Usually, common processes in warehouse management like sorting, packing, picking, storage, transportation, retrieval, etc., are all handled by human labors. Upon knowing more about the characteristics of various processes in warehouse management, enterprises have turned to new automation technologies with RPA as an example to improve the business processes, in an effort to free up human labor and increase business efficiency.
Why RPA in warehouse management?
Today, these common processes have been largely handled by physical robots. However, the work in the background still relies on human labor.
Usually, such work as tracking the transportation route, sending Emails, creating the inspection lists, printing labels, etc. is simple, but they do not allow any single mistake. So in many enterprises, a lot of time and energy has been invested in them, which may often cause a shortage of hands.
With RPA in place in the warehouse management system, those manual work can be automated to facilitate the whole process from receiving and fulfilling orders to final delivery to customers. While human skills are still required, such automated warehouse solutions can be less dependent upon them. Through RPA, the warehouse management will see 3 major changes in digital transformation.
1. Labor costs reduced: Use RPA robots for transactions and to optimize staff's time
2. Turnaround time shortened: Fulfill the orders faster than ever.
3. Quality improved: Removed errors and repetitive work in any process, and saved more time.
With the help of RPA, the warehouse management businesses can be pushed to a fresh new level both in cost-effectiveness and business efficiency, and productivity and resource optimization. Using RPA flexibly will further improve the business operations in the enterprise.
Scenarios to implementing RPA in Warehouse Management
1. Automatically handle orders and payments
2. Automatically send Email or SMS reminders
3. Automatically communicate with customers
4. Automatically run the purchasing and inventory management processes
5. Automatically generate service reminders for warehouse equipment
6. Automatically generate service and road tax reminders
7. Automatically schedule and track shipments through RPA
