Voice automation is a transformative solution in the warehouse. By replacing manual tasks with voice commands, warehouses can significantly boost productivity, reduce errors and improve employee satisfaction. Voice automation reduces the friction associated with paper-based workflows and offers access to more data to support continuous improvement.

Learn how voice automation, powered by Mountain LeverageAscend and implemented by enVista, can revolutionize your warehouse operations.

How Voice Automation Improves Warehouse Operations

Voice automation is revolutionizing warehouse operations by streamlining tasks and improving efficiency. Let’s take a look at some of the ways you can use it to improve operations.

Case Picking

Voice automation can guide workers through the picking process, telling them exactly which items to pick and where to find them. This can significantly reduce picking errors and improve picking speed. Multilingual voice automation solutions enable warehouses to onboard staff quickly and easily during peak times, reducing how long it takes to train employees for picking and packing positions.

Put-Away

You can use voice automation to direct workers on where to put away items in the warehouse. This helps ensure that items are stored in the correct location, improving inventory accuracy and retrieval times. It also helps reduce waste and lost items, improving customer satisfaction and reducing costs associated with lost stock.

Inventory Management

Voice automation can track inventory levels and provide managers with data about stock trends to facilitate real-time decision-making. This can prevent stockouts and ensure enough items are always on hand to meet customer demand. Effective inventory management reduces wasted space and helps maximize revenue generation.

Cycle Counting, Shipping and Receiving

You can also use voice automation for cycle counting, shipping and receiving. Cycle counting is popular in busy environments because it reduces disruption. Voice tools further streamline the process and improve accuracy, helping you keep better inventory records.

Return on Investment (ROI) and Other Benefits

The ROI of implementing voice automation can be significant. It lowers operating costs and benefits your bottom line by improving efficiency, reducing errors and increasing productivity.

Other benefits of voice automation include:

• Improve worker satisfaction: It simplifies day-to-day operations and speeds up the onboarding process. Workers can focus on the core aspects of their jobs instead of paperwork. This improves morale and may increase retention.
• Increase safety: By reducing the need for workers to handle paper, voice automation can help prevent injuries. Headsets and microphones are more comfortable and easier to use.
• Enhance data & order accuracy: Voice automation can improve the accuracy of data collected in the warehouse. It also reduces worker errors when picking orders, improving customer satisfaction and reducing returns.
• Onboard new employees quickly: Reduce training time by up to 85 percent for new hires using simple and intuitive voice tools. Multilingual systems can reduce barriers to employment, opening up a larger potential employee pool.
• Increase throughput without additional resources: Warehouses that utilize voice systems can see up to 20 percent gains in picks-per-hour productivity and 25-40 percent faster piece picking vs those using paper-based systems.
• Cost savings. By improving worker productivity and streamlining inventory management, voice systems can save companies a significant amount of money in staffing costs and wasted inventory space.

How enVista Can Help

By harnessing the power of voice automation with Ascend and the expertise of enVista, you can transform your warehouse operations and gain a competitive advantage. Our experts can help you understand how voice automation would fit into your warehouse operations, select the right systems and integrate them into your workflows.

Contact us today to learn more about how we can help you achieve your warehouse goals. Let’s have a conversation. ™