Kitchen and bathroom supplier opts for cloud-based WMS
simplehuman had previously outsourced its UK-based warehousing and fulfilment operations to a third-party provider, however, it found them unable to meet its requirements for speed and flexibility. As a result, simplehuman took the decision to invest in a new, purpose-built 103,000 sq ft warehouse in Thrapston, Northants and to manage the operation itself.
Employing around 25 people, the warehouse receives up to 15 container loads of product and ships around 500 pallets and 2,000 e-commerce orders each week, across around 1,000 SKUs.
Following an evaluation of around a dozen systems, including the Manhattan Scale WMS used at the time in simplehuman’s US operations, the company determined that Snapfulfil was the best system to meet its requirements in the UK.
James Dowdeswell, simplehuman’s (EMEA) Director of Finance and Operations, said: “We’ve found Snapfulfil to be both attentive and flexible – unlike many vendors."
