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AI Copilot for Warehouse Frontline Workers

Every Worker Performs Like Your Best Worker.

APXR Pick puts an AI copilot in your workers' field of view — turning any new hire into a top performer in under an hour, with deep SAP warehouse integration across EWM and classic WM. No middleware. No 5-day training cycle.

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About APXR

Built for the floor.
Not the server room.

APXR is an AI copilot built specifically for warehouse and 3PL environments running SAP warehouse management — EWM and classic WM. We replace the RF scanner, the 5-day training cycle, and the clipboard walkthrough with a single pair of smart glasses and an intelligence layer that adapts to every worker in real time.

Warehouse operators are caught in a cycle that doesn't improve — high turnover, slow onboarding, and a workforce that's harder to hire every year. Most technology makes that worse, not better. More systems. More training. More IT dependencies.

We built APXR to break that cycle. A new hire puts on the glasses, and within the hour they're picking at production rate — verified, recorded in SAP, and not requiring a supervisor to shadow them.

No middleware. No week-long training program. Just a worker who's productive on day one.

Built by people who've spent two decades inside enterprise distribution centers — because we know firsthand what breaks, what gets ignored, and what actually moves the needle on the floor.

40%+

average annual warehouse workforce turnover. In a 200-person operation, that's replacing roughly one worker every four working days at an average cost of $24,000 each.

DHL / Korn Ferry

$24K

average cost per departure — recruiting, onboarding, and lost productivity combined. That's not an HR problem. That's a $2M line item that shows up nowhere on your P&L but everywhere on your floor.

DHL / Korn Ferry

Who We Serve

If this sounds like your floor,
you're in the right place.

✓ You run SAP EWM, SAP WM, or S/4HANA embedded WM
✓ You operate a warehouse or DC with 50+ frontline workers
✓ You're losing productivity to slow onboarding, high turnover, or picking errors
✓ You've evaluated technology solutions and walked away because the implementation cost or timeline wasn't worth it
✓ You need measurable results this quarter — not after a 6-month IT project

If you checked four out of five — we should talk.

The Problem

Your workforce has never been
harder to keep.

Walk any warehouse floor today and you'll see the same scene: a supervisor pulling double duty babysitting a new hire who won't be productive for another four days. A picker making errors because they misread a location on a handheld scanner. A shift starting two people short because last week's new hires didn't come back.

This isn't a staffing problem. It's a systems problem. And the tools most warehouses are running — RF scanners, voice prompts, paper pick lists — were designed in the 1990s for a workforce that no longer exists.

73%

of warehouse operators report serious difficulty filling frontline positions — and the shortage is not improving.

MHI Annual Industry Report

40%+

annual workforce turnover. You're replacing a significant portion of your workforce every single year — regardless of operation size.

BLS Transportation & Warehousing

2–5

days before a new hire reaches minimum productivity. During peak season, that's time you simply don't have.

WERC DC Measures Report

$24K

average cost per departure — recruiting, onboarding, and lost productivity combined.

DHL / Korn Ferry

The cost compounds across three fronts

200-worker reference site · ~$15M annual labor cost

ProblemWhat it looks like on your floor
Labor shortage & turnover73% can't fill roles · 40%+ annual turnover · ~80 hires to replace every year
Slow, language-limited onboarding2–5 days to minimum productivity · 30–50% temp staff at peak who need day-one output
Picking errors & walking waste0.3–1% of order lines mis-picked · $5–50 each in returns, reshipping, recovery

For a mid-size site, the cost of turnover, training, errors, and picking inefficiency that the right tool can realistically influence totals $1.5–2.5M a year — on roughly $15M of labor. Meanwhile the technology most operators evaluate — new WMS modules, voice systems, better scanners — needs an IT project, a training program, and a 6-month implementation before you see a single result.

Your workforce crisis is happening right now. Your tools can't wait six months.

The Solution

APXR Pick. The AI copilot
built for the floor.

Forget the 5-day training cycle. Forget the supervisor shadowing a rookie through their first week. APXR Pick is an AI copilot that lives in a pair of smart glasses. It meets every worker exactly where they are — first day on the floor or five years in — and guides them through every pick in real time.

01

The AI adapts to every worker. Automatically.

Most onboarding tools treat every worker the same. APXR doesn't. The AI detects each worker's skill level from their very first picks — hesitation patterns, pick speed, error frequency — and adjusts guidance density in real time.

A first-day hire gets step-by-step direction. A veteran gets streamlined confirmation. The same system. The same glasses. A completely different experience for every person wearing them.

Adaptive AINo Training SessionsNo Supervisor Shadowing

Before APXR

2–5 days to productivity

After APXR

Under 1 hour

02

Native SAP integration. No middleware.

This is where most warehouse technology falls apart. Implementation takes months, requires middleware, and pulls your IT team into a project they didn't budget for.

