CAMBRIDGE, England,
September 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/
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Raben
Netherlands
enhances Hub platform to
smart Hub
Ubisense, a leader in enterprise location intelligence
solutions, today reported the completion of a new customer project
in the logistics sector.
Using Ubisense RTLS hardware and Location Platform the
Cologne based reseller VLS
Engineering equipped Raben Group main Hub location in
the Netherlands with a
cutting-edge video infrastructure.
Raben installed around one hundred cameras in- and outside the
platform. Managers now have a full one hundred percent coverage of
all major loading and unloading areas, storage locations, and
entrances.
The aim was to improve logistics processes, to increase the
safety of goods handled, and completely document all the
services.
The company uses the Ubisense location intelligence solutions to
structure the cameras' data streams, to index it, and to make
searchable their contents.
The system puts a marker onto the video stream and records place
and timecode any time an employee scans any barcode. Next the VLS
solution links video recording, dataset, and barcode within the
warehouse management system.
If an employee needs to find a specific cargo he types the
barcode into a search window. Then the video system automatically
provides an image of the last barcode scan. Starting at this image
the employee can watch the recordings and follow the cargo's way
through the freight centre.
"We can now see in high detail the loading and unloading of our
clients consignments on the docks. With one hundred percent
coverage of the handling areas, we are now able to monitor any
cargo from inbound all the way to the outbound and it's loading on
the departing truck", says Steven Vossenaar, Quality & Risk
Manager, Raben Netherlands B.V.
"Our first goal was to improve processes and efficiency within
the warehouses. Second we can prove to our clients which
consignments received us in what state. And we can ensure them that
we preceded their goods appropriate, handled them carefully and
loaded everything on the truck correctly. This system is our
documentation for secure and efficient processes. This really
differentiates us from our competitors. The video system brings us
on top of the bill, we are now leading in this area of the
market."
"A dataset alone is no real proof for accurate processes. That
is a weak point of warehouse management systems. But a video
recording is a documentation that proofs everything arrived as it
should have," says Udo Rieger,
Director VLS Engineering GmbH. "Our focus is to visualise
interfaces at the liability transition points. We enable our
customers to proof and document what happened to each package from
arrival to reloading in their freight centre."
To do so VLS connects its video technology and Ubisense's
enterprise location intelligence. "The ROI of our solutions lies
between twelve and sixteen month depending on the amount and value
of the transported goods," Rieger carries on.
"With increasing pressure to streamline operations, reduce cost
and improve effectiveness and quality, businesses around the globe
are looking for new and innovative ways to leverage technology,"
says Adrian Jennings, Vice President
Industry Strategy, Ubisense. "Ubisense is helping companies to
track high value assets and drive significant operational
improvements, while allowing for increased operational complexity.
The VLS solution for the logistics sector is enabling companies
like Raben to do exactly that."
Benefits by VLS location intelligence solutions based on
Ubisense are:
- improving process chains
- introduction and monitoring of new and transparent
processes
- customers get proof of quality
- improved documentation at points of liability transfer
- reduced errors and improved delivery rates
- reduced insurance costs
- educating employees' awareness of resources and goods
VLS Engineering develops software-based production
and process visualization solutions for the logistics industry. We
are the inventors of "Visual Location Management System" (VLMS).
Global logistics companies rely on our solutions for visualization,
analysis and documentation of dynamic processes and the
corresponding interface between people and technology.
Raben Group has been rendering services on the
logistics market for over 80 years. It offers comprehensive
logistics services - contract logistics, road transport: domestic
and international, including to Eastern
Europe. The Group also provides services for fresh products
which require temperatures from 0 to 6 degrees in the whole
logistics chain, full truck load transports, intermodal transports,
as well as sea and air freight. The Group has branches in 10
countries of Europe and approx.
1,000,000 m2 of warehouse capacity.
Ubisense is a global leader in real time
enterprise location intelligence solutions. The company's expertise
and solutions enable companies to improve operational
effectiveness, increase efficiency and boost profitability. Latest
location technology offers companies endless possibilities.
SOURCE Ubisense Group Plc