Made-To-Measure: Cloud-Based, Modular Technology Enables Smarter Warehouse Operations

Outdated warehouse management software slows fashion retailers. From trend forecasting and design to sourcing, manufacturing, and distribution, efficient cloud-based warehouse systems ensure stores and online shoppers receive the latest styles quickly and seamlessly.

Modernizing Fashion Warehouse Operations with Cloud-Based Solutions

When a leading European fashion retailer aimed to modernize warehouse and order management, Akkodis implemented a hybrid cloud and on-premises solution, boosting efficiency, flexibility, and agile inventory management across global operations.

Ensuring Scalable and Efficient Warehouse Management in Fashion

Warehouse management is vital for fashion success. With 150 billion garments produced globally each year and Europe’s $500B apparel market, retailers need scalable, efficient systems that handle peak demand during events like Black Friday and New Year sales.

The old system was not scalable–and the client needed scalability to support the growth it was targeting.

- Juan Lorente Azcoitia, Senior Business Manager at Akkodis Spain.

The client worked with Akkodis to refine objectives into a plan focused on speed, efficiency, and robust infrastructure capable of supporting growing sales worldwide.

Building a Modular, Scalable Warehouse System for Global Fashion Operations

Operating in over 100 countries, the retailer faced a complex challenge. Akkodis developed a modular warehouse system using hexagonal architecture and Domain-Driven Design (DDD), ensuring robust, traceable, and scalable order management worldwide.

The system also optimizes warehouse processes and delivery routes while promoting sustainable transport and eco-friendly packaging, delivering both environmental benefits and operational efficiency.

Cloud-Based Modular Systems Transform Warehouse Efficiency and Business Flexibility

The cloud-based, modular warehouse system centralizes operations for faster updates and flexible adaptation. Its modular design enables components like shipping or packaging to be sold as standalone solutions, boosting efficiency and business scalability.

It’s more adaptable and it’s more scalable than the previous system, designed to be as modular and separate as possible between its parts.

– Lorente Azcoitia explains.

After running alongside the old system, Akkodis’ new cloud-based, modular warehouse solution proved fully operational, handling 2,430 units per minute and dispatching 100M+ garments annually. The packaging module is now deployed across 70+ global e-commerce warehouses, with ongoing optimization to meet evolving client needs.