LogTech Smart Warehousing Platform — UK 3PL Provider

WMS inventory management

• 1goods receipt (GRN — barcode scan of inbound delivery → SSCC/EAN validation → put-away task generation),
• 2slot management (8,400 bin locations across 12 warehouses — location master with pick face, reserve, bulk storage slots),
• 3FIFO/FEFO compliance (food and pharmaceutical clients — expiry date tracking, FEFO allocation),
• 4cycle counting (perpetual inventory — automated cycle count task scheduling by ABC analysis),
• 5inventory reconciliation (client stock reconciliation portal — client sees real-time inventory levels).

IoT integration

Zebra scanners (RFID + barcode — connected via Zebra DNA CloudConnect to WMS API), forklift telematics (BLE beacon location tracking — forklift position accuracy ±2m in warehouse).

Pick optimisation

route planning reduces travel distance per pick — largest efficiency gain in warehouse operations.

Pick routing algorithms

• 1S-shaped (traverse each aisle end-to-end — simple, 40% improvement over random),
• 2largest gap (skip aisles with no picks — 25% further improvement on S-shaped),
• 3combined (combined algorithm — 68% improvement over random picking routes). Multi-order picking: batch picking (pick multiple orders simultaneously — pick to light or voice picking). Pick-to-light: LED light at pick location illuminates with quantity — picker confirms with button press.

Pick accuracy

• 99.94% (target: &gt
• 99.9%).

Pick rate

• 420 units/hour (target: &gt
• 380).

Labour scheduling

• predicted picks × average pick time = required pickers per shift (sent to planning system day before).
• E-commerce Client Portal — Real-

Client portal

each of 84 e-commerce clients has a self-service portal (React frontend — client-specific branding).

Portal features

• 1real-time inventory (live stock levels, reserved stock, available stock),
• 2order status (in-pick, packed, dispatched, delivered — tracking via Royal Mail/DPD/DHL webhook),
• 3returns management (return received → inspection → resaleable vs quarantine),
• 4KPI dashboard (fill rate, pick accuracy, despatch cut-off compliance, damage rate),
• 5invoicing (per-transaction billing — pick fee + handling fee + storage fee, automated monthly invoice).

UK GDPR

• client inventory data isolated by client ID (PostgreSQL RLS) — client A cannot see client B's inventory.
• HMRC CDS Cross-

Border Declarations

Cross-border logistics: 12% of warehouse volume is goods imported from non-UK (post-Brexit — requires customs clearance).

CDS integration

• 1Import declaration (CDS C88 — importer of record, commodity code, customs procedure code, tariff),
• 2duty calculation (UK Global Tariff API — commodity code × country of origin × preference agreement → duty rate),
• 3customs clearance status (CDS notification webhook → release goods for despatch),
• 4deferred duty account (DDA — bulk customs duty payment monthly rather than per declaration).

CHIEF to CDS migration

HMRC retired CHIEF in November 2023 — all declarations now via CDS.

ClickMasters CDS integration

established CHIEF-era integration replatformed to CDS API.