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Logistics Success Stories

Transparency throughout the supply chain

Find out how Nexeed Track and Trace systematically optimizes customers’ supply chains.

Monitoring of transport drums and material at Rehau

Location: Germany | Tracking focus: plant to external suppliers

Challenge

Missing position transparency of transport drums and material
No interface to external suppliers

Our approach

Localization in real time of transport drums and material across multiple production stages
Digitization of material information and transport drums

Benefits

Low search efforts and cross-plant coordination
Product information from the manufacturing process
Optimized drum disposal based on condition (full/empty)

Electronic container evidence in real time in innight express at nox NachtExpress

Location: Germany | Tracking focus: Trucking between customer and nox sites

Challenge

Customers demand reliable proof of the whereabouts of the loading equipment
Manual bookings and time-consuming inventories of customers' loading aids
No transparency about the current actual total inventory

Our approach

4000 containers equipped with sensors and gateways installed at nox branches and selected customer sites
Digital and automated report of the loading equipment inventory for the customer
Real-time overview of the actual number of loading aids
Data Analytics based on real material flow data

Benefits

Reduced manual search, booking and inventory efforts
Avoid claims through resilient proof of the stock of loading aids
Optimization of the disposition of loading aids through real-time overview at customer and nox locations
Analysis and optimization of the logistics network based on extensive tracking data

Multimodal transport transparency for Panalpina

Location: worldwide | Tracking focus: multimodal transport route

Challenge

Securing expensive and time-critical airfreight processes

Our approach

Real-time tracking of multimodal transports from supplier (Europe) to customer (USA), including truck and air cargo
Reliable tracking of events for process-critical shipments at relevant milestones, e.g. loading onto aircraft

Benefits

Reaction times shortened from 6 hours to 3 minutes
20-50% reduced manual search efforts
Improved logistics processes thanks to transparency of time-critical transports

Transparency of special containers in mechanical engineering at TRUMPF

Location: Europe | Tracking focus: inbound, plant-plant, intralogistics

Challenge

High coordination and localization efforts for special containers and assets
Additional process costs due to missing assets (not in place where needed)
High inventory level caused by lack of transparency in plant-plant and supplier processes

Our approach

Tracking and monitoring of “intelligent” containers at critical milestones (supplier, plant, hub, warehouse) and during transportation (truck)
Real-time overview of containers for better position determination and coordination
Data analysis of historic container movements for supply chain optimization

Benefits

Identification of potentials to reduce throughput times, working capital and asset inventory
Less search efforts and plant-plant coordination
No unnecessary container purchases
Insights into ineffective and inefficient logistics processes

Transparency of milk runs at BSH Hausgeräte

Location: Europe | Tracking Focus: external plant suppliers

Challenge

High coordination and localization efforts for individual trucks
Reaction to delays is only possible once they occur

Our approach

Hardware installation on trucks via Plug&Play
Real-time tracking of trucks
Analysis of historic movement data of trucks
Asset data provided for SAP-TM / SAP-EM systems

Benefits

Improving logistics processes by creating a transparent supply chain
Reduced reaction times in case of unexpected events during transportation
Increased efficiency in yard management

Transparency of manufacturing tools in Bosch’s Waiblingen plant

Location: Europe | Tracking focus: intralogistics, service providers

Challenge

Lack of transparency regarding the location of tools within the overall process

Our approach

Real-time localization of “intelligent” tools in closed loops with service providers

Benefits

Search times reduces thanks to transparent internal processes
Less handling and coordination efforts with suppliers/partners due to external process transparency
Fast reactivity in case of deviations
ROI < 1.5 years

Process optimization goods receipt for Bosch’s Buehl plant

Location: Germany | Tracking focus: Inbound

Challenge

Integration of suppliers into RFID-based goods receipt process

Our approach

Plug&Play of RFID processes at suppliers
Provision of pairing devices with direct cloud connection to suppliers
Pairing on pallet level via optical scan of label barcodes and RFID tags
Pairing enables connection of supplier information with EDI documents for automated identification and booking of shipment at goods receipt

Benefits

Reduction of manual handling efforts at goods receipt of up to 30% (incl. follow-up processes)
Optimized goods receipt processes
Onboarding of new suppliers < 1 day
No IT integration required for suppliers thanks to use of existing labels

Transparency over JIT transports in plant-plant logistics for Bosch Rexroth´s Lohr plant

Location: Europe | Tracking focus: JIT transport, plant-plant logistics

Challenge

Production downtimes due to delayed material delivery
Safeguarding material flows in plant-plant logistics

Our approach

Tracking of JIT transports between the plants in Lohr (Germany) and Škofja Loka (Slovenia)
Reliable monitoring of localization (GPS) and environmental parameters (temperature and humidity)

Benefits

Improvement of logistics processes by creating transparency over time-critical transports
Condition monitoring of goods during transport
Increased planning security and guarantee of just-in-time deliveries
Faster response times in the event of delivery delays