Managing multiple warehouses at once for large companies

Larger companies always need thorough data analysis to guarantee full control of their activity at all times. This lets them spot areas for improvement and put corrective measures in place to keep improving service and profitability. And that is always a common pillar in every project we work on.

Slot’s Eyes, our yard management system, can handle a large volume of data. One of the features of our software is its ability to manage multiple warehouses. The tool has been designed to cater in a tailored way to the needs of small companies, with a single warehouse and few docks, and to those of larger companies operating several geographically dispersed warehouses with a high number of docks at each one. A gradual roll-out

The meetings held before the platform goes live allow us to tailor the roll-out of the yard management system to the daily operation of the companies that trust us. This way, operations teams are constantly advised by our roll-out experts so the pace can be adapted and, of course, each warehouse and its docks configured.

It is generally a good idea for companies to start using Slot’s Eyes at smaller warehouses. This allows us to:

• Help transport suppliers get used to digital slot booking across a small number of operations. That way, when it is rolled out at larger warehouses, they already know the tool and show less resistance to change.
• Train the operations team who will work with the tool every day so that, when it is rolled out at busier warehouses, there is less room for error and much smoother use of the tool.
• Consider possible customisations that were not identified before implementation, addressing the needs of the sector, and even those of the company itself, more appropriately.

Optimal management: at a glance

Switching the view of daily activity between warehouses is very simple in Slot’s Eyes. So much so that it only takes one click to move from one warehouse to another. Bringing all warehouses into Slot’s Eyes makes it possible to:

• Manage the whole company with a single model, creating far more precise comparisons and so being able to anticipate events across all the territories we manage.
• See all the information about operations in our warehouses very quickly and intuitively. This makes it possible to centralise information that is also accessible from any device with internet access.
• Make our teams more versatile. Managing the whole company in the same software makes staff more versatile, since we can change which warehouse they are responsible for without having to train them on new management models.

Thanks to our yard management system, which can handle multiple warehouses, our customers have already been able to spot areas for improvement that were going unnoticed at some sites. The results have made us an essential part of companies of very different sizes, which centralise their information and manage all their operations intuitively.