APXR connects directly to SAP EWM, SAP WM, and S/4HANA embedded WM via native RFC, BAPI, and OData. Bidirectional. Pick lists pull from SAP; confirmations record back to SAP in real time. Pilots start in read-only shadow mode, so your team proves the worker experience while security review runs in parallel.

RFCBAPIODataZero MiddlewareShadow-Mode Start

Typical Implementation

6-month IT project

APXR

Shadow-mode pilot in days

03

Wrong picks are physically prevented.

Every other picking system flags errors after they happen. APXR prevents them before they do. Before every pick proceeds, the camera verifies the correct bin and the correct item. If it doesn't match, the pick doesn't happen. No exceptions. No workarounds. No picker who's "pretty sure" they got the right SKU.

Camera VerificationBin ConfirmedItem Confirmed<0.1% Error Target

Industry Baseline

0.3–1% error rate

With APXR

<0.1% error target

The defensible ROI — rebuilt bottoms-up

200-worker reference site · savings modeled from peer-reviewed inputs (Epe et al. 2024)

Savings componentAnnual valueBasis
Picking productivity$0.9 – 1.2M+23.6% picks/hour, applied at 60–70% realization
Error reduction$0.4 – 0.9M−79% errors on a 0.3–0.5% baseline
Onboarding & ramp$0.2 – 0.4M~80 hires/yr × $2–5K ramp eliminated
Total defensible band$1.5 – 2.5MAgainst a $180K annual subscription

8–14×

Return on subscription

1–2 mo

Payback period

$180K

Annual SaaS · 200 seats

Rollout subscription is $75 / user / month ($65 at 200+ seats). The 90-day Founding Pilot is a separate, flat engagement, fully creditable to your first rollout contract. See what's included →

Deployable on enterprise-proven devices

Software-first. The glasses are the delivery channel — not the product. Pilot units are loaned at no charge.

Vuzix LX1

Primary · Pilot Device

High-brightness display built for challenging warehouse lighting. The device we deploy first.

Vuzix M400

Certified

Lightweight, all-day comfort. Enterprise-proven and safety-rated for the floor.

RealWear Nav 520

Certified

Rugged, voice-forward, fully hands-free. Built for demanding environments.

Android / BYOD

Fallback

Tablet and handheld fallback for zones or roles where glasses aren't the right fit.

How It Works

Three steps. Under one hour to full productivity.

  1. STEP 01

    Worker logs in

    Worker puts on the glasses and selects a preferred language — English or Spanish. The AI establishes a baseline in the first few picks. No manual setup. No training session. No supervisor walkthrough.

    SAP EWM · ONLINE BEGINNER

    AISLE B · BIN 14-C

    SKU 00481 · QTY 3

    ▶ Follow each step

  2. STEP 02

    AI adapts in real time

    Picks per hour, error frequency, and hesitation patterns are tracked continuously. Guidance density drops automatically as the worker gains confidence. A first-day hire gets full direction; a veteran gets streamlined confirmation. No supervisor involvement needed.

    T+45 MIN EXPERT

    C22 · 7

    guidance density · minimal

  3. STEP 03

    Barcode closes the loop

    Camera confirms the correct bin and correct item before every pick proceeds. Wrong picks are blocked before they happen — not flagged after the fact. Each pick is confirmed back to SAP EWM in real time, and the supervisor dashboard shows live progress across the floor.

    ✓ VERIFIED

    ✓ Bin confirmed

    ✓ Item confirmed

    Pick recorded in SAP EWM

For Operations

Three questions you're
already asking.

Every VP of Operations evaluating APXR is really asking the same three things. Here are the honest answers.

01

“Will this improve performance fast enough to matter?”

You'll see the lift inside the 90-day pilot window, not after a year-long rollout. A new hire goes from 2–5 days to reach productivity down to under an hour. And the picking gains are peer-reviewed, not marketing math — measured when AR guidance replaced RF scanning at a German 3PL.

+23.6% Picks / Hour−79% Picking ErrorsEpe et al. 2024 · Measured Baseline
02

“Will this disrupt my operation, or stabilize it?”

It stabilizes. The pilot starts in read-only shadow mode and layers onto your existing workflow — no line shutdown, no system overhaul, SAP stays the system of record throughout. The pilot's shadow-mode start keeps the upfront IT lift light; full live integration runs through your standard security review, which we start on day one with an IT-prerequisites pack. Supervisors get aggregate insights, never individual-worker surveillance.

Read-Only Shadow-Mode StartNo Line ShutdownAggregate-First · No Surveillance
03

“Can I trust this enough to scale it?”

We define success jointly, up front — the KPIs that prove ROI become Exhibit A before the pilot starts. The pilot fee is fully creditable to your rollout contract, so a successful pilot pays toward deployment rather than being a sunk cost. And there's a visible, repeatable path from first call to annual contract. Honest exit: if it doesn't deliver, we say so before any rollout.

