Located next to Lake Constance, Swiss train manufacturer Stadler Altenrhein AG focuses on the market segments for regional and urban trains as well as interregio and intercity trains. The company also specializes in niche products and is one of Europe’s last remaining manufacturers of rack-and-pinion rail vehicles.
With the implementation of the mobile warehouse management solution L-mobile warehouse at Stadler Rail AG, putaway and removal from buffer stock is now performed on a mobile basis using handheld scanners. As a result, assembly work can be carried out without delay and stock movements are reported back to the Infor COM ERP system in real time thanks to mobile putaway and stock removal. This means that transparent stock information is available at all times.
Located next to Lake Constance, Swiss train manufacturer Stadler Altenrhein AG focuses on the market segments for regional and urban trains as well as interregio and intercity trains. The company also specializes in niche products and is one of Europe’s last remaining manufacturers of rack-and-pinion rail vehicles.
The L-mobile warehouse solution reduces the time and effort involved for warehouse processes.
Stadler decided to go with L-mobile based on Infor’s recommendation. As soon as the project got under way, it was clear to them that they had chosen the right provider and would not need to look any further. Roger Giger, Logistics Manager at Stadler, was particularly impressed by L-mobile’s project management, as well as the quick and easy implementation of the mobile solution in the existing company structure.
“The advantages of the solution are mobile use, flexible adaptation to our business processes, and easy integration with Infor COM,” says Roger Giger.
With the implementation of L-mobile warehouse ready for Infor COM, it is now possible to improve the efficiency and flexibility of logistics operations. The mobile solution prevents incorrect postings, is able to map the individual processes, and provides significant time and cost savings. As a result, several other subsidiaries of Stadler Rail AG have also adopted the mobile solution and are benefiting from its success.
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Infor COM | M3, Motorola | WLAN, UMTS | Online |
Stadler Altenrhein AG, located in Altenrhein next to Lake Constance, is a subsidiary of Swiss parent company Stadler Rail AG, a leading manufacturer of rail vehicles focusing on regional trains, trams, and custom-built trains. In addition, the company also specializes in niche products and is one of Europe’s last remaining manufacturers of rack-and-pinion rail vehicles. At Stadler, L-mobile was faced with the challenge of simplifying and speeding up the warehouse processes for the 300,000 individual parts that are ordered for every vehicle and thus achieving maximum transparency. The mobile solution from L-mobile made it possible to reduce the time and effort involved, and warehouse workers are now able to work efficiently on a digital basis.
By using L-mobile warehouse ready for Infor COM, Stadler Altenrhein AG can now map a seamless end-to-end logistics process on a digital and mobile basis. Thanks to the mobile solution, all the necessary data is always up to date and available to Stadler’s warehouse workers. The L-mobile application enables multi-stage multi-order picking with subsequent “consolidation” with demand orders. In addition, the L-mobile logistics monitors used in train assembly always provide a transparent overview of the picking and replenishment status for scheduled orders, thereby enabling optimal assembly planning. Instant feedback to the Infor COM system provides the basis for fast, reliable, and precise logistics.
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Mapping of seamless end-to-end logistics processes on a digital and mobile basis. By using L-mobile warehouse ready for Infor COM, all the necessary data is always up to date and available to warehouse workers. In our brief and concise case study, you can find out how mobile data collection works and what added value the software solution offers for our customer.
With the implementation of the mobile warehouse management solution L-mobile warehouse at Stadler Rail AG, putaway and removal from buffer stock is now performed on a mobile basis using handheld scanners. As a result, assembly work can be carried out without delay and stock movements are reported back to the Infor COM ERP system in real time thanks to mobile putaway and stock removal. This means that transparent stock information is available at all times.
German family-owned company PASS GmbH & Co. KG is an automotive supplier with four branches in Germany as well as additional production facilities in Poland, Slovakia, Mexico, and China. As a specialist supplier, the company must be able to respond rapidly to ever-changing customer demands. PASS needed to find a way to speed up goods receipt, order picking, the supply of the necessary parts to production, and goods issue. This could all be achieved successfully with L-mobile warehouse ready for Infor COM.
The automotive industry is subject to stringent packaging regulations. PASS GmbH & Co. KG depends on our mobile warehouse management solution L-mobile warehouse to ensure that customer requirements are always met with regard to dispatch processing and to ensure that the countless stock movements involved can be completed error-free and transferred to the Infor COM system in real time.
