News

The Swedish tech companies Prime Penguin and Ongoing Warehouse are a match made in heaven for any e-commerce store looking for a scalable in-house logistics solution. Prime Penguin offers market-leading integration services for e-commerce. Their platform directs order data between multiple online sales channels and warehouses using one single connection in a plug-and-play platform.

Together with Prime Penguin's network of carefully selected third-party logistics (3PL) they offer a truly unique one-stop solution for finding and connecting web shops with efficient fulfillment solutions worldwide. Prime Penguin is pre-integrated with a large number of software services that make up the infrastructure of e-commerce. Among its many connections are platforms such as Woocommerce, Shopify, Magento, Big commerce, Quick butik, Wix eCommerce, Starweb, Netbutikk 24  as well as marketplaces.

Together with Ongoing Warehouse’s powerful cloud-based warehouse management system, Ongoing WMS, they now help e-commerce businesses with in-house warehousing solutions. Ongoing WMS offers e-shops an off-the-shelf solution to gain control and increase the efficiency of their logistics. By partnering with Prime Penguin they can offer their software to a vast number of webshops regardless of their current setup. With Prime Penguin taking the lead on flexible integrations, Ongoing Warehouse has a long-term partner to ensure immediate and accurate order flows of data between all systems.

The fast-growing e-commerce player Fotbutiken contacted Ongoing Warehouse to get on top of its logistics operations. They were selling direct to consumers (D2C) through their own store based on the e-commerce platform Quickbutik. While managing their entire warehousing operations in-house. Fotbutiken, like many fast-growing online stores, was operating in several different systems with separate stock balances with processes that required a lot of manual labor.

“We were in need of a robust warehouse management system to automate our operations. We were constantly running low on stock and behind in our forecasting. The lack of structure and access to correct data in our operations led to poor inventory-management, lost sales, and customer support issues.” Says Philip Lexander, CEO and founder of Fotbutiken. 

Ongoing WMS is a smart and cost-efficient solution for logistic intensive companies that can be implemented right away. However, Fotbutiken was operating through multiple Quickbutik shops for each market and required a solution that synchronized and controlled all order flows. Fotbutiken, therefore, contacted Prime Penguin to assist in creating the connections needed to route their aggregated order flows from Quickbutik to their new WMS.

“How the business operates today is a world of difference. Since Ongoing Warehouse and Prime Penguin helped us set up the correct routines and provided us with a long-term solution, we have absolute control. We are now one step ahead and always on top of when to restock. Having full oversight of what is going in and out of the warehouse has really enabled us to grow. Prime Penguin has been a vital part of the setup by providing timely and professional integration expertise. Their platform was an easy and cost-efficient solution to connect all of our sales systems with Ongoing WMS in an efficient flow.” Says Philip Lexander. 

Ongoing Warehouse continues to develop its innovative solutions for logistics-intensive companies and building strong partnerships with industry leaders.

About Ongoing Warehouse

The service Ongoing WMS is a Warehouse Management System (WMS) for logistics-intensive businesses of all sizes in Scandinavia, Europe, and the rest of the world. Both for companies with their own warehousing like expansive e-commerce businesses and those within the field of 3PL/logistics.
https://ongoingwarehouse.com/ 

About Prime Penguin
Prime Penguin is a Stockholm-based, award-winning logistics solution that allows e-shops to connect to the very best 3PL companies in a plug and play procedure. The cloud-based platform of Prime Penguin allows e-commerce companies and brands to have full digital control over their supply chain and all warehouse activities in real-time.

www.primepenguin.com

For more information contact:

Fredrik Einarsson - fredrik.einarsson@ongoingwarehouse.com
Mikael Johansson - mikael@primepenguin.com

Blue Robot is a cube based state-of-the-art automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS) for small and medium sized businesses. Installations range from 1.000 bins up to 15.000 bins. The cube can be installed in existing warehouses and does not require anything except from a leveled floor, power, and internet to be installed.

“Using Blue Robot together with Ongoing WMS will be an addition to your existing workflow, not a replacement. The only processes that change are those directly linked to picking from and loading goods into the cube”, says Arnor Jonansson, CEO at Blue Robot.

The integration makes it possible for Blue Robot to retrieve articles and orders from Ongoing automation API and return the result of the picking process. Together, the two systems provide an efficient solution for loading and picking goods. Blue Robots artificial intelligence calculate optimized picking batches based on orders and priority.

“After receiving orders from Ongoing WMS, Blue Robot speeds up the picking process. Bins with goods are presented to the picker and the amount to be picked to each box is clearly shown. The picker takes items from the bin and places them in the correct box for packing and every action is confirmed by using a scanner. Once all order lines are picked from the bin, the bin is automatically returned to the cube and another bin is presented to the picker”, Arnor Jonansson continues.

