Tracking stillages for logistics manager
Minimize discussions and increase your rotation speed
Racks are essential for the delivery of your products, and you don't want to run out. That's why companies often keep a safety stock to make up for any shortfall. But the solution lies in digitization! GlassTrack frees you from this logistical constraint by tracking your stillages and keeping your customers informed. The psychological effect of tracking ensures that your customers release the stilages more quickly and don't misplace them.
No need to stock extra stillages
Thanks to the faster return of empty stillages, you no longer need to have 10% more stillages on hand. You'll always know which racks are on site, so you can plan deliveries more efficiently.
Save up to 5% on your fuel costs
Thanks to the mobile app, drivers have an overview of the empty racks reported in their radius and can therefore decide to take an additional rack in order to de fill the truck de optimally and save up to 5% on de transport costs.
Better communication with your customers
Via GlassTrack (or your ERP), orders can be linked to a rack. This way, you know which stillage has been delivered to which customer, and how many days it's been there. This enables you to send an accurate inventory to your customers (on a monthly basis) with a list of the stillages immobilized and the number of days they've been with your customer (even the position can be included). Your customer has clear data, so he can't deny that the stillage is still with him.
Features
Discover our toolbox with a series of useful functions to optimize your work processes and protect your tools.
Freeing the stillages
Number of days with customer
Racks available in production
Stillage (rack) overview
Mobile application for drivers
We process tempered and laminated safety glass for a wide range of construction applications. HeronTrack has provided us with a great tool for managing our fleet of glass stillages, allowing us to know at the click of a button where a trestle has been dropped off and by whom. Our stillages are also protected against theft by in-app messages. Thanks to better management, we have reduced our annual purchases of new equipment by 50%! It also saves our logistics manager a lot of time!
Can we install the sensors ourselves?
Yes, you can do it yourself. As our sensors have their own battery, you don't need to be a qualified installer, as no connection to the tool is required. Simply de place and de trace.
How long does the GlassTrack tracker last?
The de de tracer's battery life is around 8 years. All the technology de this tracker has been developed en with a view to long de life de battery life, because the last thing you want is de managing batteries de hundreds or de thousands de trackers.
How are racks marked as empty?
There are several ways to mark stillages as empty. You can empty them yourself when the customer calls, or the customer can do it even more easily by scanning the QR code you place on the stillages. Drivers can see in real time which racks are empty, so they can efficiently go and find the nearest racks.
How does the driver know which stillages he can collect?
Using the GlassTrack mobile application, the driver can consult the list of racks. This list can be filtered to show only empty racks on the map. As the driver's position is also indicated, he can easily and visually select a stillage to pick up. The GlassTrack application can even transmit the position to another navigation application (such as Google Maps,...) so that the driver can easily navigate to the stillage.
How can I find out which customer has which stillage?
As stillages transmit their own location twice a day, this is already a first indication of the customer to whom the rack is linked. However, HeronTrack also features the Order module, which enables you to link racks to orders and customers (either manually or automatically via a link with your ERP). This enables you to know with certainty which customer to contact if you notice that a stillage hasn't been returned for several months.
How do I know how many stillages I have in the warehouse?
If you use the Order module, easels are automatically marked as "full" when linked to an order. When a stillage returns from the customer, the order is automatically dissociated and the rack is marked as "empty". This gives you an accurate view of the loaded and empty racks in your warehouse.
How do you know which stillages to keep an eye on?
The GlassTrack platform provides several useful reports. In the "Tools - Number of days out" report, you can request a list of all racks that have not been in the warehouse for x days. For each stillage, you immediately get all the information you need to know which customer to contact.