Case study: How a two-person warehouse team avoided hiring a third

Background

Jet Express has operated in the Estonian transport sector for 30 years. Today, the company serves thousands of customers and works with more than 30 couriers.

At its warehouse, two employees handle around 1,000 inbound parcels every day.

The challenge: growth was creating a new position

The team previously measured parcels with tape measures and weighed them separately. As volumes grew, these manual steps consumed so much time that Jet Express was preparing to hire a third warehouse employee.

The warehouse manager initially searched for a platform scale. After discovering Parcelcube, he realised the company could improve the whole process. Instead of weighing a parcel and measuring each side by hand, the team could capture its dimensions and weight in one process and transfer the data directly to their system.

The solution: 15 minutes to assemble, hours returned to the team

The physical Parcelcube system took approximately 15 minutes to assemble. Once the software integration was complete, the impact on daily operations was clear.

The two existing employees could process the same inbound volume without additional help. For their surprise, they now even had free time during their shifts.

The result

• 1,000 inbound parcels handled daily
• 1 additional hire in a two-person team avoided
• More time available for other tasks during each shift
• Achieved a full return on investment (ROI) in less than a year

Avoiding an additional salary created an immediate financial saving. Once Parcelcube had paid for itself, that saving continued month after month.

The employees also benefited. Less manual measuring meant less repetitive work, less pressure to keep up and more time for other responsibilities.

For Jet Express, faster dimensioning translated into more capacity for the company and more breathing room for the team.

What could this mean at a larger scale?

Jet Express achieved these results with a two-person team handling 1,000 inbound parcels per day. For higher-volume operations, every parcel measured automatically represents time returned to the warehouse team.

If a two-person team could avoid an entire additional hire, how many working hours could your warehouse recover?

Ready to explore how your operation could benefit from Parcelcube? Contact us or find your local Parcelcube representative.