Fashion Logistics:
Tailor-Made Logistics Solutions for Your Industry
Fast fashion trends, a high return rate and ever-increasing customer expectations are making the fashion industry a highly dynamic environment. By automating your fashion logistics, your company will benefit from flexibility, efficiency and reliable deliveries – making sure you’re always one step ahead of the competition.
Future-proof textile logistics catering to the fashion industry
In order to be successful in a fast-paced environment, like the fashion industry, retailers require high-performance fashion logistics. Logistics processes need to allow players to act and respond quickly, flexibly and reliably across all channels as retailers are faced with a number of challenges such as short product life cycles, seasonal peaks, high return rates and the balancing act between online and brick and mortar retail. This is where cutting-edge fashion logistics automation comes into play, providing agility and resilience for efficient textile logistics.
Our fashion logistics solutions accelerate processes, minimize errors and ensure you can deliver across all your sales channels. Whether you’re looking for store-friendly delivery, intelligent returns management or next-day delivery, our scalable systems grow along with your requirements. We design our systems with the end consumer in mind because a great customer experience starts with automated logistics.
We understand the fashion industry and its challenges. We are your partner for intelligent, future-proof fashion logistics.
Johannes Holas,
Vice President Fashion Soultions, KNAPP
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Our fashion logistics solutions
Automated storage and retrieval systems for fashion companies
From our shuttle solutions to bot systems and stacker cranes, all of our automated storage and retrieval systems are tailored to the requirements of the fashion sector. They quickly pick, buffer and sequence textiles, shoes and accessories.
Learn more about our selection of efficient storage and retrieval systems:
Conveying, sorting and handling fashion items
We offer a comprehensive solution portfolio for efficiently conveying, sorting and handling fashion and sporting goods. It includes everything from solutions for hanging and flat-packed goods to pocket sorters for returns and high-speed shipping sorters.
Find out more about our flexible systems:
Software designed for fashion logistics
Our software provides central, intelligent control of all processes in the fashion warehouse from goods-in to goods-out and beyond. Whether you need a WMS, WCS, machine control system or software for analysis and resource planning, our software products let you stay on top of your processes and optimize your entire fashion supply chain.
Find out more about our digital solutions and software:
High-tech work stations for fashion warehouses
Our sophisticated work stations combine ergonomic design with intelligent guidance through processes such as efficient picking and returns handling. Since the stations are connected directly to the automatic systems, items arrive just in time, shortening walking distances, reducing errors and boosting efficiency.
Find out more about goods-to-person picking:
Robots for automated textile logistics
With our robot solutions for bin picking, full-case picking and autonomous transport, we’re upping the efficiency in fashion warehouses. Our systems take the strain off your employees and ensure performance is consistently high – even as volumes grow.
Learn more about robotics and AI:
Our fashion logistics solutions
Automated storage and retrieval systems for fashion companies
From our shuttle solutions to bot systems and stacker cranes, all of our automated storage and retrieval systems are tailored to the requirements of the fashion sector. They quickly pick, buffer and sequence textiles, shoes and accessories.
Learn more about our selection of efficient storage and retrieval systems:
Conveying, sorting and handling fashion items
We offer a comprehensive solution portfolio for efficiently conveying, sorting and handling fashion and sporting goods. It includes everything from solutions for hanging and flat-packed goods to pocket sorters for returns and high-speed shipping sorters.
Find out more about our flexible systems:
Software designed for fashion logistics
Our software provides central, intelligent control of all processes in the fashion warehouse from goods-in to goods-out and beyond. Whether you need a WMS, WCS, machine control system or software for analysis and resource planning, our software products let you stay on top of your processes and optimize your entire fashion supply chain.
Find out more about our digital solutions and software:
High-tech work stations for fashion warehouses
Our sophisticated work stations combine ergonomic design with intelligent guidance through processes such as efficient picking and returns handling. Since the stations are connected directly to the automatic systems, items arrive just in time, shortening walking distances, reducing errors and boosting efficiency.
Find out more about goods-to-person picking:
Robots for automated textile logistics
With our robot solutions for bin picking, full-case picking and autonomous transport, we’re upping the efficiency in fashion warehouses. Our systems take the strain off your employees and ensure performance is consistently high – even as volumes grow.
Learn more about robotics and AI:
Curious about more solutions for fashion logistics?
