Warehouse Integration & WMS

Fulfilment thatholds togetherthrough peak

Stock parity between your WMS and commerce platform erodes under pressure. This creates overselling risks and poor customer outcomes. We stabilise the core sync.

PEO
Peoplevox
MIN
Mintsoft
GXO
GXO
MAN
Manhattan
KOR
Korber

Trusted by operations leaders running GXO, Peoplevox, and Mintsoft.

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Our Approach

Stabilising Your Warehouse Operations

We deliver operational stability through robust integration, practical consulting, and AI-driven exception monitoring for platforms like Peoplevox, GXO, and Mintsoft.

Operational Playbook Audit

Your warehouse SOPs drift from reality. We audit your pick-pack-ship cycle and returns process against your system configuration to close gaps in fulfilment cadence.

  • Returns (RMA) workflow review
  • Pick route efficiency analysis
  • Fulfilment accuracy diagnostics
  • Staff training and SOP validation
  • Peak readiness assessment
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WMS & 3PL Integration

Point-to-point connections fail silently. We build and maintain resilient integrations that guarantee stock parity and order flow between your WMS, ERP, and commerce sites.

  • WMS to Shopify/Commerce Cloud sync
  • 3PL integration (ASN, despatch, returns)
  • Carrier and aggregator connectivity
  • ERP to WMS inventory grade passing
  • Headless commerce stock endpoints
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Fulfilment Anomaly Detection

You cannot manually check every transaction. CogentAI monitors ASN timings, stock adjustments, and returns processing, flagging exceptions before they affect customers.

  • Stock sync validation
  • Mis-pick pattern analysis
  • Returns put-away lag alerts
  • ASN timing violation flags
  • Carrier SLA monitoring
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Operational Outcomes

Fixing Warehouse Data Flow

Our work focuses on measurable improvements to fulfilment accuracy, speed, and cost. We target the systemic issues that create daily firefighting for your operations team.

Achieve Verifiable Stock Parity

  • Maintain accurate, real-time inventory levels across all sales channels.
  • Prevent overselling during flash sales and peak trading periods.
  • Automate reconciliation to eliminate manual stock checks.

Improve Fulfilment Accuracy

  • Reduce mis-picks and packing errors through system-led validation.
  • Ensure correct customs data and shipping labels are always used.
  • Decrease costly customer service contacts for incorrect orders.

Increase Operational Throughput

  • Accelerate the receiving of goods with reliable ASN processing.
  • Speed up the returns put-away process to get stock back on sale faster.
  • Optimise pick and pack workflows for faster despatch times.

Eliminate Manual Workarounds

  • Remove fragile spreadsheet-based processes for order management.
  • Automate reporting for fulfilment SLAs and inventory.
  • Reduce ownership leakage where system gaps create manual tasks.

Platforms We Integrate

Ecommerce ShopifyBigCommerceAdobe CommerceTikTok Shop
ERP & Accounting NetsuiteMicrosoft Dynamics Business CentralSage200OdooSAP B1SAP ECCMicrosoft Dynamics 365
Warehouse / WMS PeoplevoxMintsoftVeeqo
3PL Logistics WhistlSekoGXOBleckmannInPost Lockers
POS
Returns

Core Competencies

Expertise in Warehouse Systems

We are operators with deep, practical experience integrating the specific WMS, 3PL, and carrier platforms that run modern retail fulfilment operations.

WMS Platforms

PeoplevoxMintsoftManhattanKorber
  • Stock parity synchronisation
  • Pick and pack route optimisation
  • Returns workflow configuration
  • User permission and role setup
Discuss your WMS

3PL Operators

GXOBleckmann
  • ASN and despatch note integration
  • SLA monitoring and reporting
  • Returns (RMA) process automation
  • Inventory reconciliation
Discuss your 3PL

Carrier Aggregators

ShipStationMetapackShippo
  • Shipping rule and logic configuration
  • Automated customs documentation
  • Label generation API integration
  • Carrier service selection
Discuss carriers

The Warehouse Ecosystem

Connecting Your Fulfilment Stack

A high-performing warehouse depends on reliable data flow between your WMS, commerce platform, ERP, and carriers. We ensure these systems operate as one.

