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Logistics, warehousing & distribution
Receive, count and ship goods with fewer manual scans and fewer errors. Prove it first on one inbound or outbound process.
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Eleven solutions. One order that works.
The question is rarely which feature you need. The question is where you start, because everything you build on top of unreliable inventory inherits that unreliability. Below they are in the order in which they carry each other, not in the order that sells best.
Already know where it hurts? Then go straight to the problem instead of to the solution.
Start here: the foundation
Without inventory that is right, every workflow on top of it is an assumption with a screen around it. This is the layer the rest rests on, and in practice this is also where most of the gain sits.
Inventory management
Inventory that is right without anyone keeping it up to date. Registration happens when something is read, not in a second step afterwards.
Location management
Know where something is, even when it is not in its fixed spot. Track floating locations without anyone typing them in.
Order picking
Pick without holding every item under a scanner, and a check that finds the error at the dock instead of at the customer.
Then: the daily work
The jobs that come back every day and where the time leaks away. They only work well once the registration underneath is right, so this is step two and not step one.
Stock counting
Counting becomes a walk around instead of a day of downtime. Counting more often means smaller differences and less sorting out.
Locating items
From walking around to searching on purpose. You pick the item and the handheld gets warmer as you close in.
Maintenance and repair
Work orders, inspections and parts in one place, with an interval per item so maintenance announces itself.
What goes out the door
Goods coming in or going out, material that is lent out and comes back, and what is standing outside in the yard. Every one of these flows has a moment of handover, and that moment is exactly where the registration goes wrong today.
Orders and returns
Inbound, outbound and returns as one flow. The whole order read on both sides of the door, instead of posted box by box by hand.
Rental
Issue, term and return as one flow. Know what is out, who has it and since when, even with a partial return.
Yard management
Trucks, trailers and containers in the yard: which zone they are in, since when, and what passed the gate.
Only once there is something to measure
Tracking and reporting inherit the quality of the registration underneath and never improve it. Starting here gives you handsome screens on top of numbers that are wrong.
Or start from your own operation
The same solutions, described from what happens on your floor. For anyone who would rather recognize their own situation than pick a feature name.
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Manufacturing & material flow
Less searching for material, less manual posting and stock that adds up. Start with a small, paid Proof of Value on one material flow.
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Segment
Assets & equipment
Find tools, equipment and carriers faster and lose fewer of them. Measure your time spent searching and prove it on one asset category.
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How we prove it: a small, paid Proof of Value
Whichever solution you pick up first, the route to it is the same. One process, one location, temporary labels, and a measurement that settles the discussion.
Scope
- One process, one location, one group of objects
- Temporary labels, no fixed infrastructure
- One handheld reader and a limited group of users
- A baseline measurement first, a follow-up measurement after
- Exceptions are recorded, including the disappointing ones
Go or no-go
After the measurement there is a go or a no-go, with the numbers beside it. On a no-go it stops and you are not tied to anything. On a go we design the rollout with a decision point per phase.