Customer

American-based provider of home movie and video game rental services, originally through video rental shops.

Objective and solution

Customer suffered from huge amounts of paperwork. The task was to automate warehouse workflows for maximal efficiency. Main objectives were including:

  • Centralize warehouses data
  • Accounting of product transferring between warehouses
  • Reporting
  • Forecasting and inventory optimization
  • Integration with barcode scanners

Solution:

  • Single database with enabled replication for maximal performance of endpoint warehouses
  • Web interface was designed to replace the existing desktop application and papers
  • Using mathematical optimization and game theory methods automate forecasting and analysis

Project highlights

  • All paperwork was eliminated
  • Productivity was achieved using keyboard-only user interface
  • Time needed for daily routines of warehouse personnel was reduced by 300%