The path from first call to rollout

01Discovery
02LOI
03Pilot
04Measured ROI
05Deployment
06Annual Contract

The Team

Three builders.
30+ combined years in enterprise distribution & SAP.

Most warehouse technology is built by engineers who've never run a shift. APXR was built by three people who've spent their careers inside enterprise distribution centers — one who implemented the SAP systems we connect to, one who engineered the technology that powers us, and one who has lived the operational pain we exist to solve.

Felipe Ramos Cordeiro

CEO & Co-Founder

Felipe Ramos Cordeiro

20 years of SAP EWM consulting across more than 20 enterprise distribution centers. Led the greenfield SAP EWM implementation at RIOgaleão Cargo — Brazil's third-largest air cargo terminal. US citizen based in Orlando, FL. Felipe spent two decades inside enterprise DCs implementing the exact systems APXR now connects to natively.

SAP EWMSAP WMS/4HANARIOgaleão CargoEx-DeloitteEx-EYEx-Accenture

20+ yrs SAP EWM · 3,000+ picking rules configured

Eng

Co-Founder — Engineering

Engineering Lead

Computer vision, AI systems, and AWS cloud architecture — the technical foundation that makes APXR's real-time adaptive guidance possible.

Computer VisionAI SystemsAWS Architecture

Full bio publishing Q3 2026

Ops

Co-Founder — Operations

Operations Lead

Distribution-center operations, 3PL management, and frontline workforce leadership — the operational backbone behind every APXR deployment.

DC Operations3PL ManagementFrontline Workforce

Full bio publishing Q3 2026

NVIDIA Inception Member

APXR is a member of NVIDIA's Inception Program — a global program supporting startups at the forefront of AI and computer vision. Membership is selective and based on technical merit.

Peer-Reviewed Performance Data

Our benchmarks are grounded in independent peer-reviewed research — not marketing estimates. +23.6% picks per hour and −79% picking errors when AR guidance replaces RF scanning. Epe et al., Logistics 2024, 8, 106, with a German 3PL.

Operations FAQ

The questions every operator
asks before saying yes.

For a standard SAP EWM or WM environment, the pilot starts in read-only shadow mode within days of signing — workers experience APXR Pick while your existing RF workflow stays the system of record. The native connector means no third-party middleware. The deeper SAP write-back goes live once your IT security review clears (details on the For IT & Security page). There is no separate training cycle before you see results.
It's a flat, paid 90-day engagement — you pay for the work, not a subscription and not a per-seat meter — and it's fully creditable to your first rollout contract, so the pilot fee comes straight off your rollout. We set it deliberately below most procurement-approval thresholds so a VP of Operations can authorize it without a committee. You get loaned Vuzix LX1 units, native EWM connector configuration, founder-level support, and a 90-day performance report measured against your baseline. You'll see the exact figure and everything included the moment you open the application — no quote request, no sales gate. Rollout afterward is a $75 / user / month subscription ($65 at 200+ seats). If we can't demonstrate clear ROI in 90 days, we'll tell you honestly before you sign anything.
Workers don't resist technology that makes their job easier — they resist tools that slow them down, confuse them, or make them feel watched. APXR Pick does the opposite: it reduces cognitive load, removes guesswork, and gives new hires confidence from their very first pick. In field deployments of AR-guided picking, worker adoption consistently exceeds 90% within the first week. The most skeptical workers before go-live are often the most enthusiastic after day one.
Yes — and it's one of APXR's strongest use cases. Peak season is exactly when slow onboarding costs you the most. Because APXR removes the 2–5 day training cycle, temporary and seasonal workers become productive in under an hour. Rollout licensing is per user per month, so you scale up for peak and back down when it ends — no long-term seat commitments for temporary headcount.

Technical, security, and SAP-architecture questions? → For IT & Security

The Founding Pilot

90 days. Measurable ROI.
Or we haven't done our job.

Yournumbers · not ours

Prove it on your floor. 90 days. Your numbers. We measure onboarding time, picks per hour, and error rate against your own baseline — not a vendor benchmark. Includes 2–3 Vuzix LX1 units loaned at no charge, SAP warehouse connector configuration, and founder-level support. If it doesn't deliver, we tell you honestly before any rollout.

Apply for a Founding Pilot →

Book a Call

Talk directly to the
person who built it.

No sales rep. No demo script. Just 30 minutes with Felipe — APXR's CEO and a 20-year SAP EWM veteran — to talk honestly about your floor, your SAP environment, and whether APXR Pick is the right fit for your operation.

In 30 minutes you'll cover:

→Your current onboarding time and what it's costing you
→Your SAP environment and integration requirements
→What a 90-day pilot would look like for your specific operation
What happens after you book: You'll receive a confirmation immediately. Felipe reviews your operation details 24 hours before the call, so you're not spending the first 10 minutes on background. If APXR isn't the right fit, he'll tell you on the call — no follow-up pressure, no sales sequence.

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