Claire Kerr

Körber named as Leader in 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant™ for Warehouse Management Systems. In June, Körber was named as a Leader in the 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Warehouse Management Systems (WMS). Leaders are those companies that sit in the upper right quadrant, demonstrating high levels for what Gartner terms “completeness of vision” and “ability

Balloon launches customer Innovation hub. We’re excited to announce the launch of our new Innovation Hub. The Innovation Hub is a Balloon portal where our customers can tell us about the supply chain problems they have, which we can then develop original tools or functionality as a way of solving them. visit the Innovation hub

Consultants Making IT Happen: Martin Dempster creates a warehouse cluster picking process that increases efficiency. Last summer, Balloon hired Martin Dempster as our new innovation manager. His brief was to deliver original functionality and technological tools to help our customers optimise their supply chain operations. Since joining, Martin has been spearheading the research, design and

Warehouse Layout Best Practices Warehouse layout is vital. When you get it right, you maximise the use of your available space and improve your operational efficiency. With an optimal layout, you have an effective and productive warehouse. Orders go out quickly and there is a positive impact on profitability. Read on to find out more

Is ERP still relevant in the supply chain? Distribution businesses that want to grow need a system that can reliably cope with increasing amounts of data. As they scale, their data needs mount. They have new customers, additional products, extra distribution centres, more orders, more returns – in fact, far more complexity in their business.

E2E Conference 2022 – booking now open. We’ll be holding our customer E2E Conference 2022 on 13th and 14th September 2022. E2E means ‘end to end’ and perfectly describes how we approach the supply chain, helping our clients deploy the software that manages their supply chains from start to finish. This year’s conference theme is

New tutorial videos on K.Motion WMS functionality. We’ve recently produced five videos that demonstrate some of the functionality of the K.Motion WMS solution. These short videos – each less than seven minutes long – explain and show how each warehouse management function works and takes you through the process step by step. Here’s a rundown

The value of undertaking a time and motion study. In the warehouse, the aim of undertaking a time and motion study is to improve processes and optimise performance. Depending on the KPIs that you track in your warehouse, you can make those improvements across a number of areas. Perhaps you want to achieve more picks