Before you pack and ship an order, you pick its items from your inventory. There are many ways your team can do this. The main thing to weigh when you choose a picking method is the speed of picking versus the accuracy of the items picked.
Tote, cart and wave picking
You can use these picking methods in SKULabs with either single order picking or batch picking:
Tote picking (pick-to-tote): pickers take items from a shelf or box and place them in a plastic bin or tote. The items that make up an order are grouped in that container.
Cart picking (pick-to-cart): pickers walk through the warehouse, take items off the shelves and place them on a rolling picking cart that goes to packing.
Wave picking: specific orders are released to the floor together, based on a common factor such as ship date, similar items or warehouse location.
Single order picking
With single order picking, your team picks each order on its own, item by item, from its shelf, bin or box.
Batch picking (multi-order picking)
Batch picking, also called batching or multi-order picking, is a picking method where pickers collect items for several orders at the same time. SKULabs supports it in two ways.
Simple order grouping for batch-like fulfillment. Group orders on the Orders list by a common factor such as ship date, similar items or warehouse location, then print one pick list for the group. This works on any plan.
The Batch feature. A dedicated interface that groups orders automatically, guides pickers through the warehouse and checks order accuracy. Batches are not included on every plan. To add them, contact our sales team.