Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

What is Fulfillment Engines?

Fulfillment Engines is a scalable, real-time fulfillment platform that helps you pick e-commerce orders fast and cost effectively – regardless of order size, SKU mix, or item dimensions. With Fulfillment Engines, you can get the most out of your people and facilities, without ballooning your budget. You can scale up picking capacity during peak periods, then back down afterwards to control costs.

Fulfillment Engines is smart. It adapts to changes instantly using real-time data and decision making, and handles exceptions automatically, with little or no human intervention. Fulfillment Engines can be deployed and optimized for your facility in weeks. There is no upfront equipment to buy or maintain, and it can work alongside existing automation equipment seamlessly.

What are the benefits of using Fulfillment Engines?

With Fulfillment Engines, you can:

• Meet shipping deadlines for any order, regardless of order size, SKU mix, or item dimensions.
  Fulfillment Engines doesn't depend on pre-defined, static order profiles or specialized automation equipment. It was designed from the ground up to be hyper-efficient for typical e-commerce orders (a couple of different types of SKUs).
• Maximize operating margins.
  Super charge your facility performance, without ballooning your budget. Fulfillment Engines can help reduce your picking costs by an average of 20%, without the upfront and support costs of heavy automation equipment.
• Scale picking capacity up and down quickly.
  Fulfillment Engines is a software-based solution that doesn’t require you to over-build equipment for peak season that goes underutilized the rest of the year. You can deploy in weeks, and in phases to manage risk.

How does Fulfillment Engines work?

Fulfillment Engines has a centralized orchestration engine which manages pickers in your facility. Each picker uses the Fulfillment Engines mobile application (an Android application designed to run on popular Zebra hand-held devices and computers) to receive instructions and scan items, totes, and pick carts.