Floor pick

The picker’s screen (/floor/pick/:id). One line at a time, in route order, with the next bin always on screen.

On this page

• The loop
• Route order
• When the bin is short
• See also

The loop

For every line:

1. Scan the bin — confirms you are where the system thinks you are.
2. Scan the item — confirms you have the right thing.
3. Confirm the quantity — how many you took.

Then the screen advances to the next line. There is no list to navigate and nothing to tick off manually; the job in front of you is the only thing on screen.

Tip

Scanning the bin before the item is what catches the expensive mistake. Two similar SKUs in adjacent bins scan identically as items but sit in different locations — verifying the location first makes picking from the wrong bin a blocked action rather than a mis-ship discovered by a customer.

Route order

Lines come in pick pathPick pathThe order bins are walked in — zone, aisle, side, bay — which is what turns a list of lines into an efficient single pass through the warehouse. Read more → order — zone → aisle → side → bay — so the walk is one pass through the building. Warehouses with bin coordinates get a further-optimised route.

You do not choose the order and you cannot skip ahead arbitrarily; the route is the efficiency.

When the bin is short

If the bin does not hold what the system expected, you record a short pickShort pickWhen a bin does not hold what the system expected. Recording it marks the line as not enough stock and posts the discrepancy against that specific bin, rather than quietly under-picking the order. Read more → rather than hunting for stock or silently taking fewer.

That does three things:

• The line is marked Not enough stock instead of quietly under-picking the order.
• The discrepancy lands in the movement ledger against that specific bin.
• The order surfaces on Home under Needs attention so the office can act.

A short pick is information, not a failure. A bin that shorts repeatedly is telling you something a monthly shrinkage figure never would.

See also

• Batches — the office view of the same batch.
• Production pick — the component-picking variant.
• Floor Mode overview — the surface itself.

Last updated: 23 August 2026