Stadium decided to develop their system support for its ever-growing e-commerce business.The chosen solution was Novacura Flow, which quickly led to efficiency improvements of more than 30 percent!
E-commerce is growing all the time, and this is something that Stadium has noticed. As a result, the company started looking around at the end of last year for a solution to make its e-commerce business more efficient; a solution that would give smart order summaries and would make it quicker and easier for order pickers to put orders together. Stadium uses IFS Applications, but was not convinced about adapting the system to meet these new requirements.
We’ve achieved an average efficiency improvement of 33 percent for the period April to August. Our maximum capacity has increased, we’re saving time and the orders are ready quicker.
IFS system was able to dealt with our e-commerce order picking and the improvements that Stadium wanted to perform. However, the timeframe was extremely long and there was a real risk that this could affect other functions and adaptations in IFS, and that it wouldn’t be a standard solution.
However, a more satisfactory solution was at hand.
The Stadium had previously used Novacura within another part of the business. They have find out that there was also a product, Novacura Flow, that could be suitable for our e-commerce operations. The Novacura Flow client compiles orders and enables order pickers to print out picking lists for received orders in batches as soon as they are ready. There were four different types of cart with different numbers of compartments, and the order picker can now follow a smart picking route, filling the compartments with goods without wasting effort or time.
After implementation of Novacura, the picker takes a set route and ticks off the products picked into the cart. Once the list was completed, the picker proceeds to a computer terminal, reports back and receives a receipt and shipping labels.
33% efficiency improvement within the first five months.
Till now Novacura Flow has exceeded expectations in many areas of The Stadium internal operations.
We’ve achieved an average efficiency improvement of 33 percent for the period April to August. Our maximum capacity has increased, we’re saving time and the orders are ready quicker.
Another advantage is that Novacura Flow is so easy to operate that training new staff is straightforward. This makes life easier during campaigns and peak periods, when the number of order pickers can swell from five to forty.
So we’ve saved time in a number of different ways. We began implementation in January, and went live at the beginning of March. We’re extremely proud of that!
Novacura’s Account Manager Klas Klasman is delighted to have been able to streamline Stadium’s e-commerce processes, and is particularly pleased to have adapted the design and functionality of Novacura Flow to suit Stadium’s requirements so quickly.