3PL Blog What Is Wave Picking in a Warehouse?

Did you know that roughly half of a picker's time is spent walking from one bin or storage area to another? With such tremendous time allocation spent on one facet of the picker's job, it's important to maximize their efficiency and improve overall fulfillment production in the warehouse. In order to stay on top of competition as a leader in omnichannel order fulfillment, learning strategies to keep a warehouse as efficient as possible is critical. Therefore, of all the ways that warehouses, both ecommerce third-party logistics (3PL) warehouses and individual brands, can fulfill orders for their customers in an efficient manner, wave picking is regarded as one of the more commonly used strategies around.