Opportunity
FabFitFun Style is a fast-growing apparel brand offering hand-picked clothing and accessories delivered to consumers. With this growth came the planning of several key initiatives: identifying and setting up a new warehouse, implementing scalable and efficient processes and technology, and defining KPIs for monitoring improvements.
Challenge
For high-growth product companies, determining how and when to scale fulfillment operations ahead of sales is often a challenge. With sales forecasted to increase 5.5x year-over-year, FabFitFun Style required a larger, more efficient inventory layout, in addition to an improved order picking methodology and system.
Solution
We designed the new FabFitFun Style facility with an optimal pick path, barcoded bin locations, and mobile scanners that would direct batch picking of orders. With the help of warehouse floor management we developed SOPs, set targets for pick times, trained associates, conducted time studies and analyzed cost-per-order.
Results
Picking efficiency increased by 270% with mobile scanners while mispicks decreased by 67% due to confirmed product barcode scans. In addition, training time for new employees decreased by 86%, attributed to a WMS-driven pick process which was much easier to learn and master.
About Us
We're former startup operators with deep experience in logistics, order fulfillment, warehousing, supply chain and inventory control. We’ve helped multiple high-growth product companies locate capable fulfillment partners, optimize warehouse efficiency, upgrade operations technologies and improve overall operating performance.