The automotive supplier is constantly faced with the challenge of moving large quantities of goods back and forth between its own facilities and also delivering these goods to its customers as quickly as possible. To facilitate the handling of the huge volume involved and to ensure proper compliance with the stringent regulations regarding the packaging and shipping of goods, all warehouse processes have been digitalized.
PASS GmbH & Co. KG is a German family-owned company that specializes in the development and manufacturing of rubber, plastic, and system components. PASS GmbH & Co. KG is an automotive supplier with four branches in Germany as well as additional production facilities in Poland, Slovakia, Mexico, and China.
Fast, process-reliable, and variable—achieving efficient and time-saving warehouse processes
PASS is very satisfied with the way L-mobile handled their project, and with the collaboration itself. The mobile solution impresses with its stability, reliability, flexibility, and responsiveness. The simple and intuitive user guidance ensured the smooth implementation of L-mobile warehouse ready for Infor COM, and users quickly got on board with the mobile software solution.
In addition to the rapid and individual processing of sales orders, the scanner function also enables Just-in-Time delivery.Another advantage of the solution is that multiple pallets can be scanned in one go for block storage. This not only saves time, but also significantly reduces the risk of error.
“We were impressed by the smooth operation of L-mobile warehouse. The swift help and support in implementing adaptations is also a real bonus,” reports Martin Hesse, Logistics Manager at PASS GmbH & Co. KG. “We’re very satisfied with L-mobile. Thanks to the mobile solution, we are able to realize customer-focused project management with short response times.”
In addition to warehouse operations, the company is also optimizing its production processes with the help of L-mobile production.
So how is warehouse digitalization achieved? By connecting L-mobile warehouse, all cross-process activities are mapped seamlessly. The additional integration of the software solution provides significant times savings and makes data available in real time.
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Infor COM | Symbol | WLAN | Miniforms |
German family-owned company PASS GmbH & Co. KG is an automotive supplier with four branches in Germany as well as additional production facilities in Poland, Slovakia, Mexico, and China. As a specialist in the development and manufacturing of rubber, plastic, and system components, the company must be able to respond rapidly to ever-changing customer demands. PASS also needed to find a way to speed up goods receipt, order picking, the supply of the necessary parts to production, and goods issue. Based on the successful working partnership between Infor COM and L-mobile, PASS decided to implement our mobile warehouse management solution and is very satisfied with the results.
PASS was able to optimize its warehouse processes by migrating from its existing integrated solution to the mobile software solution L-mobile warehouse ready for Infor COM. With the mobile solution, warehouse clerks are able to record multiple pallets at a time for block storage with the aid of a PDA. This results in significant time savings and means that the data is available in real time in Infor COM. Furthermore, the company can respond to new customer demands quickly and easily, such as changes to shipping instructions. Production is now also able to communicate directly with the warehouse and procurement requests are issued via the mobile warehouse management solution. Using mobile scanners, warehouse clerks are not only able to track changes at their own location, but at all other branches too, and they can access this stock on demand. The implementation of L-mobile warehouse ready for Infor COM has also enabled PASS itself to ensure Just-in-Time delivery, giving the company a significant competitive edge.
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Achieving efficient and time-saving warehouse processes—automatically and error-free. Working together with PASS GmbH & Co. KG, we have successfully digitalized several warehouse processes and significantly reduced the risk of error. In our brief and concise case study, you can find out how the mobile warehouse management solution works and what added value it offers for our customer.
The automotive industry is subject to stringent packaging regulations. PASS GmbH & Co. KG depends on our mobile warehouse management solution L-mobile warehouse to ensure that customer requirements are always met with regard to dispatch processing and to ensure that the countless stock movements involved can be completed error-free and transferred to the Infor COM system in real time.
The automotive supplier is constantly faced with the challenge of moving large quantities of goods back and forth between its own facilities and also delivering these goods to its customers as quickly as possible. To facilitate the handling of the huge volume involved and to ensure proper compliance with the stringent regulations regarding the packaging and shipping of goods, all warehouse processes have been digitalized.
The Molkereigenossenschaft Hohenlohe-Franken eG dairy cooperative in Schrozberg, Germany, produces premium dairy products from the north-eastern region of Baden-Württemberg. The cooperative guarantees the highest standard of milk processing and refining. The food industry must follow strict consumer protection regulations. Quality management plays a vital role in ensuring that retailers and consumers are supplied with impeccable products—especially in the case of products that have to be kept at a specific temperature. The mobile ERP industry solution for MS Dynamics Food, together with the use of barcode scanners for MS Dynamics NAV and Business Central, simplifies warehouse management. Requirements, such as fast response times, batch and variant tracking—especially with regard to complaints and recalls—and compliance with safety standards in accordance with HACCP and IFS certifications, can be satisfied easily with the Navision barcode interface.
