The inbound delivery of goods is an elementary component within the supply chain. Precise workforce planning and the coordination of arrival times are of essential importance both for wholesalers and carriers. The aim here must be to ensure a smooth and resource-saving procedure.

FIS/TimeSlot – a cloud solution based on  Business Technology Platform – offers the appropriate solution for booking inbound delivery time slots. The mobile app enables the precise planning of goods receipts and putaways by means of possible arrival times. The avoidance of congestions at peak times on and in front of the factory grounds considerably increases the satisfaction of your carriers. Consequently, your warehouse workers can focus on their actual picking and packing activities and their performance can generate added-value. By using the FIS/TimeSlot booking app, you increase the efficiency of your employees and, at the same time, reduce their workload at peak times.

Your benefits from FIS/TimeSlot

• Reduced workload of employees due to easier communication through the system-aided booking of time slots
• Increased carrier satisfaction through reduction and, eventually, avoidance of wait times
• Transparency concerning upcoming inbound deliveries establishes a basis for smoothing the goods receipt load and enables optimal workforce planning
• Increased safety and reduction of possible accident risks due to plannability, i.e. specific avoidance of congestions at company yards and on the road
• Seamless ERP integration enables direct access from the app to the purchasing document
• Flexibility when using the terminal through responsive design
• User-friendliness through ergonomic dialogs
• Easy and intuitive operation due to clear user interfaces

Scope of services FIS/TimeSlot

The mobile and cloud-based FIS/Timeslot application enables you to define time slots for goods deliveries your carriers can book correspondingly.

The cloud solution itself consists of an administration app, an app for defining and maintaining bookable time slots and a booking app for the carriers.

Relevant vendors and their users authorized to use the app are maintained in the administration app. The booked time slots can be viewed, edited and canceled via a calendar view. In addition, the seamless integration into the ERP system enables you to directly access the purchase order to view what goods exactly will be delivered next.

The app for defining the time slots can be used to set your possible arrival times. The app also enables the configuration of different times for other plants or locations according to the individual conditions and the staff available at site.

The booking app can be used to book inbound deliveries in the predefined time slots. As a result, the warehouse workers can optimally plan their upcoming tasks. Moreover, the transparency of the app avoids unnecessary queries concerning arrival times so that no time needs to be spent on e-mails and phone calls but on value-adding activities instead. This also means that there will be no long wait times for the truck drivers, which considerably increases efficiency particularly in times of skills shortage.

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