Intelligent Order Picking and Warehouse Fulfilment : Performance Driven End to End
Balea offers a complete ecosystem to turn your order picking operations into a competitive advantage : smart picking trolleys, fixed weighing stations, enhanced material handling, product returns management and execution software.
Our Solutions
Every solution integrates with your existing setup or deploys as an end-to-end system, with no disruption for your teams.
Balea Shopeur
Balea’s smart picking solution that multiplies your warehouse productivity.
Balea Pickeur
The full case picking cart (single / multi-order) with weight verification.
Material Handling
Our on-board weighing systems, available as OEM solutions or fitted to your material handling equipment.
Balea Station
The fixed high-precision weighing station, goods-to-person (GTP) by design, that secures your logistics flows.
- The Software
SOLEA
The software that optimises and drives operations end to end: the next-generation logistics WES
Balea Station
The fixed high-precision weighing station, goods-to-person (GTP) by design, that secures your logistics flows.
Balea Pickeur
The full case picking cart (single / multi-order) with weight verification.
Material Handling
Our on-board weighing systems, available as OEM solutions or fitted to your material handling equipment.
Active across the entire warehouse ecosystem, Balea makes every strategic link in your logistics chain more reliable including reverse logistics, where hidden costs run high.
COSMIC
The solution dedicated to product returns, streamlining your reverse logistics.
They’ve adopted Balea solutions
The Balea Shopeur
Smart picking that sets new standards for productivity and quality.
Up to 48 simultaneous orders
Up to 600 picks/hour
Order fulfilment accuracy
The result
Boosted productivity with reduced cycle times compared with traditional picking, and 100% order fulfilment accuracy on every order prepared.
- On the hardware side : a trolley designed for ergonomics and durability.
- On the software side : SOLEA, our WES that drives the flows and powers the solution’s intelligence.
The Balea Shopeur doesn’t just optimise your order picking: it turns it into a major competitive advantage.
Why Choose Intelligent Order Picking for Your Warehouse ?
Intelligent order picking by Balea is an approach to order picking that combines smart operator guidance, software-driven path optimisation and automated real-time verification. In practice, your pickers no longer search, no longer backtrack and no longer count by hand.
The result : more productivity and more accuracy, with no trade-off between the two.
The benefits are immediate and measurable :
- Multiplied throughput : simultaneous preparation of multiple orders, AI-recalculated routes in real time, minimised operator movements.
- Uncompromising accuracy : weight verification catches every anomaly down to the gram, before the order leaves the warehouse.
- Reduced physical strain : fewer MSDs, less turnover, operators who get up to speed quickly, even during seasonal peaks.
- Real-time operational insight : data flows continuously to analyse, adjust and anticipate. Your logistics become data-driven.
Intelligent order picking serves cosmetics, luxury, pharmaceuticals, food and beverage, retail, e-commerce and 3PLs alike. Anywhere the cost of errors matters.
Hardware + Software by Design
The performance of an order picking solution plays out behind the scenes :
- Guiding operators
- Recalculating routes in real time
- Learning from every pick
- Communicating with your WMS
The hardware executes, the software decides and the system learns.
That is the role of SOLEA, our WES developed in-house, which turns shop-floor data into a lever for continuous improvement.
Close to 40 years of weighing expertise, hardware and software solutions entirely designed in France, deployed as an integrated system or as complementary modules, scalable and available for hire: our solutions adapt to your constraints, not the other way around.
Solutions Tailored to Your Sector’s Requirements
Every sector comes with its own constraints: regulatory traceability, batch management, seasonal peaks, multi-client operations…
Our solutions adapt to your operational reality and to the quality standards of your industry.
They Trust Us
"FM Logistic equips itself with Balea’s innovative solutions to meet the quality demands of its clients."
Adrien Q. - Ingénieur Développement
"This decidedly 4.0 solution guarantees reliable and 100% traceable order picking."
Tryba
"Thanks to Balea’s solutions,
we are always ready to meet the challenges of pharmaceutical logistics with rigour, efficiency and sustainability."
Gonçalo S. - Senior Site Manager
"Thanks to Balea's solutions, we are always ready to meet the challenges of pharmaceutical logistics with precision, efficiency, and sustainability."
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What is intelligent order picking in logistics ?
Intelligent order picking is an approach to order fulfilment that combines several technologies to assist the picker in real time: guidance, light or screen cues, software-driven path optimisation and automated verification systems. At Balea, intelligent order picking is built on the hardware-software alliance: our smart picking trolleys such as the Balea Shopeur integrate gram-level weight verification, driven by our WES, SOLEA. It is this combination of on-board hardware and software intelligence that delivers both productivity and 100% order fulfilment accuracy.
What is the role of weight verification in order picking ?
Weight verification consists of automatically weighing each order during and/or after picking to confirm that the right products in the right quantities have been collected. Compared with barcode scanning, which confirms that an item has been scanned but not that it has been correctly placed in the right container, weight verification catches invisible errors: omissions, wrong quantities, reference mix-ups. It is today the most reliable method for achieving 100% order fulfilment accuracy, particularly in sectors where the cost of errors is high (pharmaceutical, cosmetics, food and beverage, luxury).
How can warehouses reduce order picking errors ?
Reducing picking errors relies on three complementary levers:
- process reliability (clear instructions, optimised routes),
- technological assistance for the picker (guidance, scanning)
- and automated verification (checking the contents of every order).
The most effective methods today combine all three, supported by execution software capable of learning from detected errors.
Weight verification, which Balea has relied on for 40 years, is the most reliable method for achieving zero errors: every order is weighed during picking, and the slightest anomaly (wrong reference, incorrect quantity, omission) is detected before the order leaves the warehouse. It is the safety net that secures operations even during peak periods or with temporary staff.
How can I improve warehouse productivity ?
Warehouse productivity rests on four pillars :
- storage organisation (ABC method, slotting),
- process quality (picking methods matched to your flows),
- technological assistance for operators (guidance, batch picking, multi-order picking)
- and real-time management through a WMS or WES.
The most significant gains typically come from moving from single-order picking to simultaneous multi-order picking (batch picking).
Balea’s solutions enable precisely this step change.
The result : significantly higher productivity, without sacrificing quality, two gains that have historically been at odds in traditional logistics.
How does intelligent order picking address warehouse workforce challenges ?
The logistics sector faces a dual challenge :
- difficult recruitment,
- heavy reliance on temporary staff
- and physically demanding work (MSDs account for 95% of occupational illnesses in the sector).
The more physically and mentally taxing a role, the higher absenteeism and turnover climb.
The most effective response combines workstation ergonomics with technological assistance : a guided operator who no longer needs to search, count or manually verify tires less and becomes productive faster.
That is exactly what Balea’s solutions deliver. The picker is guided visually and weight verification validates each pick automatically :
- fewer unnecessary movements,
- less cognitive load
- and less risk of error.
Onboarding takes just a few hours.
Are your solutions compatible with my existing WMS or IT infrastructure ?
Yes. Balea’s solutions integrate easily with a range of WMS, WES, ERP and OMS platforms through standard connectors and APIs. They can complement your existing infrastructure or deploy as an end-to-end system managed by our WES, SOLEA.
In both cases, our integration team works with your IT staff to define the architecture and developments suited to your context, with no disruption to your live operations.
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