Discuss your projectKnow which bin holds every item, with receiving, putaway, picking, packing, and cycle counts run from handheld scanners in the aisles. Each movement posts to the ERP, which keeps the ledger.
Illustration of a warehouse management application built by Baybloom: receiving against purchase orders, directed putaway and picking on scanners, and cycle counts with exceptions.
Operations and warehouse managers at distributors, manufacturers, and third-party logistics providers whose picking runs on paper lists, whose counts drift, and whose ERP module or spreadsheet does not know where anything is. The ERP keeps the ledger; the warehouse system runs the floor.
The workflow
The steps we see most often in this kind of operation.
Features
Pick faces topped up from reserve locations by rule, with tasks sent to scanners before pickers run out of stock.
Inbound goods already allocated to orders routed straight to outbound staging, skipping putaway where the operation allows it.
Returned items scanned against the original order, graded, and sent back to stock, quarantine, or disposal, with the ERP updated.
Supervisors see open tasks, picks per person, and bottlenecks by zone during the shift, helping them move people to where work is waiting.
Reports showing which items move most, with suggested bin changes that shorten pick paths and reduce congestion in busy aisles.
Stock moved between sites with transfer orders, in-transit tracking, and receiving at the destination, all reflected in the ERP.
Your first release
How the work runs
We start with the people doing the work and the systems around it, then write down the first release: what it includes, what it leaves for later, the integration decisions, and the acceptance criteria. Nothing is built until that scope is agreed.
We build in releases you can review as the work takes shape, using realistic data. Every release carries tests, a security review, and documentation. Integrations are tested against real records, with exceptions visible.
Your team receives the documentation, the runbooks, and the training to run the system, and we stay on for continued engineering when you want it.
Scope and price
Every project is priced from a written scope. These are the factors that move it most.
One channel with standard orders is simpler than ecommerce, EDI, and trade orders together, each with its own priorities, packaging, and cut-off rules.
Lot, serial, and expiration tracking adds scanning steps, data capture, and picking-order rules that affect every process from receiving onward.
Several buildings, mezzanines, cold storage, or mixed scanner models add location modeling, device testing, and rollout planning on the floor.
Posting every movement to the ERP as it happens needs more mapping and error handling than periodic updates, depending on what the ERP exposes.
Regional distributor
In a distributor’s warehouse, picking often runs from printed lists, counts drift, and the ERP knows quantities but not which bin holds them. A warehouse system loads locations and stock from the ERP and reconciles them, then puts receiving and directed putaway on handheld scanners at the dock. Pickers follow directed picks for one order channel, and every movement posts back to the ERP with exceptions visible. Cycle counts happen from the scanner during the normal shift. Lot tracking and carrier labels usually come in the next phase.
Questions
What buyers ask before a project like this starts.
No. The ERP stays the ledger and the owner of quantities. The warehouse system runs the floor, bin by bin, and posts every movement back.
You need off-the-shelf handheld scanners and label printers, which you may already have. The software works in aisles where the signal is poor.
Yes, usually in the second release once locations and picking are trusted.
If one fits your operation and your ERP, use it. A custom system earns its place when the flows, the channels, or the ERP integration are specific to the business.
Go-live is planned around a quieter period, starting with a full count and locations loaded from the ERP. We usually begin with receiving and putaway, then picking, with the paper process on standby until the team and the numbers are trusted, so orders keep moving throughout.
Scanner screens show one task at a time, so most training happens on the floor with a supervisor alongside. We run sessions with each shift before go-live, provide short guides at stations, and adjust wording and steps based on what pickers find confusing in the first cycles.
Yes. Stock, orders, and billable activity can be separated by client, with each client seeing its own inventory and orders through a portal. Storage and handling activity is recorded per client, so invoicing reflects the work actually done and disputes are settled from the record.