate scans the confirmation barcode to trigger the measurement on the vMeasure system.
- Once the measurement is triggered, the vMeasure system automatically dimensions the package and updates the corresponding data to Ship-Station
- The vMeasure system returns to the order ID scan screen automatically once the data upload to ShipStation is complete.
Benefits accrued by the client by using the vMeasure DWS System
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