{"id":28693,"date":"2023-06-29T10:52:13","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T09:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/localhost:10003\/?p=28693"},"modified":"2023-06-29T10:57:43","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T09:57:43","slug":"introducing-our-new-automated-parcel-sorter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecommercefulfilment.com\/resources\/news\/introducing-our-new-automated-parcel-sorter\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing our new Automated Parcel Sorter!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re thrilled to announce that we\u2019ve recently installed a new piece of infrastructure at our Northampton site, an Automated Parcel Sorter!<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\"><p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">In this article<\/p>\n<\/div><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ecommercefulfilment.com\/resources\/news\/introducing-our-new-automated-parcel-sorter\/#why-weve-made-this-investment\" >Why we\u2019ve made this investment<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ecommercefulfilment.com\/resources\/news\/introducing-our-new-automated-parcel-sorter\/#how-it-works\" >How it works<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ecommercefulfilment.com\/resources\/news\/introducing-our-new-automated-parcel-sorter\/#this-is-only-the-beginning%e2%80%a6\" >This is only the beginning\u2026<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"why-weve-made-this-investment\"><\/span>Why we\u2019ve made this investment<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>This exciting new feature has been designed to significantly increase our throughput capacity, allowing us to process customer orders even faster.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the Sorter provides us with more flexibility when allocating our resources, and significantly increases our capacity to handle a higher volume of packages. This is going to be particularly useful when Peak season comes around.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a-c-QfJXrUI\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"how-it-works\"><\/span>How it works<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Three conveyor belts were constructed to run through our packing areas. Once our Packers have finished preparing an order, they place it onto the belt running by their station.<\/p>\n<p>To keep your parcels safe, we use a queuing system that kicks in if there\u2019s a risk of too many parcels being placed onto the conveyor.<\/p>\n<p>If the machine detects a surplus of parcels, it\u2019ll temporarily cut the power of one or two conveyor belts to allow for a safe merge where the belts meet. This prevents orders from bumping into each other or being inaccurately sorted later down the line.<\/p>\n<p>Right before sorting, our scanner automatically photographs, weighs, and measures each parcel to ensure that it\u2019s eligible for your chosen carrier service. If everything checks out, your parcel will be sorted into one of several chutes, where it\u2019ll wait patiently for dispatch.<\/p>\n<p>If the scanner detects a problem, it\u2019ll be directed to the end of the line. Here, it\u2019ll be manually reviewed by one of our QA Team, who will quickly diagnose and resolve the issue.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"this-is-only-the-beginning%e2%80%a6\"><\/span>This is only the beginning\u2026<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Our Automated Parcel Sorter is just the first phase in our ambitious Automation Roadmap. In the coming years, we\u2019ll be investing millions into automation, robotics, and machine learning.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s an exciting time to be in the eCommerce space, and we\u2019re committed to investing in the areas that will ensure James and James continues to be an innovative, competitive, and scalable fulfilment solution for our clients.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for more updates on our upcoming automation plans! Or, if you&#8217;re interested in learning more about our highly scalable fulfilment solutions, <a href=\"#requestQuote\">arrange a call with us.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re thrilled to announce that we\u2019ve recently installed a new piece of infrastructure at our Northampton site, an Automated Parcel Sorter! Why we\u2019ve made this investment This exciting new feature has been designed to significantly increase our throughput capacity, allowing&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":28695,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"yes","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[421],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"modified_by":"Proaganda","featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.ecommercefulfilment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/NoTitle-1.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/www.ecommercefulfilment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/NoTitle-1.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"J&amp;J Global Fulfilment","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ecommercefulfilment.com\/author\/james-and-james\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecommercefulfilment.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecommercefulfilment.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecommercefulfilment.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecommercefulfilment.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecommercefulfilment.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecommercefulfilment.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecommercefulfilment.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecommercefulfilment.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecommercefulfilment.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecommercefulfilment.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}