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Warehouse management software for humans

Automation is the next step. Akpa helps your employees navigate complex internal logistics quickly and confidently.

Akpa assists employees in processes that require significant focus to get right. Prevent mistakes, increase productivity and self-sufficiency, and end the day with energy to spare.

Akpa is a collection of modules that allow you and your employees to work effectively. It cuts down on waste in your processes, increases employee satisfaction and ensures you can work on what matters most: getting your customers exactly what they need, on time.

Built on Picqer

Akpa is an extension to Picqer, and can be used seamlessly along it. Replace core logistical processes, and extend Picqer with functionality and metrics that help you improve and perform better.

Akpa is cloud-based software. Access it from anywhere you can use a web browser, including mobile PDAs. Enjoy software that is always up to date, backed up and secure.

Order Picking

Order picking is often one of the last steps in your logistical process, but ever so hard to get right. Use the order picking module to pick effortlessly, quickly and with confidence.

  • Verify the picked item by scanning its location, SKU or barcode.
  • Vastly reduce errors by requiring barcode scanning for SKUs that support it, and allow manual picking for the ones that don’t.
  • Save time by coupling batches to containers in bulk.
  • Reduce employee on-boarding effort by showing custom instructions for your special products.
  • Reduce scanning effort at the packing table by printing custom quantity bulk labels for large order lines.
  • Lower the barrier of communication by easily notifying supervisors of potential issues, right from any context in Akpa.
  • Speed up cycle counts by verifying empty bins while picking.

Order Packing

As the final step prior to sealing the box, it’s the last opportunity to ensure a perfect unboxing experience. Use the order packing module to pack efficiently, with zero mistakes.

  • Ensure a fresh pair of eyes by assigning batches to someone different from the employee who picked it.
  • Vastly reduce errors by requiring barcode scanning for SKUs that support it, and allow manual picking for the ones that don’t.
  • Ensure speedy shipping label printing by automatically generating them ahead of time.
  • Ensure accuracy while reducing effort for large order lines by bulk scanning custom labels created during order picking.
  • Front-load address changes by allowing customer support to intervene: Akpa notifies customer support when changes are required, all before the order picker starts to work on the order.
  • Save customer support effort by automatically suggesting and applying data corrections based on configurable rule sets. Confident in your rules? Enable rules to operate automatically, bypassing customer service entirely.

Kitting

Kitting: combining different products to form a new product. It often comes with complicated instructions, with slight nuances that are hard to get right. Use the kitting module to allow even temporary workers to be productive, right from day one.

  • Empower employees by giving them insight in the work to be done, allowing them to choose tasks by themselves, or assign tasks manually for more control.
  • Never get lost: all information an employee needs is on a single page.
  • Write step by step guides with pictures so employees won’t have to worry about making mistakes.
  • Ensure you’re kitting the right products by requiring barcode scanning for SKUs that support it, and allow manual checking for the ones that don’t.
  • Hand over tasks between employees, and never lose track of where a coworker left off.
  • Verify your put-aways by scanning a location as the final verification step.
  • Track inventory every step of the way, by properly accounting for raw material usage.
  • Deal with mistakes easily by recording damaged and left over raw materials.

Operational Dashboards

Allow employees to see what’s happening in the warehouse at a glance, empowering them to shift tasks by themselves and see where capacity is needed.

  • Display a count of orders that need to be processed, and break them down by status, country and other aspects.
  • Display the kitting tasks that need to be done, and display them based on the task type and whether they fulfill a back-order.
  • Create multiple dashboards and tailor the information to the department it’s shown to, showing them exactly what they need to get their job done.

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