The Molkereigenossenschaft Hohenlohe-Franken eG dairy cooperative in Schrozberg, Germany, produces premium dairy products from the north-eastern region of Baden-Württemberg. To address the particular challenges faced in internal logistics, long-standing paper-based processes, such as batch tracking, FIFO procedures, and pallet handling needed to be replaced by a mobile solution.
Watch the reference video to find out how our mobile warehouse management solution L-mobile warehouse now maps all warehouse processes to the Microsoft Dynamics NAV ERP system without delay.
The Molkereigenossenschaft Hohenlohe-Franken eG dairy cooperative in Schrozberg, Germany, produces premium dairy products from the north-eastern region of Baden-Württemberg. The cooperative guarantees the highest standard of milk processing and refining.
All warehouse operations are now performed instantly and seamlessly on a mobile basis.
The Molkereigenossenschaft Hohenlohe-Franken eG dairy cooperative has been processing the milk supplied by its members for over a century and is a leading organization in the production of organic products in compliance with the guidelines of the Demeter Association. The Schrozberg dairy farmer cooperative wanted to replace their work routine involving the manual creation of paper documents, which had pretty much remained unchanged for the past 100 years, with a mobile solution that works on a live and seamless basis and ensures maximum possible reliability by preventing errors. Furthermore, the mobile solution needed to guarantee batch-accurate picking and therefore ensure the smooth processing of orders. The cooperative decided to work with L-mobile due to the company’s extensive experience in the mobile mapping of business processes and their professional consultation service.
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MS Dynamics NAV | M3 | L-mobile warehouse ready for MS Dynamics | WLAN | Online |
By using L-mobile warehouse ready for MS Dynamics, the Molkereigenossenschaft Hohenlohe-Franken eG dairy cooperative was able, starting with the MS Dynamics NAV ERP System, to tailor their warehouse processes to their specific requirements and to manage those processes from their mobile devices—digitally, seamlessly, and in real time. With L-mobile, the Schrozberg dairy farmer cooperative now works completely paper-free. As a result, their warehouse picking is now error-free and they were also able to significantly optimize production processes. In addition, a much faster response is now possible in the event of complaints, as warehouse workers can immediately see on their PDA which batch the complaint relates to and where it is located. The “Stock control” function also ensures that complaints are handled quickly and easily, which in turn has a positive effect on customer service.
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The Molkereigenossenschaft Hohenlohe-Franken eG dairy cooperative wanted to replace manual workflows with a mobile solution. In our case study, you can find out how the Schrozberg dairy farmer cooperative has used L-mobile ready for MS Dynamics to seamlessly map its individual processes on a digital basis.
In this age of digital transformation, it is important for many SMEs that they have a clear digitalization concept, so as to develop a solution that addresses the specific challenges they face. We see that mid-sized companies often face similar challenges: long search times and incorrect picks in warehouse management, rigid processes and a lack of data transparency in production, and messy paperwork and laborious data feedback in field service management. Watch the video to find out how our customers were able to work with L-mobile to develop a digital solution for the challenges they faced.
INOTEC Sicherheitstechnik GmbH is a leading manufacturer of emergency and safety lighting. The company sets new standards globally with modern, innovative, and high-quality products “made in Germany”. These include green emergency exit luminaires as well as safety luminaires and battery systems for emergency power supply. In the case study, you can read how INOTEC uses L-mobile service to implement efficient customer service management and to process field service work orders on a completely mobile and digital basis. In addition to L-mobile service, INOTEC also uses L-mobile warehouse and L-mobile sales, thus realizing the end-to-end digitalization of warehouse management and field service operations.
With sales departments at four different locations and their own in-house service technicians, the company provides a well-positioned sales and service network for its customers. Customer management and mobile order processing are of crucial importance to INOTEC, as this ensures the quick and efficient handling of quotations and processing of sales orders.
The L-mobile sales software solution enables efficient sales work. Thanks to integrated CRM, customer data can be stored and processed securely and error-free. This results in customer-focused and proper order processing and enables field service staff to prepare for the customer visit and handling of the order.
Good customer service management is extremely important for INOTEC, as the company must be able to provide a fast response for all systems. To do this, staff in the office create one or more mobile field service work orders in the L-mobile field service management software. The system uses the ZIP code to determine which technician is best placed to handle the order and the order is then forwarded to the mobile end device of the designated technician.
The service technician can arrange an appointment with the customer via their mobile end device. With the help of the service planning software from L-mobile, all those involved in the project have the necessary information about the field service assignment.
