Features and innovations
Machines hum, conveyor belts run and robots provide support. Production halls are trimmed for high performance. But the supply of materials can still come to a standstill. Why? Because there is a lack of coordination between the warehouse and production. In addition, there are supply bottlenecks, volatile markets and quality problems with purchased parts.
Industrial companies are under more time pressure today than ever before. Whether B2B or B2C customers - everyone expects fast deliveries and traceability is mandatory. If parts or raw materials are missing, production stops. If you're not efficient and flexible, you're in trouble.
Intralogistics demands everything. Requirements change daily, goods flows are becoming more complex, quality standards are rising and delivery deadlines were already due yesterday.
The solution: smart warehouse management software linked to the production system. It controls material flows, avoids stock shortages and reliably manages spare parts. Intelligent analyses support planning. This means that the material arrives exactly when it is needed - in production, in the warehouse or directly to the customer.
Our customers come from many of these sectors. These include: Bachmann Elektrotechnik, Bad Heilbrunner, Husqvarna, NKD, Stihl, Good Time Holding, Thomas Sabo, Werk28, Nobilia, Häcker, Eisenhart Laeppché GmbH, Adam Hall, Bansbach and BIBUS GmbH, Toyota Ersatzteillager and FLURO-Gelenklager GmbH.
Anyone who works in production knows that it's not just about moving material. It's about providing the right thing in the right place at the right time - just-in-time production.
Production does not wait. If the material is missing, the machine comes to a standstill and with it the entire production flow. At the same time, finished parts have to be sent quickly for further processing, assembly or dispatch. And all this under time pressure. Materials must be available just in time so that production does not come to a standstill. Close coordination between the warehouse and production is therefore essential. If unplanned downtime occurs, for example due to machine damage, raw material shortages or other disruptions, the system reacts immediately, in a coordinated and automatic manner.
We network warehouses and production lines. Our software delivers materials to the machine with pinpoint accuracy, takes downtime and bottlenecks into account and ensures that nothing comes to a standstill. Thanks to order data, real-time communication and process intelligence, production runs smoothly.
What that means?
Find out more: Perfect your material flow and stop wasting time with production supply and disposal.
Practical example: How the process works.
Do the parts need to be sent to the supplier with other parts or to the next production stage? No problem: cross-docking is integrated.
How do you organize material replenishment for production? Manually, with Excel lists or by gut feeling? That's easier. Our warehouse management software controls replenishment using various strategies:
This means there are no waiting times. The software recognizes the demand, starts the replenishment and keeps production stable - even if plans change spontaneously.
If a product problem occurs, every minute counts. Which batch is affected? Where is it located? Who supplied it? Without complete traceability, these questions remain unanswered. Theory and practice diverge here. From raw material to production to delivery, the path of an item must be clearly traceable. This is almost impossible without digital systems - especially when thousands of items pass through the warehouse every day. If you don't have clarity about batches, you risk losing time, customer confidence and money. High costs are incurred at the latest in the event of a product recall.
Whether internal or external - every batch, every serial number is continuously documented. From goods receipt to delivery, the system knows where each batch is located. And this is legally compliant, audit-proof and integrated into the processes.
Advantages at a glance:
Companies with clear traceability work faster, more transparently and more customer-oriented. They ensure quality and trust - not only in the event of a crisis, but also in the competition for sustainability and product safety.
More about batch management: Knowing where the goods are, even if they are scattered everywhere.
Even small errors in the incoming goods department affect the entire production process - with expensive consequences. That is why quality is checked directly on receipt. The wrong screw, a porous hose or contaminated granulate? If this is only discovered after further processing, the damage is great: production stops, costs, stress. Special inspection processes in the incoming goods department filter reliably. Only raw materials and components that meet the quality standard are passed on. Everything else ends up in the restricted warehouse.
Our software controls individually defined inspection processes, random samples, target values, blocked batches and much more. You define the standards and we ensure that they are adhered to. Automated, documented and traceable.
Functions of the test module:
Anyone who demands the highest standards in production must not improvise when it comes to quality assurance - especially not in the warehouse.
You have now learned about three of the six key challenges, including solutions. The second part will follow in a few weeks. In it, we will address another three challenges and show you how they can be solved. It's worth sticking with it.