Could you give a concrete example?

Matthias Hülsmann Let’s take a look at idle times of logistic assets. We digitize forklifts or milk runs to make location and condition data available in real time. The visualization of the data in drive maps, utilization KPIs and heat maps delivers the tools for improvement. Additionally, we collect transport demands from different systems like ERP, MES or WMS to optimize the utilization of the transport fleet by assigning transport orders to the best available vehicle. These real-time services make life easier for the forklift or milk run driver: he has less scanning effort, less risk of accidents due to speed limit zones and less hassle with order handling because the tablet on his asset shows the next orders and tasks in real time. The user interface on the tablet of our transport management, for example, was designed together with milk run drivers. The asset utilization in our projects increases by up to 22%, the ROI is below two years. With Nexeed Intralogistics Execution we also connect different AGVs (Automated Guided Vehicles) to enable an optimized steering of the intralogistics material flow and transports.

Another example is returnable management. Some of our customers have large amounts of boxes bound in material loops with external suppliers and customers. The management of the deliveries and the return logistics of boxes requires high efforts in searching, booking and stock keeping. Additionally, there are always some boxes missing, which makes life stressful for the staff involved, who must re-invest in new boxes regularly to keep the asset loop going. We offer a remedy by digitizing the boxes with wireless sensors and connecting these sensors to the cloud with mobile smartphones or gateways. By doing so, we can locate and monitor the assets in real time. Geofences make it possible to automate the bookings and provide transparency to all supply chain partners via the cloud. This reduces efforts and re-investments substantially and leads to a quick payback of the project.