Pick time slashed by manufacturer

Weber, a leading BBQ manufacturer, needed to upgrade its warehouse devices to cope with increased demand. It turned to Ivanti Wavelink and adopted its voice solution so workers can rely on voice commands and acknowledgement and work handsfree by placing their devices in waist-mounted holsters. 

Weber has since seen a 12 second reduction in the time taken to pick an item, saving a total of 2 hours per day in picking time. It’s also allowed managers to have greater visibility around stock movements and made it easier to onboard new staff. 

Ivanti Wavelink, the supply chain business unit of Ivanti, leveraged Ivanti Velocity and Ivanti Speakeasy to streamline the warehouse processes.

To solve the challenge, Weber worked with its mobile device supplier to replace existing devices with Android-based Honeywell CT40 devices. Using the Ivanti Velocity solution, Weber then migrated and modernised green screen-based applications to a modern, touch-enabled layout on the Android operating system without a line of code being written. This meant that the adoption of the new devices within the Weber warehouse could happen in days rather than months, and processes could immediately be streamlined by reducing the number of keystrokes with the new, more intuitive applications.

With the new Weber applications now working on the Ivanti Velocity, Weber decided to add the Ivanti Speakeasy voice solution to their processes to eliminate the need for staff to physically interact with their mobile devices. Weber moved to voice within two weeks of adopting the new mobile devices. Warehouse staff could now rely on voice commands and acknowledgement and work handsfree by placing their devices in waist-mounted holsters. This solved the safety concerns of managers when handheld devices were in use. In addition, staff could undertake their tasks at a faster pace, allowing for significant productivity gains.

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