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Logistics Success Stories
Transparency throughout the supply chain
Find out how Nexeed Track and Trace systematically optimizes customers’ supply chains.
Electronic container tracking in real time in overnight 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
Real-time tracking of time-critical shipments in Bosch´s Reutlingen plant
Location: Europe | Tracking focus: plant-plant, intralogistics
Challenge
- Lack of transparency regarding the position of time-critical shipments between the manufacturing site and the logistics warehouse
Our approach
- Real-time localization of shipments at relevant milestones within the delivery chain
Benefits
- Overview of the current location of all time-critical shipments at a glance
- Contribution to ensuring timely deliveries
- Avoid expensive special deliveries to customers
- Prevent costly searches; increase responsiveness
- ROI < 1 year
