Smart-glasses pilot for fashion e-commerce picking

Project overview

A fashion e-commerce warehouse wanted to improve single-piece picking during flash sales. Temporary labor could be added, but training speed and picker guidance were still major constraints.

Challenges

• Workers needed both hands for totes and garments
• Visual confirmation varied by person and zone
• Temporary staff required faster ramp-up

SAP EWM solution design

Qventra outlined a pilot architecture in which smart-glasses guidance complements SAP EWM task execution in selected pick areas. The idea was not to replace WMS logic, but to enhance human execution where visual direction matters most.

Key outcomes

DHL’s public smart-glasses pilot reported a 25% efficiency increase during picking. That makes a 15% to 25% improvement range realistic for a controlled fashion pilot, especially where travel and visual confirmation dominate the task.

Next steps

If the pilot works, the same concept can extend into returns sorting and pick-to-cart operations.