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Order picking for Food & Beverage — no more mix-ups
Beverage wholesalers and food distributors work with large assortments full of products that look very much alike. OrderPiQR prevents mix-ups by verifying every pick with barcode scanning. House of Beers used it to completely eliminate their incorrect deliveries.
Sound familiar? The challenges of order picking in beverage wholesale
Similar products, high error rates
Beer bottles, wine bottles, soft drinks — many products look very much alike. A Tripel and a Blond from the same brewery have nearly identical labels. Manual picking inevitably leads to mix-ups.
Large and changing assortment
Specialty beer distributors carry hundreds to thousands of items. Seasonal beers come and go, limited editions expand the range. Pickers can't possibly know everything by heart.
Incorrect deliveries cost you customers
A bar or restaurant that receives the wrong beer before a busy weekend switches to a competitor. Every incorrect delivery hurts not only your margin through return costs, but also your customer's trust.
Temperature-sensitive products
Craft beers, fresh juices, and dairy products must be picked quickly and correctly. A slow or incorrect pick means products sit outside refrigeration unnecessarily long, resulting in quality loss.
How OrderPiQR solves these problems
Barcode verification prevents mix-ups
The picker scans the barcode or QR code of each product. OrderPiQR checks whether the correct item was picked. On a wrong scan, an error message follows immediately — before the product even goes into the box.
Location guidance in the warehouse
OrderPiQR shows the exact warehouse location for each order line. No more searching between racks full of similar bottles. The picker follows the optimal route and finds every product right away.
Real-time dashboard for managers
Track in the live dashboard which orders have been picked, which are in progress, and where delays arise. Step in immediately when problems occur, before they reach the customer.
Works with existing barcodes
Your products already have EAN barcodes on the packaging. OrderPiQR scans them directly with the camera of any smartphone. No extra labels, no expensive scanners, no changes needed.
Scales as your assortment grows
Whether you carry 200 or 2,000 items: OrderPiQR grows with you. Add new products via CSV import and they're immediately available for picking, including location and barcode.
Faster picking, less quality loss
Clear instructions and scan verification make the picking process faster. Temperature-sensitive products spend less time outside refrigeration, and the chance of returns due to incorrect deliveries drops to zero.
House of Beers: error-free beer logistics thanks to scanning
House of Beers is a specialty beer distributor with an extensive assortment of craft and specialty beers. With hundreds of similar bottles in the warehouse, mix-ups were a structural problem — until they switched to OrderPiQR.
By scanning barcodes on every pick, House of Beers completely eliminated their incorrect deliveries. The system simply refuses to accept a wrong product. The result: satisfied customers, fewer returns, and a reliable reputation as a supplier.
"We used to deliver the wrong beer regularly. That's a thing of the past now. OrderPiQR scans every bottle and prevents mix-ups completely."
Frequently asked questions about order picking in food & beverage
OrderPiQR verifies every product via barcode or QR code scanning. Even if two beer bottles look almost identical, the system recognizes the difference through the unique code. On a wrong scan, the picker gets an instant error message.
Yes. OrderPiQR works with any assortment, regardless of size. You easily import your products via CSV, including locations and barcodes. House of Beers manages their entire specialty beer assortment this way.
OrderPiQR optimizes the picking process so orders are assembled faster. Less time spent picking means temperature-sensitive products spend less time outside cold storage. In addition, correct picking prevents returns that cause extra transport time.
You can be operational within an hour. Create a free account, import your product data via CSV, and start picking right away. There's no installation, no hardware, and no IT project required.
More about OrderPiQR
Case: House of Beers
Read how House of Beers eliminated incorrect deliveries with barcode scanning.
QR code scanning
Scan EAN barcodes, QR codes, and Data Matrix codes with your phone.
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