We believe Microlise are unique in our ability to deliver and support supply chain solutions which add value for our clients. This video describes and illustrates the the Microlise company profile, culture and capability.
A Day in the Life...
As the supply chain is coming under increasing pressure to perform efficiently while still being extremely flexible to meet ever increasing customer demands, Microlise have developed the "Fleet & Distribution" portfolio of solutions to enable even the most complex and challenging supply chain to operate efficiently while still meeting the needs of the customer. The "Day in the Life" video highlights the various issues faced by the transport office and how the Microlise Fleet & Distribution product can be implemented to enable the transport network to operate efficiency and provide management with real-time information to allow them to proactively manage their operations.
RFID Trailer Portal
Challenging traditional thinking, Microlise has launched the RFID Trailer Portal as part of the Microlise Fleet & Distribution portfolio. The RFID Trailer Portal addresses the issue where an organisation needs to introduce RFID to improve business performance but finds the initial capital costs prohibitive. As most companies have smaller transport fleets than they have dockdoors and delivery points, the RFID Trailer Portal can deliver a compelling ROI allowing the benefits from RFID technology to be realised today.
VIDEO CASE STUDIES
GSH
GSH Group provides unrivalled facilities management and energy management services throughout Europe and the USA. Facilities Management services and Energy Management services are delivered on a local, regional, national and international basis in the Retail, Financial, Manufacturing and Telecommunication sectors. GSH provides technical expertise across a wide range of markets including highly critical environment such as banking and telecommunications. Operating a separate ICT R&D function it delivers innovation, professional performance and the latest technology to deliver a differentiated service to its clients. GSH’s fleet of over 1,000 vehicles provide mobile engineering services covering Europe and the USA.
Restaurant Technologies Inc. (RTI)
Restaurant Technologies, Inc. (RTI) is the food service industry’s leading provider of automated systems for safely storing, handling and disposing of cooking oil. Customers using the RTI solution install a series of clean and waste oil tanks that are plumbed directly into a restaurant’s fryer. With the turn of a knob, restaurant workers can remove waste oil from the fryer and replace it with clean oil. By accessing a lock box on the outside of each store, RTI trucks deliver clean oil and remove waste oil through metered hoses that connect to the tanks inside the store. RTI’s fleet of roughly 150 vehicles operates out of over 30 depots in major metropolitan areas across the country.
Dixons Group plc.
Within their fast moving PC World retail outlets, the Dixons Group were using resources to price goods at the point of sale. They wished to free those resources to devote more time to customers by price labelling goods within the distribution warehouse. The introduction of Opus Voice to control simultaneous picking and price labelling within their warehouse allowed this to be achieved. Increased productivity allowed both operations to be done without any extra resources.
Signet Group
Operators of the Earnest Jones and H Samuel chains of high street jewellers, their distribution centre high value picking operation required 2 person teams to ensure accuracy. The introduction of an Opus Voice picking solutions provided very large increases in productivity without any reduction in picking accuracy or security.
Rugby Cement
Part of the International Cemex Group, Rugby Cement are a major supplier of cement and ash products to the UK construction industry. Delivering the correct grade of product to the right place at the right time is core to their business success. Microlise Fleet & Distribution coupled with the unique integration of RFID to associate the correct trailer and cab unit are helping them increase their performance for the customer.
Rolls-Royce plc - E-Manifest
Rolls-royce are one of the world’s leading turbine engine suppliers with a highly complex manufacturing supply chain. Their goal to achieve a "40 day engine" required complete visibility of that supply chain within their SAP ERP system. E-manifest was the mobile logistics solution developed by Microlise and delivered in association with TNT Logistics and LIS which achieved this objective.
New Look Retailers Limited
New Look are the UK’s third largest retailer. They wished to improve the efficiency and security of their mobile logistics for store delivery and RDC trunker routes. Microlise Fleet & Distribution portfolio proved to deliver more benefits than they expected.
Woolworth plc.
As a demonstration project funded by the DTI, Woolworths aimed to reduce "shrinkage" in the supply chain from their Swindon Distrinbution Centre to the stores it serves through the use of RFID and tracking of the delivery vehicles. Microlise, as prime system integrator on the project, delivered exactly what Woolworths wanted.
Lafarge
Lafarge, one of the UK’s leading suppliers of cement products, has implemented the Microlise Fleet & Distribution system to increase the efficiency of its supply chain and improve its customer services levels. The visibility and control that the Microlise system has given Lafarge has enabled them to reduce turnaround times at both their own sites and their customer sites. The provision of real-time information about the transport network performance has also enabled them to proactively manage the delivery fleet and their customer service levels.
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