Dock Bookings for External Carriers and Suppliers: How to Remove Friction
Whether a tool gets successfully adopted across your operation depends on two things: management actively pushing its use, and the people who use it every day — including your external suppliers and carriers — finding a real advantage over calling or emailing. If the booking system is only convenient for the warehouse but complicated for […]
Decarbonising Transport: How Dock Management Cuts Emissions
Transport accounts for roughly 25% of the European Union’s greenhouse gas emissions. When people talk about decarbonising it, the conversation almost always centres on fleet electrification and renewable energy. But there’s a much more immediate, cheaper lever, and one directly under your control: how you manage loading and unloading at your own docks. Why a […]
After SIL Barcelona, new projects
In the past few days, we have been showcasing the latest features we have developed for our dock management software, Slot’s Eyes, at the 23rd edition of SIL Barcelona. At this event, one of the largest global fairs for Logistics, Transportation, Intralogistics, and Supply Chain, we have been able to share solutions with new clients […]
SLOT’S EYES, The Platform For Warehouse Operations Optimisation
The warehouse is the space from which we send and receive goods. In order for human and physical resources to be used optimally, it is necessary to be able to work with specific schedules for each of the working days. It is often the case that companies that manufacture and ship goods find themselves in […]
KERN Pharma Relies On Slot’s Eyes For Warehouse Management
Slot’s Eyes is a platform that manages to increase the control of dock operations in organisations. Recently, we have presented our platform at the ICIL headquarters in Barcelona with the Head of Logistics of Kern Pharma, Mr. Antonio Sánchez. The pharmaceutical company based in Terrassa has been using Setecem’s platform for more than two years […]
Remote Dock Management: Supervise Your Warehouses From Anywhere
Managing a warehouse without being physically there sounds, at first, contradictory: the activity happens on site, and thorough control seems impossible unless you’re there in person. But that’s only true when information about what’s happening at the dock lives solely in the head of whoever is standing there — not when it lives on a […]
Organise Your Dock Inbound, Outbound and Schedule
A poorly organised dock rarely fails because of a lack of space — it fails because of a lack of information. When you don’t know in advance which truck is arriving, at what time and with what load, every day turns into managing surprises as they happen: queues at the gate, misallocated staff, and carriers […]
What Are Slot Reservations And How Can Logistics Management Software Help You?
Slot booking refers to the booking of specific time slots and aims to minimise congestion and waiting times at docks and warehouses. This is achieved with intelligent technological tools such as Slot’s Eyes logistics management software. In addition to reducing waiting times, the logistics management software also helps to optimise the company’s resources, even having […]
The Evolution of Warehouse Management Software: From Generic WMS to Specialised YMS
A decade ago, digitising a warehouse usually meant implementing a generic ERP with an inventory module. Today, that same company is likely running several specialised tools connected to each other: a WMS for stock, a TMS for transport and, increasingly, a dedicated YMS (yard management system) for what happens at the gate — before goods […]
Indukern Trusts Slot’s Eyes For Spring Management
Indukern, a leading company in the distribution of chemical products, has more than 55 years of history and a global presence. They develop and market all kinds of additives for animal nutrition and health, ingredients for flavours and fragrances, food solutions, API’s and pharmaceutical excipients. The company establishes itself as a link and intermediary between […]