Manual entry per shipment wastes ~18 minutes that should take 7.
Scan-driven receiving writes directly to the inventory ledger as items are processed.
What you save: ~24 hours / month at typical volumes (~80 inbound shipments)
Without Deliver WMS
- Spreadsheet entry for every line on every shipment
- Discrepancies surface days later via email
- Unknown SKUs block the whole shipment
- No audit trail of what was scanned when
With Deliver WMS
- Scan once — item lands in the ledger and on the floor map
- Exceptions flagged at the moment they happen
- Unknown barcodes captured and learned for next time
- Per-scan audit trail for every receiving session
Capabilities
- Barcode resolution with manual SKU fallback
- Exception flagging at scan time (overage, shortage, damage)
- ASN tolerance handling for upstream variance
- Multi-pallet shipments with per-pallet sessions
- Audit trail per scan, queryable by user and time
02 / 07
Inventory cycle counts
Spreadsheet-based reconciliation runs once a month and surfaces problems weeks late.
Real-time ledger updates with cycle count requests, variance approval workflow, and append-only history.
What you save: ~12 hours / month at 600 monthly orders
Without Deliver WMS
- Monthly reconciliation that surfaces shrink long after the fact
- Counts captured on paper, retyped into a spreadsheet
- Adjustments edited silently with no record of who or why
- No way to recount a single bin without redoing the cycle
With Deliver WMS
- Per-bin cycle counts assigned to staff on the mobile app
- Manager approval gate before any ledger adjustment posts
- Append-only history — every change is traceable
- Variance review queue surfaces problems the same day
Capabilities
- Cycle count requests assigned to specific staff and bins
- Variance approval gate with reject/recount/approve options
- Append-only ledger — no silent quantity edits
- Per-bin recount without restarting the full cycle
- Full audit history per adjustment with reason codes
Manual pick assignment slows down peak hours and creates avoidable mis-picks.
Auto-allocation engine sorts by warehouse distance, splits across locations only when necessary, with pick lists ready before staff arrives.
What you save: ~15 hours / month at typical volumes
Without Deliver WMS
- Manager manually assigns each order to a warehouse
- Pickers walk further than they need to
- Stockouts only discovered when a picker can't find the SKU
- Re-allocation requires undoing reservations by hand
With Deliver WMS
- Distance-ranked auto-allocation runs the moment an order arrives
- Multi-warehouse split only when no single site can fill
- Stockouts emit an event the moment they're detected
- One-click re-allocation when supply or priority shifts
Capabilities
- Distance-ranked allocation using Haversine geo math
- Multi-warehouse split-shipment fallback
- Primary-warehouse-wins-ties to reduce fragmentation
- Stockout event logging routed to ops + buyer
- Re-allocation support without rebuilding reservations
04 / 07
Billing reconciliation
Month-end reconciliation eats a full day of finance time and still produces invoices customers question.
Auto-invoiced events captured at moment of action; reconciliation is a one-hour review, not a 12-hour project.
What you save: ~11 hours / month, mostly finance/owner time
Without Deliver WMS
- Finance pulls operational data from 3+ sources at month end
- Invoices reconstructed from memory + partial logs
- Customers dispute line items with no audit trail to point to
- Storage and label fees miss the cutoff and slip a month
With Deliver WMS
- Every billable event captured the moment it occurs
- Invoices generated from the operational ledger directly
- Disputes resolved by pointing to the originating event
- Storage fees accrued nightly, never lost to timing
Capabilities
- 14 billable event types covering ops, storage, dispatch, returns
- Idempotency-protected event capture
- Tiered pricing per event with per-client overrides
- Monthly invoice generation cron
- Exportable PDF invoices with full event-level breakdown
05 / 07
B2B client portal
Email/phone client inquiries pile up every day and pull operations managers off the floor.
Self-serve client portal: clients check inventory, request outbound shipments, track shipments themselves.
What you save: ~16 hours / month at ~5 active clients
Without Deliver WMS
- Account managers field 4+ inquiries per client per week
- Inventory checks blocked behind ops manager bandwidth
- Clients call to ask where their shipment is
- Returns submitted via email with no audit trail
With Deliver WMS
- Clients self-serve inventory, orders, tracking, and returns
- Ops managers stay on the floor instead of in inboxes
- Tracking and ETAs visible without any manual touch
- Returns flow into the same ledger as inbound
Capabilities
- Per-client inventory view scoped by RLS
- Outbound order request submission
- Live shipment tracking with ETAs
- Returns submission with disposition request
- Fully isolated by row-level security
Manual driver assignment + paper run sheets cost both time and on-time performance.
Auto-routed dispatch with live map, route construction, dispatch queue, mobile driver app for execution.
What you save: ~8 hours / month at typical volumes (~50 stops/day)
Without Deliver WMS
- Dispatcher manually sequences stops in a spreadsheet
- Drivers print run sheets that are out-of-date by 9am
- Exceptions phoned in and lost mid-shift
- No live ETA broadcast to customers
With Deliver WMS
- Routes constructed visually with drag-and-drop sequencing
- Driver mobile app updates the route in real time
- Exceptions captured with photo + GPS at the stop
- ETAs broadcast automatically as routes progress
Capabilities
- Live map with active routes and driver positions
- Drag-and-drop stop sequencing
- Mobile driver app with photo + signature POD
- ETA broadcasts to end-customer tracking page
- Exception capture per stop with full audit trail
07 / 07
Returns processing
Manual paperwork makes returns a black hole — items arrive but inventory and billing don't reflect them for days.
Returns workflow updates the ledger and billing in the same step as disposition; status visible to client immediately.
What you save: ~7 hours / month at ~50 returns/month
Without Deliver WMS
- Return arrives, sits on a desk, waits for an inspector
- Inventory ledger doesn't reflect the return for days
- Client has to email to ask if their return was received
- Disposition (restock vs scrap) tracked offline
With Deliver WMS
- Returns logged at the dock with condition + photos
- Disposition updates the ledger and billing in the same action
- Client sees status the moment the return is processed
- Restock / damage / write-off flows are auditable per item
Capabilities
- Per-return disposition: restock, damage, write-off
- Automatic ledger updates by disposition outcome
- Photo capture of received items
- Client-visible status with timestamps
- Billable disposition events for client invoicing