Industries
Automotive
Returnable container management and load carrier tracking – in the plant, in transit and at the supplier
In automotive logistics, special load carriers, KLTs, tools and trailers travel across plant boundaries – from the tier 2 supplier through assembly and back into empties storage. Where any single carrier is right now is often anyone's guess. iot invent makes these cycles visible: Bluetooth tags on the load carrier, bulk capture at goods issue and goods receipt, plus worldwide positioning over 4G LTE for the legs between sites. The rtls cloud analyses the movement data and delivers recommendations on idle assets: which unused assets can be saved, and where.
Load carriers in circulation
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Special load carriers
Racks for body parts, doors or instrument panels – expensive, scarce and rarely all accounted for.
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KLT (small load carriers)
High volumes in pool cycles: what matters here is inventory accuracy across every site.
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Tools, components
Fixtures, gauges and bought-in parts that shuttle between plants and suppliers.
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Vehicles, trailers
Trailers and swap bodies on the plant premises and on the road.
Container cycles
BLE container management across the full cycle: [EN draft – the graphic is still labelled in German.]
- Automated goods receipt and issue thanks to bulk capture
- Lower stock levels and a smaller container pool
- Optimised empties management
- Real-time asset management
- Lower costs in assembly processes through automated capture
- Documentation and control directly at batch or container level
Substantial savings potential
- Automation and control of supply chainsBookings happen as items pass the capture points – no hand scanner, no list.
- Real-time inventoryStock figures are current at all times; counting campaigns and cut-off inventories are gone.
- Reduced shrinkageMissing containers show up immediately, not at the next count.
- Smaller container fleetOnce you know the cycle times, fewer containers are needed – 30 % fewer assets on average.
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