Case Studies

 

Quotes

“FLO was selected because it provides SAB's distribution with flexibility, reliability and cost-effectiveness. On top of that, OPSI Systems is a company that is willing to adapt their system to include SAB's requirements.” Desmond Jacobs , National Distribution Development Manager for South African Breweries (SAB)

“News from the hub (floor) is that they cannot work without FLO.” Johan Kruger , Planning Supervisor for Value Logistics

“FLO … can simulate even a very complex operation… I will recommend it to any company.” Nico Richter, AEL Contract Manager for Unitrans

“FLO has helped to create and entrench a structured and disciplined environment in which to conduct dispatch and transport operations in general...The main feature of FLO has been the adaptability and flexibility of FLO, to accommodate our specific operational requirements in line with our ERP system.” Willem Botha, Logistics Manager, Air Liquide

"FLO solved the problem of combining orders from different principals to the same customer, both from a warehouse picking, as well as an optimal routing of the combined orders on the distribution side of the business. We were able to go live with the system on extremely tight deadlines". Gerald Field, Warehouse Manager for Imperial Logistics

“We wanted to be able to give the customer an expectation of time and date of delivery at time of order placement and manage that expectation until actual delivery was made, including the tracking of the delivery to ensure the requisite security, cost effectively. I believe that CBASS can do this and more, eg. Transportation costing, facilitating quick turn-around and late loads to improve fleet utilisation and efficiency." Avi Bhoora, Sales and Distribution Manager for NPC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Case Studies - Additional Short Synopses

Summary of case studies

  • SAB - 17% saving.
  • ABI - 50% saving.
  • Willards - 40% saving.
  • Tiger Milling – 19% saving.
  • USABCO - decreased planning time by 80%.
  • First Garment Rental - 22% saving.
  • Meadow Feeds Paarl - 6% saving.


SAB International Swaziland

  • Bad roads in many areas cannot be used by some vehicles.
  • Some vehicles take soft drinks only, others beer only, others take both.
  • Many customer restrictions.
  • Increase in HL/Truck Day 60 to 70 = 17% increase in efficiency.
  • Saving of approximately 4 out of 25 trucks.
  • Smoother picking process.


ABI Vending Bedfordview

  • Full service vending branch of Coca Cola – approx 4000 machines.
  • Merge route planning with demand prediction.
  • GPS tracking matches planned with actual.
  • Overall saving of 50% in distribution costs.


Willards Batteries

  • Large car and truck battery supplier.
  • Distribution planner: “FLO is essential to our distribution operation.”
  • Used 9-11 vehicles before FLO. Decreased to 5-6 after FLO. Saving of about 40%.
  • Vehicle utilisation went up from 50-60% to over 90%.


Tiger Milling Germiston

  • Supplier of corn and wheat products to bakers and supermarkets.
  • Many customer restrictions on when flour etc should be delivered.
  • Used average of 25 vehicles a day rather than 31.
  • Saving of 19%.


USABCO

  • Manufacturers f Plastic goods.
  • No product sizes available so difficult to plan properly.
  • Distribution Director:“FLO routing is as good as the best imported systems and much more flexible”.
  • Planning process used to take till 10pm every night, now finish at 5pm.


First Garment Rental

  • Suppliers of work uniforms on a rental basis.
  • Had 23 delivery routes before implementation of FLO.
  • Using FLO route planning went down to 18 routes.
  • Saving of 22% in number of vehicles and drivers.


Meadow Feeds Paarl

  • Suppliers of animal to feed to farms.
  • Very complicated customer restrictions due to chicken and cow feed cross contamination problems.
  • Comparison of before to after FLO indicates saving of about R1200 per day.
  • Savings of approximately 10%.

 

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