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Welcome to the Voice Picking Blog, a forum for discussion about voice picking in the warehouse. We hope you'll read the posts, join the discussion, or perhaps even become a guest author.
Aberdeen Group Reports on the State of Voice Picking
Posted January 27, 2012 by Steve Gerrard
Aberdeen Group recently did a survey of voice users that shed some light on how far voice picking has come in the past decade. Their report makes for very interesting reading. In this post and several to follow, we will talk about...
2011: The Year in Voice
Posted December 22, 2011 by Steve Gerrard
This was another big year for voice picking. After a great deal of change and even more technical advancements, we stand yet again on the threshold of the next leap forward. The voice picking market is always changing, but it appears that one...
What Gives? Explaining Voice Picking's Low Market Penetration
Posted December 1, 2011 by Steve Gerrard
Recently, Modern Materials Handling did their annual survey of Warehouse and DC Operations Trends. The poll surveyed 600 decision makers in various industries. Surprisingly, 64% of respondents are still using paper-based picking, while only 3%...
Rookie-Ready Voice Picking: The Best Training Vehicle for New Hires
Posted November 21, 2011 by Sumit Gupta
Most warehouses deal with a constant influx of new workers. For businesses with peak seasons and temporary positions, there is no grace period to wait around for new hires to reach standard proficiency levels. They need temp workers up to speed...
Continuous Operational Improvement
Posted November 14, 2011 by John Casagrande
The advent of voice software has been a boon for intelligent warehousing. Order accuracy and worker productivity go up. ROI is robust. Everything moves faster in the operation. Well, almost everything. If logistics executives have had one gripe...
Post-IFDA Thoughts
Posted November 1, 2011 by Patrick Downey
Recently, we attended the International Foodservice Distributors Association's (IFDA) Distribution Solutions Conference. It was an important year for the industry, as the economy is forcing customers out of restaurants and into their own...
Green Logistics in the Warehouse
Posted October 19, 2011 by Matthew Bilodeau
Going green is a rising issue in the business world. Societal norms and environment-friendly trends are reaching the tops of corporations, and companies view their “green profile” as something to be developed and maintained. But the old rules still...
Forgiving Software: Hardware Interaction
Posted September 27, 2011 by Steve Gerrard
On the voice picking blog, we’ve been discussing the concept of forgiving software - i.e., software that “forgives” necessary changes by not carrying a heavy tax associated with modifications. So far, we’ve covered forgiveness in business processes...
Forgiving Software: WMS Interface
Posted September 20, 2011 by Steve Gerrard
Recently on the blog, we've been discussing forgiving software, or software that allows for change without expensive consequences. This is a key issue because warehouses need to deal with change in every aspect of business. Software that resists...
Forgiving Software: Workflow Processes
Posted September 13, 2011 by Steve Gerrard
In the previous post, we introduced the concept of forgiving software for voice picking, and discussed how it helps warehouses minimize the cost of change. We will now examine a dimension of voice picking where this is important: business...