Logistics

Warehouse Analysis Agent

Walking in the warehouse never shows up on an invoice. Nobody knows which storage location costs the most.

Analyses warehouse movements and makes better use of floor space.

Open agent
Public administration

Four processes that take up the most time today

Developed in Germany · Hosted in the EU

Developed in Germany · Hosted in the EU or on-premises

Delivered together with

STACKIT Sovereign hosting in Germany, single-tenant from the first user.
Rödl Legal, tax and compliance expertise for legally sound deployment.
4P Consulting Advisory and implementation for the public sector, starting with the AI readiness assessment.

A picker walks 27 metres per pick because two fast movers sit at the end of the aisle.

The movement data is in the WMS, every pick with location, time and quantity. It is rarely analysed, because matching storage locations to pick frequency is done by hand. So stock is relocated on the strength of experience, usually during the stocktake.

620picks per shiftA picking shift in the two-aisle area handles around 620 lines.
27 mper pickThe average walk is 27 metres because two fast movers sit at the end of the aisle.
12items in the wrong placeTwelve A items sit in locations that do not match how often they are picked.
4.6 kmextra walking per shiftAcross 620 picks, these twelve locations add up to around 4.6 kilometres.

15% higher warehouse productivity is nothing more than these 4.6 kilometres, handed back to a shift that walks them today.

The 15% increase in warehouse productivity is this agent's headline figure. The 620 picks per shift and the average walk of 27 metres reflect a typical two-aisle warehouse; they do not come from a time study.

Three steps through the process.

The agent measures walking distances and picks from the movement data and proposes relocations; the head of warehouse orders the swaps.

Analyse movement data per storage location

The agent reads the last few weeks' picks from the WMS, with location, time and quantity. It works out the pick frequency of every storage location.

Zone B, 19,600 picks over 8 weeks, 412 storage locations assessed

Map the walk per pick to pick frequency

The agent maps the walk per pick to each item's location. It flags every high-frequency item stored in a distant location.

12 A items above the 27 m average walk, item 40118 at 61 m with 271 picks

Present the relocation list to the head of warehouse

The agent compiles swap proposals with the expected walking distance saved. The head of warehouse decides what is moved and when.

umlagerung_zone_b.xlsx, 12 proposals, 4.6 km less walking per shift

What the agent does not do.

It does not move any stock.

It presents swap proposals with location numbers and the expected walking distance saved. The instruction to the shift comes from the head of warehouse.

It does not check the load capacity or bay height of a location.

It works with walking distances and picks from the WMS. Load capacity, bay height and hazardous goods segregation are checked by the warehouse manager before every swap.

The Christmas peak is not yet in its figures.

It analyses eight weeks of movements from the WMS. The head of warehouse has to add what sales expects for November and December.

Connected systems

  • WMS warehouse management
  • ERP
  • BI reporting

Operations

  • Deployment modelEU cloud or private cloud
  • Data processingGDPR-compliant, no model training on your data
  • Responsible teamsWarehouse management, warehouse operations

The questions that come up before the first meeting.

How quickly is the Warehouse Analysis Agent ready to use?

A pilot typically runs on your own data within 4 to 6 weeks. The agent connects to your existing systems rather than running as a separate, parallel environment.

Where is the data processed?

EU cloud or private cloud. Processing is GDPR-compliant and models are never trained on your data. Details in the Trust Center.

Where does the figure “15% higher warehouse productivity” come from?

It is based on experience from comparable projects and process benchmarks, not a commitment. We work out the realistic effect for your organisation during the assessment before the pilot.

Related agents.

Intake review, case 2026/04711

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