Your online business is growing – and suddenly the simple shelf warehouse with an Excel list is no longer enough. Sales orders pile up, the overview of stock levels is lost, and searching for items costs time and nerves. This is when the question arises: how can you make your warehouse processes more efficient so that you can continue to deliver reliably and quickly?
A professional warehouse management system such as JTL-WMS helps you to bring structure to your warehouse, minimize sources of error and take order preparation and shipping to a new level. Regardless of whether you are just starting out or already operate a complex warehouse – with the right functions and processes, you can save a lot of time and money. In this article, we will show you how to master typical warehouse challenges with JTL-WMS.
What JTL-WMS can do: Overview of the most important functions
With JTL-WMS, you control all warehouse processes digitally – from the arrival of goods to shipping. The system has a modular structure and can be flexibly adapted to your individual requirements.
In the incoming goods department, you can easily identify deliveries by scanning items – even if something arrives in the warehouse without an order. The goods are then stored, transferred or replenished – you control all intralogistics processes centrally via JTL-WMS.
JTL-WMS shows its strengths in outgoing goods: Various commissioning and shipping processes such as EasyShipping, box packing or rolling order preparation ensure that your sales orders are processed efficiently – regardless of whether they are individual orders or bulk shipments.
It doesn’t just work on the desktop: With the mobile app, you can work directly in the warehouse, scan items, check stock levels or carry out order preparations. This allows you to remain flexible and in control of all processes, even as complexity increases.
Systematic order preparation: making sensible use of pick lists
Pick lists are a central element in warehouse management with JTL-WMS. They control which items are commissioned in which order – and offer enormous flexibility. You can configure pick lists individually, e.g. filter them by platform (Amazon, eBay, etc.), shipping method, order weight or product group. This ensures that the sales orders that have priority are processed first.
It is particularly powerful with the so-called multi-pick lists: this allows several pick lists to be logically linked and combined into a higher-level unit. This offers an enormous gain in efficiency – for example for similar sales orders with high volumes or complex shipping structures. This feature is exclusively available to customers of the WMS Enterprise Edition.
Individual fields can also be integrated into the picking list logic. For example, you can filter according to self-defined criteria such as storage regions, packaging units or special article characteristics – and further optimize the picking process.
Permanent inventory: avoid errors, keep stocks under control
Shortages are one of the biggest disruptive factors in everyday warehouse operations – especially when there is a picker at the storage bin and the item you are looking for cannot be found. JTL-WMS offers you various options to prevent such problems: In addition to the classic key date inventory, which is still supported, you can also rely on the permanent inventory – a particularly practical method for ongoing inventory maintenance.
Both variants take place directly at the storage location and are fully scanner-supported. With permanent inventory, the system recognizes when an item stock drops to zero, for example, and actively prompts for confirmation. This allows deviations to be recorded immediately and stocks to be corrected automatically.
The permanent inventory can also be configured flexibly: You can exclude certain days of the week, specifically include or exclude individual storage areas and define that only locations with a certain number of items are taken into account. This makes the stock check not only accurate, but also suitable for everyday use.
Automation & scaling: equipped for growing requirements
The larger your shipping volume, the more important automation becomes. JTL-WMS helps you to keep processes lean – even as your company grows. A good example of this is the direct integration with automated warehouse solutions such as Autostore. You don’t need expensive middleware here – JTL-WMS in the Enterprise version can communicate with such systems out of the box.
JTL-WMS also goes one step further with serial numbers: In future, it will be possible to assign items precisely at storage bin level with storage bin-specific serial numbers. This increases transparency and provides more security and control, especially for high-value products.
Whether shipping campaigns, seasonal peaks or influencer campaigns: JTL-WMS grows with you. Processes can be combined, storage areas can be expanded and special cases such as bulk shipping of identical sales orders can be mapped efficiently.
Tips for converting to JTL-WMS
Switching to a professional warehouse management system is a big step – but one that is well worth it. Think about it in advance: Which processes do you want to automate? How much growth are you planning? And what requirements do your marketplaces or shipping service providers have?
Avoid simply copying old processes. Take the opportunity to rethink your warehouse structure – for example in terms of routes or picking strategy. Details such as ergonomic workstations, floor protection mats or the right lighting also contribute a great deal to efficiency.
Even smaller retailers can set up JTL-WMS on their own – with a little IT knowledge. For larger projects or parallel warehouse systems, we recommend working with a JTL service partner.
Tip: If you are completely new to online business, you should start directly with JTL-WMS. The software is modularly scalable – one user is even free of charge.
Your warehouse, your rules - smart logistics with JTL-WMS
A well-organized warehouse is the key to satisfied customers, short delivery times and sustainable growth. With JTL-WMS, you have a powerful tool at your fingertips that supports you in order preparation, shipping and inventory control – and grows with your business.
From the mobile app to clever pick lists and permanent inventory: JTL-WMS brings structure and efficiency to your everyday warehouse life.
Now is the right time to make your warehouse management fit for the future.
