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Truck and Warehouse

Stillage & packaging tracking

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Stillages and Returnable Packaging play a crucial role in logistics. They move parts destined for production or customers. When stillages go missing, the consequences can be significant.

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What can we do?

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The costs of losing packaging

Replacement Costs

Organisations can lose or misplace 5%-15% of their inventory annually, leading to costly replacements.

Asset Blindness

Losing sight of a stillage means losing sight of the valuable asset it contains.

Admin Overhead

Dealing with missing stillages involves administrative headaches.

Inefficiency

Poor tracking leads to disruptions, impacting everything from material acquisition to product delivery.

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Our solution

Smart GPS
+ BLE Tag

BLE Tags attached to stillages communicate with both Detectors and Smart GPS units. While on the road, the Tag adopts the location of the GPS. 

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Detector

Mounted Detectors record asset arrivals and departures. They communicate with the Pathfindr portal via cellular connection.

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GPS Tracking

For high-value stillages, investing in a GPS tracker is highly beneficial. Simply attach a GPS tracker to your stillage, and it will provide location tracking anywhere. This ensures you always know the whereabouts of your valuable assets, offering peace of mind and minimizing the risk of loss.

Bluetooth Tracking

When GPS tracking is too costly or unnecessary, Bluetooth tags offer a practical alternative. By attaching Bluetooth tags to your stillages, these tags can communicate with Detectors at various points to register their arrival or departure. Alternatively, Smart GPS units in trucks can detect Bluetooth signals, allowing you to track when and where your stillages were last detected. This approach provides a cost-effective solution for monitoring assets that do not require precise location data.

Stillages play a vital role in ensuring smooth operations but are often neglected, leading to frequent losses and significant costs. Lack of visibility can cause various problems, including replacement expenses, wasted time, production stoppages, and supply chain disruptions. Thankfully, this issue can be effectively managed with the use of tracking devices.

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Collaborate with Pathfindr to set up the Detector or GPS network and establish relevant locations throughout your supply chain.

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Tag your assets with BLE Tags.

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Sign-in to your Pathfindr account. View asset locations, set-up alerts, filters, searches, dashboards and customise each asset.

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Steps to track your assets

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Why solving the problem matters

Improved Visibility

Quickly locate stillages with real-time tracking. Ensuring smooth processes without disruptions.

Reduced Costs

Reduce losses and improve recovery rate through tracking

Minimised Disruption

Eliminate missing or delayed inventory through real-time tracking & improved asset allocation.

Increased Efficiency

Locate Stillages quickly, minimizing time-to-find.

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Solution components

BLE Tags

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Small, durable tags attached to assets enable automated data collection, real-time location tracking and condition monitoring.

Smart GPS

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Globally track location and impact for any asset with no additional infrastructure.

Network of Detectors

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Seamlessly integrates with Ble tags, allowing you to track any tool or equipment, regardless of size or location.

Centralised Platform

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Provides real-time visualisation, analysis, and reporting for all Pathfindr Solutions.

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Before & after tracking

Company A loses 240 stillages annually, each costing £500 to replace, resulting in an annual expense of £120,000.

Metrics
Before Pathfindr
With Pathfindr
Number Of Stillages Lost Per Year
240
20
Stillage Replacement Cost
£500
£500
Annual Cost Of Stillage Loss
£120,00
£10,000
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Investment vs ROI

To cover the facility area, 13 Detectors were needed, and 2,000 tags were used on the tools.

5 Detectors + 30 Smart GPS +  1,500 Ble Tags

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ROI

Cost Savings - Investment

Investment

£72,800

Per Year

£3,100

Solution Cost Per Month

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This results in an annual saving for each tracked stillage of

£20

£48.53

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