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Providing Useful Logistics Processes – this is the promise of our new web application for logistics, which we developed together with our customer as a tool for warehouse management.
It is based on the need to check the quality of incoming and outgoing goods in the warehouse without delay and in a resource-efficient manner. The web portal, accessible to everyone involved in the project, from the manufacturer to the logistics provider to the end customer, drives the storage and retrieval process. The portal is constantly being expanded via adjacent workflows.
This development closes a gap in the logistics software market: Software manufacturers for specialized logistics programs largely offer self-contained systems consisting of standard applications that are tailored to their main system. Their complexity prevents new workflows from being developed as quickly as the agile industry requires. Customers called for a solution that is scalable and expandable from the outset.
PULP's mission is to document the entire transport of goods and provide the team with a permanent web-based overview of the status and location of the delivery. Participants upload documents such as delivery notes and forecasts via the platform or send them to the tool via email. Alternatively, PULP retrieves the relevant documents from the partner's FTP server and returns delivery notes and inventory lists via the same route. Data exchange can also be automated via an interface to the customer or supplier system.
Flexible and informative
Within the IT structures of a logistics company, the portal-based solution acts as a leading, manufacturer-independent system. This means that connected systems such as supply chain or transport management are guided by PULP's information, not the other way around. The application's structure is so flexible and self-contained that programs and systems from different software manufacturers can be easily integrated, or they can be freely interchanged depending on the project and customer. At the start of the project, the workflow is defined once and the file format is discussed.
PULP - Web Application in Practical Use
The following example illustrates the added value of PULP: Company X orders goods from a manufacturer. The manufacturer commissions a logistics company to ship the goods from A to B, for example, by ship. The manufacturer provides the logistics company with a forecast in the form of Excel spreadsheets in PULP so that they know what to expect. All paper rolls are equipped with barcodes or RFID technology. At the port, the storing company gains transparency about its inventory—that is, the goods on the ship—via access to the platform. In the warehouse at the destination port, employees print the bills of materials using printers connected to PULP. Long-range Android-based scanners are used to read the barcodes on the goods.
Finally, the warehouse employees hand over the printed lists to the truck driver, who delivers the goods to the end customer.