Cosmetics and personal care combine batch-coded goods, expiry dates and frequent promotional bundles. A warehouse management system tracks batch and expiry on the stock record, builds gift sets and bundles as countable items with their own stock, and keeps regulated ingredients within their permitted storage conditions.
New to this topic? Start with the complete warehouse management system (WMS) guide — what a WMS does, what it costs and how a rollout works.
A lot of marketing money is invested in the beauty industry and the impact of campaigns is often short and fleeting. BizBloqs understands perfectly how important it is to have the right stock in the right places to maximize the results of such campaigns. That is why BizBloqs has developed many features to address the complexity of the logistic requirements and for deep insight in stock movements and management.
A streamlined order and delivery solution throughout the widespread beauty distribution network serves the industry to perfection, as our customers will attest.
Many beauty products require expiry dates and this also strains the logistic processes as does stock management. BizBloqs has the ability to tune your workflow for the optimal shipment of products to minimize waste and keep a consistent retail assortment of products on the shelves.
BizBloqs can register and consider all relevant information, including conditions required to maintain products in their most pristine shape and form. Requirements that can include temperature and humidity restrictions can all be processed, linked to the right products and guided by a strict quality management protocol to safeguard the customer experience when using such products.
Of course it is always possible that protocols have not been followed correctly or an error of sorts has occurred. Identify problems upon receipt with custom QC processes, featuring image capture and email communication directly from the device to the relevant supplier contact with solutions provided by BizBloqs.
Our technology platform can implement and track quality requirements and all other elements of the logistics flows to retail stores and e-commerce sales channels, which ensures maximization of your selling windows and margins.
The BizBloqs technology platform is a beautiful fit for the beauty industry, minimizing the number of product touches, efficient processing of any order size and optimized returns handling.
In our experience it is critical to be able to trace batches, whether it is from the production line or through the distribution channels. Many beauty products have expiration dates and need to be shipped based on First Expiry, First Out (FEFO) principles. Should there have been any issue that requires a recall, BizBloqs makes it possible to limit the risk and damage only to the specific affected batch or even article. In the more positive case of business as usual, the deep insights and awareness of stock levels and inventory value provide a great tool for running an optimized business.
BizBloqs also integrates with retail POS systems, allowing you to track down that last piece of a specific product on the customer’s behalf in the shortest and most efficient way.
Both your store personnel and your customers will appreciate how you take customer service to a different level.
Batch and PAO data are needed for compliance but held off-system
Batch, production date and period-after-opening captured at receipt and enforced through picking and dispatch
Gift sets and bundles are assembled without stock consequence
Sets built against a defined structure that consumes components and creates a sellable item with its own stock record
Hazardous and flammable items are stored by convention, not by rule
Storage and transport constraints configured per item and enforced at put-away, picking and carrier selection
Promotional peaks overwhelm a manual picking process
Campaign volume grouped into waves and batches so a launch is planned capacity rather than an emergency
Marketplace listings drift out of sync with real availability
One stock position published outward in real time, with per-channel buffers on the platforms that punish cancellations
Cosmetics / Personal Care — What the beauty sector actually demands of a warehouse, a 14-point capability checklist you score yourself, and the eight questions to ask every vendor — including us.
BizBloqs has implemented and optimized numerous features that are highly relevant to the F & B industry. We highlighted a few below.
Set QC requirements by product type and evidence problems with imagery
Set replenishment levels for remote locations to improve product availability
Configure the receiving process to meet financial and reporting requirements
Pick items on backorder while receiving to minimise lead times
Create courier consignments and print labels within the BizBloqs app
Create customer specific labelling during picking operations
Operations like yours already run on BizBloqs
Work out what your current process costs and how much of it you could save, on your own figures. No email wall — the result appears as you type.
Match it to how you operate
The compliance and commercial detail above is the same for everyone in cosmetics / personal care. What changes is how you run: production, fulfilment, wholesale or third-party logistics. Pick your operating model to see the process fit.
BizBloqs has developed a unique platform which can be configured to create many solutions for every logistic challenge we have encountered. Our combined experience and expertise in our field makes us trusted advisors and experts to address your needs.
A full Warehouse Management System (WMS) for companies of any size. Map out the correct flow of processes with our experts and transform your business
Track your inventory in real-time and never fail to fulfill your customer orders again. Deep insights into stock levels and all related movements allow you to keep customers informed perfectly.
Link your entire supply chain with the BizBloqs Integration Toolkit to transfer critical information in a secure, timely manner with both internal and external partners, for your operational efficiency
Choose your solution
BizBloqs is a warehouse platform, delivered in three solutions. Start where your operation is today, extend when you are ready. Each solution includes WMS at its core, with Order Management and Integrations layered in at the depth that fits your business.
Small and medium businesses running one warehouse, a growing order volume and a team that is doing too much by hand.
Scaling mid-market businesses selling across several channels, holding stock in more than one place, and outgrowing a single-warehouse setup.
Larger and multi-entity organisations with complex handling requirements, established ERP landscapes and formal governance obligations.
Why take our word for it? We let our customers convince you instead. BizBloqs customers are happy with their solutions and don’t hesitate to share their positive experiences. Our ability to turn any challenge into an efficient solution never fails to impress!
BizBloqs was one of the first to provide a WMS with scanning capabilities and we started a journey together. Our operations have gotten a lot more complex, advanced and especially bigger over the past 5 years and we have simply grown together.
Nick Bisselink, Financial/Operational Director
When we had extensive logistic requirements beyond the capabilities of our financial solution, BizBloqs shared its expertise to transform Lantaarn’s entire warehouse experience together
Lantaarn Publishers
We needed a better, more transparent and practical system for our incoming and outgoing product flow. A direct overview in our stock and all our logistics movements was really a must. BizBloqs helped us from the start!
Rik Klein - Sales manager
In addition to a scan procedure with EDI integration, BizBloqs has set up an entire production system for us. Production planning can provide direct instructions and as soon as they are ready, it all arrives in the OMS. This gives us a larger production capacity and a drastic reduction of the picking mistakes in dispatching.
Reinier Schot, Head of Production
Cosmetics / Personal Care — Pick whichever suits where you are. All three land with the same team.
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