Wall-to-wall audits often mean halting operations, hiring temp labor, and pausing fulfillment—just to satisfy compliance. Scholl’s 3PL partner DSV took a different approach.

The challenge

To meet financial reporting requirements, Scholl performs an annual audit validating nearly 12,000 pallet locations—historically requiring:

• A full 3–4-day shutdown of warehouse operations
• A team of internal and temporary inventory staff
• Complete pause on inbound, outbound, and fulfillment activities
• Weeks of planning and coordination

The solution

Verity’s autonomous inventory system was already in use for daily cycle counts at DSV Tholen. When audit time came, the same system was used—without modification—to perform the full W2W audit:

• Scheduled in just a few clicks by the warehouse team
• Executed autonomously by drones over a single weekend
• No lighting, no lifts, no human intervention required
• Data processed into audit-ready reports, fully validated by external auditors

The results

• 50% reduction in audit-related costs for Scholl
• 100% inventory accuracy, confirmed by independent auditors
• 100% compliance with financial reporting requirements
• 2.5 days to complete the audit during off-hours—no downtime

“Using the drones for the W2W count was about half the cost, which was a big benefit for us. It helped the bottom line for sure.”
— Sam Walker-Sharp, Logistics Operations Manager, Scholl

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