FMCG & consumer goods
Many orders a day, and the pick face is never empty.
Consumer goods warehouses dispatch many orders a day across many SKUs, often by batch with strict first-in, first-out. Crystal WMS reserves stock per order, refills pick faces from rules before they run dry, slots fast movers close to dispatch and keeps every batch moving oldest first.
What the store holds
- 01Finished goods
- 02Packaging material
- 03Labels & cartons
- 04Raw ingredients
- 05Promotional packs
- 06Returns
The questions
What this store has to get right, every day.
These are the problems we hear first from stores in this industry.
Order volume
Many small orders, every day, with the same cut-off.
Empty pick faces
Pickers waiting while someone fetches from reserve.
Batch rotation
Oldest batches first, or stock ages on the shelf.
Returns
Returned goods that need a decision, fast.
The answers
How Crystal WMS handles it.
Each answer is a module you can read about in full.
- Replenishment rulesPick faces refilled from reserve before they empty.Reservations, replenishment & slotting
- Wave pickingOrders grouped so pickers collect many in one walk.Sales orders & wave picking
- Bin-level inventoryOn hand, reserved and available, by batch and bin.Bin-level inventory
- Returns dispositionAccept, return to vendor, repair or scrap, with real stock movement.Returns & repair
Other industries
Same discipline, different material.
See Crystal WMS on a fmcg & consumer goods store.
Thirty minutes on a call: we walk one of your items from the gate to the truck, on your process, and answer the questions your team brings.