Wireless Warehouse Solution

Requirements

Our 3rd party logistics client uses a legacy system and needed a mobile solution for their warehouse staff so that they could both receipt stock and pick orders from their warehouse using mobile devices. When their existing provider failed to deliver a working solution our client still had need to improve efficiency and accuracy of warehouse picking. Our client approached Transfocus to see if we could develop a software solution that would interface seamlessly to their existing system.

The Transfocus Solution

Our approach was to first develop a modern interface to the legacy system, one that allows data to be transferred to and from that system using the latest web technologies. This enabled us to develop a standalone warehouse application that would run on any Windows device, including Windows tablets. This approach allowed our application to be easily run on a PC at the receiving dock, where it is more convenient to use a PC to print labels for incoming freight, while having the same application running on tablets mounted on forklifts for picking orders or for staff to carry out generic stock inquiries in the warehouse.

The final solution brought the old legacy application out into the warehouse with a modern look and feel, as well as including many new features that were not even available in the legacy application, ranging from advanced searching to stock consolidation.