Don’t execute according to plan: react to reality

With waveless order processing, your WMS continually releases orders throughout the day, changing activities dynamically, in real-time, on the floor. A waveless order processing system redistributes workflow based on worker availability, adding new orders to the workflow without pausing between batches or waves.

By contrast, with wave-based order processing, large numbers or orders are released at once. Productivity is high when the wave is released, but dwindles toward the end of the wave as some selectors finish more quickly than others.

Tasks are interleaved: you can mark an order hot, and that hot order is added, next in line, into existing work. Selectors have a steady stream of orders that can be any combination of old orders or ones recently added to his or her workflow.

Replacing dated wave-based order processing benefits your company and workers by:

• Balancing workflow: workers don’t have to wait for the next wave to be released.
• Saving supervisors time: eliminate planning work around each wave.
• Enhance planning: replenish to keep items stocked before selectors run out.
• Keeping workers busy: a steady stream of work decreases downtime costs.