New: Containers

We’ve added something new to Picqer: Containers. With Containers, you can easily move stock within your warehouse while keeping your stock levels per location accurate at all times. We announced this feature at the Picqer Magazijnfestijn, and it’s now available to everyone.

What are Containers?

A container can be anything you use to move stock. For example, a shopping cart, a plastic bin, or a pallet. We refer to all of these as containers. Each container has a unique, sequential number and a barcode, making it easy to move stock into a container.

When you move stock from location 1 to location 2, it often takes a bit of time. Sometimes a minute, but sometimes several hours—especially when moving large quantities, like when using the refill advice.

With Containers, you first move the stock from location 1 to the container. Later, you move it from the container to location 2. This gives you visibility into which stock is in transit, and your per-location inventory remains accurate at all times.

In practice

In this video, I explain the entire concept:

Refill advice and beyond

We’re starting with Containers in the refill advice feature. You can also manually move stock into containers. Create your first container and try the refill advice with containers.

In the future, we’ll add Containers to returns, receipts, and more, so you’ll be able to handle all internal movements in your warehouse using Containers.

We’d love to hear how this works for you in practice—send your feedback to support@picqer.com.