Benefits for fashion logistics
Our automated logistics solutions for the fashion sector offer plenty of advantages:
Efficient returns management
Managing seasonal peaks efficiently
Shop-friendly Delivery
Next-Day-Delivery & fast delivery times
Scalable solutions for growing businesses
Omnichannel fulfillment from one warehouse
References:
Successful customer projects in fashion logistics
Tempe Inditex: Automated store fulfillment for accessories and more
Tempe Inditex supplies brands such as Zara and Bershka with accessories, shoes and handbags. Using AutoPocket increased the company’s warehouse performance and employee productivity, even when there’s a lot of sorting to be done.
ASOS: Data-driven logistics with KiSoft Analytics
ASOS, an online fashion retailer, rounds out their German logistics center with intelligent logistics software. Integrating KiSoft Analytics has improved transparency, analyzability and operational efficiency.
Luxottica: Global omnichannel distribution
Luxottica, a provider of exclusive eyewear and fashion brands, optimized their global supply chain with a highly automated omnichannel distribution center that combines shuttles, automated picking systems and robots in one central system.
DSV: Tailor-made omnichannel fashion logistics
As a 3PL provider, DSV runs a distribution center for a well-known sporting goods manufacturer. Our flexible automation solution provides error-free order fulfillment for DSV’s customers across all their sales channels.
Next plc: From split tray to pocket sorter
British fashion retailer Next opted for AutoPocket to increase their efficiency, save on personnel and provide better service. The new system replaces their old split tray sorter and makes outbound tasks such as sequencing and sorting for online retail more efficient.
Celio: Proven technology for dependable store delivery
French fashion retailer Celio has been using our split tray sorter to sort flat-packed goods for store delivery since 2012. The result? Optimized processes, increased efficiency and a consistently high service level.
References:
Successful customer projects in fashion logistics
Tempe Inditex: Automated store fulfillment for accessories and more
Tempe Inditex supplies brands such as Zara and Bershka with accessories, shoes and handbags. Using AutoPocket increased the company’s warehouse performance and employee productivity, even when there’s a lot of sorting to be done.
ASOS: Data-driven logistics with KiSoft Analytics
ASOS, an online fashion retailer, rounds out their German logistics center with intelligent logistics software. Integrating KiSoft Analytics has improved transparency, analyzability and operational efficiency.
Luxottica: Global omnichannel distribution
Luxottica, a provider of exclusive eyewear and fashion brands, optimized their global supply chain with a highly automated omnichannel distribution center that combines shuttles, automated picking systems and robots in one central system.
DSV: Tailor-made omnichannel fashion logistics
As a 3PL provider, DSV runs a distribution center for a well-known sporting goods manufacturer. Our flexible automation solution provides error-free order fulfillment for DSV’s customers across all their sales channels.
Next plc: From split tray to pocket sorter
British fashion retailer Next opted for AutoPocket to increase their efficiency, save on personnel and provide better service. The new system replaces their old split tray sorter and makes outbound tasks such as sequencing and sorting for online retail more efficient.
Celio: Proven technology for dependable store delivery
French fashion retailer Celio has been using our split tray sorter to sort flat-packed goods for store delivery since 2012. The result? Optimized processes, increased efficiency and a consistently high service level.
FAQs - All about fashion logistics
Flexible warehousing, scalable logistics solutions and intelligent prognosis tools allow you to respond to seasonal fluctuations quickly.
Sustainability is becoming more and more important. Some simple steps you can take include:
- Use eco-friendly packaging
- Optimize space in your system design
- Opt for a retrofit or revitalize your existing system instead of building a new one
- Optimize transport routes
KNAPP’s efficient reverse logistics for the fashion industry is based on a sophisticated combination of intelligent software and automation. With the help of software, returns are received, checked and, if necessary, re-processed. Refunds are processed automatically, as is return storage. Fast movers are conveyed to dynamic buffer zones so they can return to stock quickly, while slow movers are put away systematically. AI-supported analyses and prognoses continuously optimize processes, whether they’re partially or fully automated.
Intelligent delivery solutions: AI-powered route planning dynamically optimizes delivery routes and shortens delivery times. Smart algorithms take traffic, package volume and delivery priorities into account.
Space-saving, customized packaging: Customized packaging solutions reduce the volume of each shipment, allowing more orders to fit into a transport vehicle. In turn, this increases vehicle utilization and makes deliveries faster and more efficient.
- Automate warehousing and shipping processes
- Track goods movements in real time
- Collaborate with specialized logistics partners
- Use AI to optimize supply chains
Global service network and a reliable partner
Our International Customer Service looks after your logistics system – around the globe, around the clock, 365 days a year. Discover more about our services, from seamless support to optimizing your system!
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