Background
Dongfeng Motor Company Limited, formally established on 9 June 2003, is an automobile manufacturing company headquartered in Wuhan, China and a 50:50 joint-venture between Dongfeng Motor Corporation and Nissan Motors. Its registered capital gets up to 16.7 billion RMB Yuan. Heavy-duty commercial vehicles are one of its main product selection. To strengthen the management of heavy-duty commercial vehicles, the group reached cooperation with Chainway to improve vehicle management efficiency.
Challenges
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There is a possibility that drivers may abscond with cargo as they could lie about their route of travel and delivery location.
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The logistics company may overcharge Dongfeng because vehicles cannot be tracked in real time.
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Inventory data can't be calculated in real-time. Mistakes caused by manual operations often occur.
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Feedback of sales status from distributors can be delayed.
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It is a waste of time during stock-in and stock-out.
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Delivery cannot be made in time.
Solutions
Through the integration of RFID, GPS, wireless transmission and other functions, Chainway proposed an intelligent vehicle management solution tailored to the user. Each batch of commercial vehicles can be tracked from the logistics company picking up, sending out and delivering them, to the distributors receiving, selling and returning them. A complete information system is formed to check real-time status of each commercial vehicle. It helps realize real-time monitoring of all heavy-duty commercial vehicles among national sales outlets, and real-time counting of the number of each category sold and returned.
Application Details
Faster Stock-in and Stock-out
Easy scanning replaced traditional manual recording. It is more efficient and accurate to record the exact number of commercial vehicles coming in and out of the manufacturing base and national sales outlets.
Inventory Management
In inventory management, staff can carry our portable handheld computers to scan and read tags on each commercial vehicle. The system then will automatically record, check and match information, ensuring that accounts and real stock are completely consistent.
Real-time Monitoring
By locating the driver every 1 hour, the system can clearly record and track the driver's route of travelling.
Data Upload
Once handheld terminals connected to wireless network, all data collected can be uploaded to the backend database in real time. It also supports uploading data through a USB cable.
Effects
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The successful application of positioning technology enabled the user to timely track transport vehicles as well as its assets.
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Automated stock in, stock out and inventory checking lifted the management level to be high and higher.
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It planned and optimized track route of all transport vehicles. Then they must strictly follow the planned route, which saved a lot of transportation costs.
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After distributors take delivery of commercial vehicles, drivers need to immediately send feedback. With GPS, the user can check whether the place of delivery and the predetermined destination are the same.
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Drivers could never lie about their route of travel and delivery location, which saved about 24 million RMB Yuan each year.
PDA Configuration
P/N: C5000
Functions: RFID, GPS, 3G
