Warehouse Optimization Software Solutions for UK Teams

Unlike rigid WMS products, Keel builds your warehouse system around your exact layout, workflows, and team—not a generic template. Your picking strategies, exception handling, and naming conventions are all configured precisely. You own the system entirely, can iterate without external developers, and are never forced to work around software that doesn't fit your operation.

Most clients go live within a matter of weeks. Keel's Build for Me service works with you in real-time to model the platform around your actual processes, handles the managed migration, and hands full ownership to your team. The timeline depends on the complexity of your workflows, but speed to production is a core part of how Keel operates.

Yes. Keel integrates seamlessly with e-commerce platforms like Shopify and Amazon, third-party logistics providers, financial systems, IoT devices such as smart shelves and sensors, and virtually any tool in your existing tech stack. The platform is built on open APIs and is designed to connect with the hardware and software your warehouse already relies on.

Absolutely. Keel's inventory management provides real-time visibility across every warehouse location, down to the bin level. It supports products with unique variants, complex SKU arrangements, lot and batch tracking, serial numbers, expiry dates, and transfers between warehouses—all with a complete audit trail built for compliance requirements.

Keel supports wave, batch, and zone-based picking strategies, barcode verification at every stage, structured pack station workflows, automated carrier selection, label printing, and tracking synchronisation. SLA tracking, exception handling, short-pick management, returns processing, and end-of-day closeouts are all built in—not bolted on as afterthoughts.

Yes. Keel was originally built for Echo, a highly regulated online pharmacy operating under strict compliance requirements. The platform includes full audit trails on every inventory change and shipment, lot and serial number traceability, quarantine and hold statuses, custom approval workflows, role-based permissions, and ICO-registered UK data protection practices.

You do—completely. Keel hands full ownership of the system to your team upon launch. Unlike SaaS WMS products where you are a tenant in someone else's platform, your Keel system is yours to operate, modify, and scale. There is no vendor lock-in, and your team can iterate on workflows independently without waiting for a third party.

Keel automatically generates clean, fast, and intuitive internal tools for operations, logistics, customer service, and finance teams directly from your system schema. These interfaces allow your team to interact with live warehouse data securely and in real time—without any training required. Every role sees exactly the data and controls relevant to their function.

No. Keel isn't a narrow optimisation add-on that bolts onto an existing WMS. It's a fully custom warehouse management build, with your own reorder points, allocation logic, and picking rules built directly into the schema. Keel doesn't offer digital-twin simulation, augmented reality, or robotics features.

Yes. Keel is operated by Planko Ltd, a company registered in the United Kingdom, and is registered with the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO, reference ZB524558) as a GDPR data processor. Multi-region data residency also lets you choose where your warehouse data is hosted, including in the UK.

Yes. Keel is billed in GBP with VAT added, so UK operations teams don't need to manage currency conversion for their subscription. Order Management within the platform also handles the customer-facing taxes your warehouse applies at checkout or on outbound orders.