Logistics Management for An Indain Express Company-Safexpress

Background
Safexpress offers a wide range of innovative supply chain services including Express Distribution, 3PL and Consulting in India. In recent years the company identifies barcode solutions for improving the operational efficiency of its warehouses. In this regards Safexpress approached Chainway for providing a best product & solutions for inventory tracking solution.
 
Challenges

• Customer expectations have increased. Now customers want full transparency into where their delivery is at all times. 

• Inventory accuracy. Safexpress did not have full visibility to their inventory. They were facing the problems of either running out of stock at the wrong time or carrying too much stock and thus decreasing the cash flow while increasing expenses to warehouse extra materials.

• Inventory location. Lack of inventory oversight was casing a build-up of inefficiencies within the warehouse that slows operations and increases costs.

• Picking optimization. Safexpress had manual processes in place, there tends to be no common route taken to pick items for shipment, which adds unnecessary time to the process.

Solution

• At the time of stock in, goods are enrolled with a unique id barcode label which can distinguish it from other goods. This barcode label contains information like product name, category, production date, exact place where it should be placed, etc.

• The system can confirm the entry of goods in warehouse after scanning the barcode label with C4050 and record automatically updates in central database of warehouse. At this step stock keeper can store the goods quickly at the right place.

• With the help of C4050 handheld scanner, each person in warehouse can easily and quickly locate the concern inventory in the warehouse. It increases the inventory visibility and significantly reduces the mismatching of stock generally happened in manual stock tacking process.

• Safexpress is responsible for receiving and dispatching the products to different vendors every day. It needed a smooth sorting process. Chainway device solves this problem by planning a best sorting solution.

• The goods can be easily sorted out with the help of records available in the barcode labelled with the goods. The designated route for each goods can be easily defined and dispatch as per the schedule.

 
Effects

• The inventory automation has ensured lower storage cost and higher customer satisfaction. Now the company keeps only as much stock as it is required.

• The solution has significantly reduced the time and effort to assessing the products, disposition, repacking and dispatch of the materials.

• Last mile services to retails outlets have improved which includes movement of retail and lifestyle goods, quality inspection, professional packaging, and security clearance at mall.

• Real-time inventory management has reduced the chances of stock out.

• Replacement of hand written system in to barcode base solution reduces the error rate at the time of stock in and stock out.

 
PDA Configuration
P/N: C4050
Functions: 2D, Camera, 3G, Bluetooth, GPS, Pistol grip with battery / 2D, 4G, Camera, Bluetooth, NFC, Pistol grip with battery, GPS