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slovwood

Slovwood

  • In June 2012, we signed a contract with a company for the purpose of analyzing and implementing a Wood Logistics System. The signing of the contract was preceded by a presentation of our Transport Logistics System, which at that time had already been implemented at another customer of our company.

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    Requirements for WLS:

    • Manage delivery planning of the entire supply chain.

    • Ensure consistency and reliability of data for all business partners.

    • Obtain an overview of all incoming vehicles, materials and arrival times for operators ensuring the receipt of materials.

    • Enable the organization of electronic tenders for transportation by road transport.

    • Ensure online evaluation of suppliers based on contract fulfillment.

    • Process and evaluate GPS data from trucks online.

    • Communication with the SAP system in both directions.

    • Communication with the employee attendance system.

    • Guaranteed system availability.

    • Access via web client with user authentication required.

    • Simple and user-friendly interface.

  • Wood suppliers can only create a transportation request if there is capacity to process the material at the unloading point. Carriers can only book transportation within available time slots based on the unloading capacity at the unloading point. The carrier can only transport material from authorized loading points and is rated based on service quality and price. The system also checks and evaluates the actual transportation based on GPS data from the GPS unit located in the carrier's car.

    • Transportation of materials organized from the loading point directly in the forest or in the warehouse.

    • Management of suppliers and their deliveries - material, quality and quantity.

    • The process of weighing and registering the delivery of goods is controlled by the system.

    • Current information on the status of the process is available online for everyone.

    • The system provides information on all entities in the entire supply chain, including evaluation.

    • The first version of WLS was deployed within 5 months of signing the contract.

    • Any change in data within the WLS system triggers an automatic recalculation according to its dependencies.

    • Clear and fast communication of information needed for decision-making and future planning.

    • Seamless integration of the solution into the customer's current IT systems (GPS data processing, integration with SAP, integration with weighing systems).

ťažba dreva

Unbalanced deliveries, congested roads, inefficient planning

We faced a very challenging task to effectively plan and devise timber logistics from thousands of loading points.

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Unbalanced material delivery (time windows versus rush hour) leads to traffic breakdowns on roads near the unloading point.

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  • Time-consuming manual verification of contract fulfillment for individual suppliers

  • Inefficient information sharing between stakeholders (suppliers, carriers, operators, management)

  • These were the main reasons why SLOVWOOD started looking for an information system to manage the entire supply chain.

slovwood a m2m solutions

Solution benefits

  • Streamlining the supply planning and management process

  • Significant improvement and transparency of relationships with carriers

  • Optimized transportation planning and balanced material deliveries

  • No more unplanned deliveries

  • Easy monitoring of transportation efficiency and delivery quality (on time, in expected quality)

 

After the successful implementation of WLS, we have made the following updates:

  • Integration with road scale systems

  • Integration with railway scale systems

 

Cooperation between M2M Solutions and Slovwood has already been planned for the future. The steps of further cooperation are:

  • Unification of logistics management processes for other wood commodities and customers

  • Integration into other systems used for wood trade

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