Home and interior goods mix small accessories with bulky furniture, which cannot share one storage or picking method. A warehouse management system holds dimensions and weight on the item, assigns storage class accordingly, and drives both small-parcel picking and two-man delivery preparation from the same stock position.
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.
BizBloqs provides effective operational solutions to the furniture industry to simplify the handling of products with diverse physical attributes and complex picking requirements. For example, the process for handling commission orders is a challenge you certainly would like your WMS to handle digitially. Work with your bills of materials as per usual, but manage and track everything in a centralized way.
Create space efficient workflows using assembly picking and assemble to order processes and manage the flow of materials to get real time visibility of stock levels and locations. You can even add your virtual stock and manage disassembly as part of your logistic process without ever losing track.
We understand the importance of using the right process for the right item group and how vital stock control and space management is for furniture providers.
Our webapp technology can be deployed on the latest hardware across all major operating systems (Android, iOS) and allow image capture and email communication direct from the device. Furthermore, you can extend your integration to include various carriers, specialized in furniture logistics.
Automatically alert buyers to place purchase orders when stock falls below a set level and utilise a range of picking methods such as First In, First Out (FIFO), Minimise Picks & Reclaim Space.
BizBloqs helps home furnishing and furniture retailers get a tight grip on their inventory management and provides an excellent return on investment through improved efficiency and productivity.
Bulky and fragile goods are slotted like everything else
Dimensions and fragility drive location choice, handling instruction and pick sequence, cutting damage and double handling
Multi-box items ship incomplete
Items made of several packages tracked as a set, with dispatch blocked until every package is present
Two-man delivery is planned outside the order process
Item profile drives the delivery method and carrier at order entry, so the right service is chosen before picking starts
Long-lead and drop-ship items stall the whole order
Orders split by availability and source, with the customer informed per shipment instead of waiting for the slowest line
Assortments change every season and item data lags behind
Item, dimension and image data maintained centrally and pushed to every sales channel from one source
Home & Decoration — What the home & decoration 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 industry. We highlighted a few below.
Set QC requirements by product type and evidence problems using image capture
Transform Bill of Materials components into finished goods using works orders
Configure the receiving process to meet financial and reporting requirements
Create email alerts to drive stock control and optimisation activities
Set replenishment levels for remote locations to improve product availability
Create product specific labelling during picking operations
Operations like yours already run on BizBloqs
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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 home & decoration. 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
Home & Decoration — Pick whichever suits where you are. All three land with the same team.
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After your last integration, how many systems hold a stock quantity for the same item? Name them.