Logistics Yard Regains Logic and Discipline with Intelligent Planning
“Through Load Manager, the hauliers arrive at the goods reception in time slots as close as possible to the predetermined ones. With minimal flexibility on both sides, we can manage all activities in the logistics yard more effectively.” – Claudia Tarantino, Supply Chain Office of Comifar, with over €2.416 billion in turnover and 1,724 employees, is the largest group in the Italian pharmaceutical distribution sector.
Optimizing the logistics yard is a priority today, translating into:
- Reduced booking and crossing times
- Lower costs
- Higher reliability in estimating turnaround times
- Increased awareness and clarity of the process
How can We Achieve This?
Traditional tools like phones and email are still commonly used for managing loading and unloading bookings. While these tools are useful, they are also limiting in terms of optimizing working time and ensuring continuity of information. These issues are exacerbated in an increasingly fast-paced logistics environment where waiting is no longer an option.
Failed or incorrect booking planning can lead to extended wait times, causing significant operational issues and inefficiencies in communication between stakeholders.
In such scenarios, it is urgent to restore balance and provide a rationale to the operational process. As Claudia Tarantino stated, “With the Load Manager portal, this is achievable.”
In the specific case of Comifar, the initial problems were related to:
- Long wait times for unloading vehicles
- Uncertainty about unloading sequences, leading to difficulties in organizing subsequent activities
- Unpredictable workloads for the warehouse, resulting in unloaded and overloaded time slots
The situation has improved significantly, with routine activities becoming more efficient and less obstructive to communication.
“The couriers, respect the set times more because they have realised that they no longer have to queue by arriving in their dedicated slot. This has helped a lot and the time from when the vehicle enters the yard to when it is unloaded has speeded up” concludes Claudia Tarantino.
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