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Compressing the window between order and trailer.
The problem
Every hour moved off the cutoff has to come from somewhere. In a manual operation it usually comes from wave planning, which means orders wait to be batched, and late orders miss entirely.
How automation helps
Continuous order release replaces waves: work is pulled from a live pool and re-prioritized as the cutoff approaches. Retrieval, verification, and sortation run without the batching pauses that consume the margin.
Practical moves
- Continuous release instead of fixed wave planning
- Retrieval times that do not depend on SKU location
- Verification inline with packing rather than as a separate audit
- Sortation that keeps pace with the outbound schedule
