Faster picking, lower labour costs

Breathe helps warehouse and fulfilment teams pick faster, more accurately and at a lower cost per order, using the right combination of automation, software and process design.

Increase pick rate

Reduce mispicks

Lower labour costs

The pick challenges that inflate your cost per order.

High labour cost eating into margins

In most warehouse operations, picking accounts for the largest share of labour cost. Without the right automation or process design, throughput is capped by headcount, and every volume increase requires more people. We model your current cost per pick against your order profile, then identify the combination of automation, process change and software that delivers the biggest reduction.

Mispick rates affecting accuracy and service levels

Mispicks are expensive at every stage, the wrong item affects the pick, the return, the replacement and, sometimes, the customer. We introduce scanning, light-directed picking and verification checkpoints to catch errors at the point of picking, not at the point of despatch.

Pick operation that cannot handle peak demand

A picking operation designed for average volume creates a ceiling on growth. We design picking operations with scalability built in, goods-to-person, robotic picking for consistent high-volume SKUs, or pick-to-light that gets new operators productive in under an hour.

No performance data to measure or improve against

Without pick rate data by operator, zone or SKU, it's impossible to know where time is being lost. Breathe IQ software gives managers real-time pick performance data, throughput by hour, operator performance, exception rates and trend analysis, so decisions are made on evidence.

Automate consistent, high-volume picks at speed and scale.

24/7

Operation

Consistent

Throughput

Best for

Repetitive high-volume SKUs

Labour saving

Significant

Robotic picking systems handle repetitive pick tasks around the clock, freeing your team for the work that still needs a human touch and delivering throughput that does not vary with shift patterns or absence.

Bring the product to the picker and eliminate travel completely.

Goods-to-person automation delivers products directly to a stationary picker, removing travel and increasing picks per person per hour.

Zero travel

Per pick

Picks/hr

Dramatically increased

Best for

High-SKU operations

Space

Efficient

Scan and confirm every pick without putting the product down.

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2–3 sec

Per scan

Near 100%

Accuracy

Both hands

Free

Best for

High-tempo picking

ProGlove wearable scanners give pickers instant scan confirmation on the back of the hand, keeping both hands free, speeding up the pick cycle and reducing errors.

Guide every pick. Fast, accurate and easy to learn.

Pick-to-light systems direct operators to the right location with a visual signal, reducing errors, speeding up picking and cutting onboarding time for new and temporary team members.

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Onboarding time

Visual

Guidance

Error rate

Reduced

Best for

Seasonal scaling

Keep fast movers at the pick face, always replenished and ready.

FIFO

Rotation maintained

Zero

Replenishment gaps

Best for

High-velocity SKUs

Labour saving

Travel eliminated

Flow pick racking keeps high-velocity SKUs continuously replenished at the pick face using gravity, reducing travel, maintaining FIFO rotation and supporting high-throughput pick operations.

How we help our clients

Pick optimisation and automated despatch for GXO

Transforming pick efficiency and despatch automation across a major GXO retail and e-commerce warehouse

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Optimising every stage
of your warehouse

Our solutions blend high level software and warehouse automation to boost productivity, reduce costs and improve operational accuracy.

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Faster picking, lower labour costs