Notes on order automation
Practical guides for operations teams: what to automate, what to leave alone, and how to tell the difference.
The real cost of keying in emailed orders
Copying an order from an email into your ERP takes a few minutes. The cost that matters is everything that happens when one of those minutes goes wrong.
Harry Robinson · 8 Oct 2026How AI reads a purchase order, and where it still needs a person
Modern AI models are very good at reading purchase orders. They aren’t perfect, and a well-designed system is honest about which parts it isn’t sure of.
30 Sept 2026Automating order entry into Unleashed: what to sync and what to leave alone
The aim isn’t to replace your ERP. It’s to put orders into it exactly as your best person would, and then get out of the way.
16 Sept 2026Taking the paper out of pick and pack
Printed pick lists and trips back to the office slow a warehouse down more than most people realise. Here’s what a practical, device-based alternative looks like.
3 Sept 2026Booking parcels and pallets without the phone calls
Once an order is packed, booking the delivery should take no one’s time at all. Here’s how parcel and pallet bookings can run themselves, and where the office still needs to step in.
20 Aug 2026Nothing in this topic yet.