OATSystems: logistics app for warehouse workers
A mobile tool for daily warehouse work, designed in a short sprint for OATSystems, a division of Checkpoint Systems Inc.
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Key facts
- Client: OATSystems, a division of Checkpoint Systems Inc.
- Software: real-time visibility software for manufacturing, retail, distribution and logistics.
- Scope: prototyping and UI/UX design of an in-house mobile app for warehouse workers.
- Final designs were delivered on time despite a tight schedule.
Context
OATSystems needed an in-house mobile app for warehouse employees that works as an extension of a portable RFID scanner, with new features that make their daily work quicker.
Project context
The app works with a portable RFID scanner and is distributed as part of the client's SaaS.
Scope
- A single tool for daily agendas, stock counts and locating items, designed for limited screen space
- Cycle counts of items across multiple warehouses, based on research into how workers count today
- Locating items by UPC in combination with the RFID signal, showing how far away the item is and giving navigation guidance
Project context
Constraints
- Limited screen space, so one tool had to cover most daily tasks.
- A tight schedule left little room to test every idea.
- Warehouses are large, so navigation to an item is part of the task.
What changed
All use cases were covered and the final designs were delivered on time. Phil Morrow, Senior Director of Product Management at OATSystems Inc.: “Those guys did a fast sprint and delivered an intuitive daily-routine tool for warehouse workers.”