Warehouse Systems
WMS
PeoplevoxMintsoftManhattanKorber
3PL
GXOBleckmannDHLSEKO
Carrier Management
MetapackShipStationShippo
Ecommerce Platforms
Shopify PlusSalesforce Commerce CloudCentraWooCommerce
ERP
NetSuiteMicrosoft Dynamics 365SAP
Operational Intelligence
CogentAI

Common Failure Patterns

Why Warehouse Integrations Fail

We have seen these failure patterns repeatedly. They are rarely about a single broken connection, but a symptom of deeper issues in your data architecture and operational process.

Silent Sync Failures at Peak

During a flash sale, you discover stock levels are wrong only after customers complain. The sync job between your WMS and Shopify failed hours ago without an alert.

Symptoms

  • Overselling high-velocity products.
  • Customer service tickets asking 'Is it in stock?'.
  • Manually cancelling orders post-purchase.

Business Impact

Revenue loss, reputation damage, and significant manual effort to clean up the order book.

Root Causes

  • Brittle, unmonitored API connections.
  • Lack of automated reconciliation checks.
  • API rate limiting during traffic spikes.

How Cogent2 Resolves This

Build resilient, observable integrations with proactive monitoring and automated reconciliation. Implement throttling and queueing logic to handle peak loads.

Returns Processing Lag

A customer's return is received at your GXO-run dock but takes days to get processed and put away. This ties up working capital and delays customer refunds.

Symptoms

  • High volume of 'Where's my refund?' queries.
  • Returned stock is unavailable for resale for days.
  • Manual checks required to confirm return status.

Business Impact

Poor customer experience, skewed inventory availability, and inefficient use of warehouse labour.

Root Causes

  • No direct integration between support desk, RMA, and WMS.
  • 3PL process does not prioritise put-away.
  • Lack of visibility into the returns lifecycle.

How Cogent2 Resolves This

Integrate the returns process from end to end: from customer request (RMA) to WMS put-away. Provide a single view of return status to all teams.

Late or Missing ASNs

Your supplier sends goods, but the Advance Shipping Notice (ASN) from your Bleckmann-run 3PL is delayed or missing. This blocks efficient receiving and makes stock untraceable.

Symptoms

  • Pallets sitting on the dock, unable to be booked in.
  • Inbound stock is not visible in your WMS or commerce platform.
  • Manual creation of purchase orders to receive goods.

Business Impact

Delayed stock availability leads to lost sales. Increased labour costs for manual receiving.

Root Causes

  • Reliance on manual ASN creation via email or FTP.
  • Poor data validation in the ASN payload.
  • Lack of a penalty clause in the 3PL contract for late ASNs.

How Cogent2 Resolves This

Automate ASN creation and transmission via API. Enforce strict data validation schemas. Establish clear SLAs for ASN timeliness with your 3PL.

The Manual Order Spreadsheet

When a system fails, an operator starts exporting a CSV of orders from Shopify and manually keying them into the WMS. This introduces errors and a single point of failure.

Symptoms

  • Increased picking and shipping errors.
  • Orders are missed entirely during the transfer.
  • The business relies on one person to 'run the spreadsheet'.

Business Impact

Fulfilment errors, delayed orders, and an unscalable process that creates huge operational risk.

Root Causes

  • Lack of trust in the primary integration.
  • No automated failover or error handling.
  • A culture of workarounds instead of fixing root causes.

How Cogent2 Resolves This

Fix the primary integration and build trust in it. Implement robust error logging and alerting so failures are addressed immediately, not patched over with spreadsheets.

Why Cogent2

We Are Operators, Not Just Technologists

Fix the root cause of stock discrepancies, don't just patch the symptoms.
Stop overselling during peak campaigns because of stock sync latency.
Eliminate the manual workarounds that cause fulfilment errors and slow you down.
Get clear visibility into 3PL performance, from ASN receipt to returns processing.
Get expert, unbiased advice on which WMS or 3PL is right for your operating model.
Build a fulfilment operation that scales without adding headcount.
99.8%
Fulfilment accuracy post-stabilisation
-74%
Reduction in manual order corrections
48hrs → 4hrs
Improvement in returns put-away time

CogentAI For Warehousing

AI for Exception-First Operations

CogentAI is not a separate tool. It is intelligence embedded in your fulfilment workflow, finding the silent failures before they cost you sales or customer trust.

Stock Sync Verification
ASN Timing & Put-Away Lag
Mis-pick Pattern Detection
Order Flow Anomaly Alerts
Carrier Performance Tracking

Is your warehouse ready for peak?

Incorrect stock levels, shipping delays, and returns backlogs are symptoms of broken data flow. Before you invest in more hardware or people, let's fix the system. Talk to an operator who has fixed these problems before.