From royal court supplier to e-commerce giant
Korbmayer combines tradition and modernity. For over 150 years the house has stood for quality, variety, exclusivity and personal service — earning the title of royal purveyor to the court in 1888. Today the 5-storey store in the heart of Stuttgart lets parents and children experience toys on more than 1,500 m².
With the e-commerce boom, a large part of the trade now happens online: women's, baby and children's fashion, children's shoes and furniture, strollers, toys and gift items shipping to customers in Germany and Austria. Here, Korbmayer trusts in PULPO WMS.
50,000 products, 2,000 locations — and a department store's processes
While stationary retail has changed little over the decades, online retail needs completely new approaches. Competitiveness in retail today is closely linked to success in e-commerce — but the transformation from department store to e-commerce store is anything but easy.
With more than 50,000 products, 2,000 storage locations and 6 different zones, Korbmayer struggled — especially at the beginning — to pick its large assortment quickly and efficiently and ship it to customers in Germany and Austria.
How Korbmayer uses PULPO WMS
Digital twin with the Warehouse Wizard
The complete warehouse plus inventory was digitized: 6 zones, a packing station and over 2,000 storage locations. The digital twin keeps a full overview despite high inventories — goods are found in seconds instead of minutes.
Cross-docking for fast movers
A cross-docking zone speeds up goods turnover: items are picked from intermediate storage and taken directly to the packing station, eliminating put-away entirely — for just-in-time sales with reduced administrative costs.
Batch & cluster picking
Routes for multiple orders are optimized so employees process each order twice as fast as traditional paper picking — with a full overview and immediate item finds, despite 50,000 items.
Picking made easy with the Android app
Every employee carries an interface that shows them the way. The digital twin combined with picking options makes finding the right item easier than ever, while items are pre-sorted during picking.
New employees, ready from day one
Without an intuitive WMS the learning curve for new warehouse staff is hard. With PULPO WMS, new employees only need one lap through the warehouse to find their way — and are productive from day 1.
Automation with turbo scans
Turbo scans check products quickly while shipping labels print automatically — saving valuable working time and reducing the error rate to 0.
