KCS IT is strongly committed to creating technological solutions, responding to economic challenges across various sectors.

One of the tangible results of this commitment is the development of an innovative solution that uses Augmented Reality (AR) to optimize product picking routes in warehouses of e-commerce companies. The Warehouse Optimizer increases the efficiency of people working in "order picking," through a mobile application that can also be used with AR vision devices for "vision picking." Operators are guided directly to the location of orders, reducing errors and time in the process of collecting and transporting items to the packaging area. The solution was developed by the Portuguese technology company, specifically by the R&D team located on Terceira Island, in the Azores.

Warehouse Optimizer was developed to accelerate logistics for companies in the retail sector, in a decade where online sales are growing exponentially. Brands with manual picking warehouses benefit from reduced picking time, an increased number of processed orders, minimized returns, optimized workflow and product organization, lower labor costs, and faster, more accurate order delivery with the solution created by KCS iT. The technological interface stands out for its AR-based challenge and for usability work aimed at improving operators' well-being by reducing their fatigue.

Jorge Vara, Director of the Solutions and Performance Division at KCS IT,  states: "Warehouse Optimizer is a solution that innovates warehouse engineering as we know it, resulting from the experience gained with our retail and e-commerce clients, where we were able to observe opportunities for improvement in order picking and warehouse processes. These improvements come from implementing this approach, through which we manage to increase the efficiency of picking processes, reduce uncertainty/imprecision in the process, and increase the safety of operators in each warehouse. In the future, we want to expand this solution and apply it to other spaces and sectors."

Luís Chiti Dias, Director of the Global Consulting Services Division at KCS IT, believes that "the work carried out by the Azores R&D unit aims to bring added value and solutions to real-world problems through innovation. Warehouse Optimizer, in an increasingly global world where commerce is 'anywhere anyplace,' aims to bring more efficient and secure responsiveness to industry players."
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App developed, seeking a strategic partner

With the solution developed and functional, KCS IT is seeking a strategic partner in the logistics field to implement and refine Warehouse Optimizer. Making it robust, in a beta phase, will be the natural next step toward turning the solution into a product accessible to all operators in the retail sector.