The integration between Blue Robot and Ongoing WMS was completed about six months ago and it is now a part of the two companies’ standard offerings.

“Blue Robot develops a great automation solution for small and medium size business, and I believe this partnership will benefit us both, as well as many logistic reliant companies that need more automated workflows”, says Fredrik Einarsson, CEO at Ongoing Warehouse

Fredrik continues “It seems obvious that automation solutions will be used more commonly in warehouses in Scandinavia the following years. Therefore, we have put much effort into developing an automation API that makes it easy for automation solutions to integrate with Ongoing WMS”.  

Blue Robot has made the integration by using the Ongoing Warehouse automation API.

“Integrating to Ongoing WMS has been a very positive experience. We are very impressed in how easy it has been to make the integration. Things that usually takes months or weeks only takes days or hours with Ongoing. It took us only three days to complete the integration, Arnor continues.  

The integration is currently used by the Scandinavian logistics provider Nettvarehotellet who uses Ongoing WMS and Blue Robot.

“We have worked in Ongoing WMS for over two years, and it has helped us improve as a logistic provider in many ways. With Blue Robot we can fulfill as many orders as before, with reduced workforce. The solution is integrated to Ongoing WMS which makes our warehouse operations run very efficiently and automated”, Says Helge Lundeby.    

For more information contact:

Fredrik Einarsson - fredrik.einarsson@ongoingwarehouse.com
Arnor Jonansson - arnor@bluerobotcompany.com

yayloh is a Stockholm based startup that has developed a return management software that helps retailers streamline operations by automating return processes as well as reducing returns. Together with the market leading warehouse management system Ongoing WMS, the return management software’s full potential is taken into the warehouse operations for an automated order and return management.     

One of yayloh’s customer is Sweden’s well-known brand, Eytys, which uses Centra to run their online store and Ongoing WMS as warehouse management system at their 3PL. The three software services are seamlessly integrated which allows Eytys’ customer support team and warehouse to have a better overview and processing of the brand’s returns. 

As the warehouse team is informed in advance about all return information, including reason for returns, it allows them to be ready for incoming parcels and prepare to ship out an exchange if needed, making the return process much more effective. Also, as the platform updates in real-time, communication between warehouse and customer support is facilitated. Eytys customer service team can more easily track return status as well as logistics issues and take proactive steps to engage with a disappointed customer. 

On a recent sit down with Eytys eCommerce manager, Louise Reznik, she commented that “yayloh has been the one missing link to understanding the whole flow - from when a customer buys a product to when they choose to return it.“

With the international growth of the clothing brand and the added complexity it brings to managing logistics, it became evident to the Eytys team that they needed a return management platform to serve as a link between its customers, its team and the warehouse. 

In parallel to what happens behind the scenes, with yayloh, Eytys is able to delight its customers with a digital and fully branded post-purchase experience that keeps them updated on their return in real-time through a return tracking page.

The combination of yayloh return management software, Centra and Ongoing WMS has helped Eytys improve operational efficiency, specifically for the warehouse and customer support team. On top of that, it has helped cut unnecessary costs, be more environmentally conscious and increase customer satisfaction and conversion. 

For more information, contact:

Fredrik Einarsson: fredrik.einarson@ongoingwarehouse.com 

Sophie Aubard: sophie@yayloh.com 

Learn more about yayloh: www.yayloh.com

“Ongoing WMS has made our inbound and outbound delivery significantly faster. The integrations with AutoStore and Microsoft Business Central, which we also use, keeps the risk of errors to a minimum as much work becomes automated”, says Johan Fors, Supply Chain Manager at Scandinavian Cosmetics.

Scandinavian Cosmetics is one of the leading companies in sales, marketing, and distribution of well-known brands in the Scandinavian beauty industry. The company is based in Malmö in Sweden and represents over 50 brands within skincare, haircare, make-up, and perfume.

Scandinavian Cosmetics went live with Ongoing WMS, in the early 2021, in connection with the implementation of the warehouse automation solution AutoStore. The European AutoStore partner Element Logic, has made an integration between AutoStore and Ongoing WMS, using Ongoing WMS automation API. One of the reasons Scandinavian Cosmetics choose Ongoing WMS was because of the existing integration.  

Johan continues “Ongoing WMS and AutoStore provides a very efficient solution together. For example, when outbound delivery to customer, AutoStore receives orders from Ongoing WMS that automatically gets picked. The goods are then presented to a warehouse worker who scans the goods, and the order status becomes updated in Ongoing WMS. Then we pack the order and its ready for shipment. This automated workflow allows for an efficient and accurate order fulfillment”.    

