Technology Innovator Awards 2020

May20122 Most Innovative Warehouse Solution Provider 2020 Founded in 1997 and bringing more than twenty years’ experience to the table, Innov8 Technology is a leading provider of software and IT infrastructure for businesses all throughout the United Kingdom. The team at Innov8 are well placed to help small, medium, and large businesses with their IT challenges, and have been operating out of 2 locations in the NW and Yorkshire. To find out more about just how innovative this firm’s solutions are, we take a closer look. Having been in business for much of the digital age that humanity now finds itself in, then twenty three years’ experience that Innov8 has is truly invaluable for clients across a multitude of industries, though it specialises in wholesale and distribution. As a Platinum Sage Business Partner & Developer, Innov8 is experienced in deploying their in-house developed solutions, as well as those of other key IT vendors, carefully chosen to ensure the client has their business needs fully met. Across its entire plethora of services, Innov8 always aims to provide a technology- first approach to its business, enabling clients to leverage the benefits of the technology within their own businesses. Excellence through innovation is the core belief that underpins everything done at Innov8. The innovation and development teams are continually working on the range of products and services offered by the firm. Not only does this fulfil the needs of the client, but it also allows for the products to be improved. Additionally, as the firm works on a single product codebase, every customer gets the benefit of any changes or improvements that are made. This expertise over industry knowledge, and a continued desire to meet customer requirements is what differentiates Innov8 from its competitors, as well as a uniquely holistic WMS solution that is fully integrated with Sage products and provides additional functionality such as courier integration, user management, and more. Innov8’s real-time warehousing and distribution solutions have been carefully designed by IT experts, who all bring an extensive amount of warehouse experience to the role itself. Armed with this fantastic experience and brilliant staff, Innov8 provides a complete solution that enables clients to track and monitor their stock from the point of raising the purchase order, right the way through goods in and picking, until dispatch. The solutions’ careful design has been to make the ease of using them that much greater, as it has been a top priority for the firm since its inception. Incorporating finger-friendly technology in conjunction with the latest technology in handsets is just one small way that it continues to make it easier than ever before to use these solutions. One of Innov8’s core offerings is its fully featured, real-time, warehouse management solution, innware, designed by software experts with warehousing industry knowledge and background experience. By leveraging the commercial module within Sage, innware optimises stock accuracy and increases warehouse efficiency. Embracing the use of the latest industry knowledge handset technology, innware allows warehouse staff to find the exact product they need to pick at the first attempt, every attempt. By driving warehouse efficiency, reducing picking errors, and minimising returns, innware increases customer satisfaction and profitability also. Amongst other things, innware’s key functionalities include real-time stock control, barcode scanning, sales order processing, purchase order processing, bulk storage management, pick management, dispatch of stock, quarantine facility, returns facility, and route planning. Every single thing that a warehouse operative could ever need can be found in what innware offers. Warehousing and product delivery has grown exponentially over the last decade, and particularly now as an opportunity following the global pandemic of COVID-19. Many businesses have had to quickly adapt and change the way they work, with business as usual no longer being a viable option. As a result, this has seen a drastically increased level of interest in warehouse management to ensure the fulfilment of orders is achieved quickly and efficiently, and Innov8’s technology-lead approach supports this demand. Looking to the future is tricky for Innov8 and innware, as the gradual return to normality after the COVID-imposed lockdown and quarantine may well mean businesses no longer have to rely on warehousing and distribution services. However, that will not stop the firm from continuing development of the product line in line with exactly what customers will need moving forwards. Innov8 has taken the time to come up with a clearly outlined product roadmap that ensures both itself, and innware continue to set a high standard in the industry, and lead the way as an integrated warehouse management solution. With a brand new purpose- built office in York that gives the firm a presence on both sides of the Pennines, Innov8 now has a platform for exponential future growth that can support its own teams and its customers. Ultimately, warehousing and distribution services are going nowhere fast. There will always be a need to store something, and with businesses currently unable to access much of their stock or wanting to keep themselves and their customers safe, warehouses are the best way to do that. Innware presents itself as it is; an innovative and brilliant warehouse management solution that clients can take full advantage of when it comes to managing their goods, and knowing exactly where and how they’re stored for when they inevitably are sold. Company: Contact: Michael Armstrong Website: www.innov8.co.uk As a Platinum Sage Business Partner & Developer, Innov8 is experienced in deploying their in-house developed solutions, as well as those of other key IT vendors, carefully chosen to ensure the client has their business needs fully met Incorporating finger-friendly technology in conjunction with the latest technology in handsets is just one small way that it continues to make it easier than ever before to use these solutions.