Today, Scandinavian Cosmetics has warehouses in Sweden and Denmark. The company wishes to consolidate their warehouse operations by moving all operations to Sweden, where Ongoing WMS and AutoStore is used. The consolidation is in progress and their previous warehouse in Norway has already been transferred.    

“Now, when both Ongoing WMS and AutoStore are put to practice in Sweden, we see it as the most beneficial to move all our warehouse operations there. The consolidation will create a cost-effective structure with a high service level”, Johan concludes.  

The increasing popularity of automation solutions like AutoStore is something that Ongoing Warehouse has picked up on and led to the development of an automation API. The Ongoing WMS Automation API enables automation systems to connect themselves to Ongoing WMS.

“It is important to us that our customers know that if they want to implement an automation system, Ongoing already has existing integrations. This makes it possible for more companies to use our solutions together without investing in a brand-new integration”, says Fredrik Einarsson, CEO Ongoing Warehouse.  

Scandinavian Cosmetics is one of the many companies that choose Ongoing WMS combined with an automation system. A powerful automation system together with a market leading WMS seems to be a solution that logistic intensive companies’ highly value.  

For more information, contact:

Fredrik Einarsson: fredrik.einarson@ongoingwarehouse.com
Johan Fors: johan.fors@scandinaviancosmetics.se

”It was a big challenge transitioning to Ongoing WMS just one week before Black Friday. Thanks to the integration possibilities along with great support from Johan at Ongoing, we managed to quickly go live with the system”, says Michel Alshammari, COO at Spares Nordic.   

Teknikdelar.se saw an overwhelming increase in sales related to Black Friday last November. The Norwegian site Teknikdeler.no increased sales with 385% compared to previous year’s Black Friday. To manage the enormous order volumes, Spares Nordic invested in Ongoing WMS.      

“We were able to see an increase in efficiency that Ongoing WMS added to both inbound- and outbound delivery. The number of orders we fulfilled increased with 20-30%, using the same workforce.”, Michael continues.

“It is great that Ongoing WMS is able to significantly increase efficiency in Spares Nordic´s warehouse operations. In a time were demand for ecommerce is exploding, it is important for online stores to have control over orders and fulfill them efficiently. Ongoing WMS specializes in these two crucial elements and seek to help more online stores with warehouse optimization”, says Fredrik Einarsson, CEO at Ongoing Warehouse. 

Spares Nordics most successful site Teknikdelar.se sells Mobile & PC spare parts and accessories online. Teknikdelar is market leader in its niche in Scandinavia and aims to further strengthen their market position by expanding to Denmark and Finland.

For more information contact:  

Fredrik Einarsson at: fredrik.einarsson@ongoingwarehouse.com

And visit teknikdelar at:  Teknikdelar.se

”We have been a customer to Ongoing Warehouse for almost 10 years. Since then, we have been able to grow and manage many customers, much thanks to the integration possibilities Ongoing WMS offer. Now we manage over 50 companies’ logistics in a total warehouse area of 25 000m2 in Ongoing WMS. This greatly simplifies work for our staff because they only need to learn one system”, Says Mikael Trevik, IT manager at GN Transport & GN Logistics.    

Mikael continues “Seeing that Ongoing WMS is web-based, we can work in the system from any device we want, without any installations. It also allows us to easily work with handheld units such as scanners”.   

“GN Logistics has been a customer since Ongoing WMS was in an early stage. They have experienced the development of our system over a long period of time, with more functions and ready-made integrations being added on frequently. This has been beneficial for them and our other customers. Adding more functions and integrations is a key focus going forth, which will strengthen our already strong market position”, Says Fredrik Einarsson, CEO at Ongoing Warehouse

In 2013, GN Logistics expanded their business buy acquiring a 3PL company in Halmstad. A couple years later GN Logistics expanded to Luxemburg and established a terminal of 4000m2. The warehouse in Stockholm started its operations in 2018. Most of the warehouse capacity is allocated to the terminal in Halmstad were GN Logistics also has their headquarter.

“After using Ongoing WMS in Halmstad, it was obvious for us to use Ongoing WMS in Stockholm and Luxemburg as well. All the goods that we handle are scanned at out- and inbound delivery. Scanning and integrations to our customers systems makes both GN Logistics and our customers get one hundred percent control over the goods”, continues Mikael.  

For more information contact Fredrik Einarsson at: fredrik.einarsson@ongoingwarehouse.com

And read more about GN Logistics at: www.gnlogistics.se