Thanks to the digital warehouse management solution with L-mobile warehouse, INOTEC Sicherheitstechnik GmbH has been able to streamline its warehouse processes significantly. In addition to shortening process routes and reducing incorrect postings, the mobile warehouse management solution has enabled the implementation of digital replenishment control where necessary.
Mobile replenishment management now ensures much faster and error-free material flow between production and the warehouse. Digital replenishment control enables the early detection of stock reaching its minimum quantity, and replenishment can be requested on a mobile basis.
INOTEC Sicherheitstechnik GmbH is a leading manufacturer of emergency and safety lighting. The company sets new standards globally with modern, innovative, and high-quality products “made in Germany”. These include green emergency exit luminaires as well as safety luminaires and battery systems for emergency power supply.
Mobile, efficient, and time-saving—digital service processes with L-mobile service
Project business in the construction industry was identified as a challenge during the concept phase. Every building represents a separate project in which the electrical contractor installs emergency lighting products from INOTEC Sicherheitstechnik GmbH. However, other companies may also be involved in the project. Mapping this logic for the service using historical data for the service is very difficult.
L-mobile and INOTEC worked in close collaboration to develop a new data structure. This structure is displayed using service objects, which also record the information about the various systems over an extended period of time. With these objects, it is then possible to track the sales projects that have been incorporated into an object at any given time. Furthermore, any changes in ownership of systems (for example, in a housing community) can also be mapped. Based on this structure and the tight integration with the proALPHA ERP system, significant improvements could be made in customer service. The technician is shown the systems in a particular building which are relevant for the order they are working on—irrespective of their installation date or the company that installed them.
In-depth preparation for the respective work order is thus ensured. Based on these data structures, the CRM and service solution was rolled out further to a total of 100 employees across 4 locations in Germany. Among those employees, there are 20 technicians who work with the offline client.
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proALPHA | L-mobile service L-mobile sales L-mobile warehouse | iPads Laptops Desktop PCs | Integration of voltmeters External signature solution (signotec) on laptops |
INOTEC Sicherheitstechnik GmbH is an innovative mid-sized company with in-house development, design, and manufacturing, as well as a national and international sales organization. As a leading manufacturer and service partner for modern emergency and safety lighting, the company was in search of a mobile software solution. The solution needed to support both online and offline use, as the central battery systems are often installed in locations where there is no guarantee of cellular coverage. Furthermore, the application needed to make the individual work steps in project management and the coordination process in the quotation management system, such as the assignment of multiple customers or quotations to one project, much simpler.
By using L-mobile service, it was possible to connect to the proALPHA ERP system. Direct connection to customer and project information as well as device history records and replacement parts simplified the service process, as this information can now be mapped digitally and seamlessly. INOTEC wanted a central information platform that would also be available during offline use and this was achieved with the mobile solution in combination with proALPHA. The solution avoids duplicate data entry and improves the quality of data for the entire company. A seamless service process is achieved by assigning installed systems to service objects. Interaction with sales projects supports the work of the after-sales service. The use of tablets to manage field service operations proved worthwhile, as did the accumulation of further information on laptops and desktop PCs in the office.
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In the case study, you can read how INOTEC field service work orders are handled on a completely mobile basis and how the field service management software from L-mobile has made service processes simpler and more efficient.
Good customer service management is extremely important for INOTEC, as the company must be able to provide a fast response for all systems. To do this, staff in the office create one or more mobile field service work orders in the L-mobile field service management software. The system uses the ZIP code to determine which technician is best placed to handle the order and the order is then forwarded to the mobile end device of the designated technician.
The service technician can arrange an appointment with the customer via their mobile end device. With the help of the service planning software from L-mobile, all those involved in the project have the necessary information about the field service assignment.
With sales departments at four different locations and their own in-house service technicians, the company provides a well-positioned sales and service network for its customers. Customer management and mobile order processing are of crucial importance to INOTEC, as this ensures the quick and efficient handling of quotations and processing of sales orders.
The L-mobile sales software solution enables efficient sales work. Thanks to integrated CRM, customer data can be stored and processed securely and error-free. This results in customer-focused and proper order processing and enables field service staff to prepare for the customer visit and handling of the order.
Thanks to the digital warehouse management solution with L-mobile warehouse, INOTEC Sicherheitstechnik GmbH has been able to streamline its warehouse processes significantly. In addition to shortening process routes and reducing incorrect postings, the mobile warehouse management solution has enabled the implementation of digital replenishment control where necessary.
Mobile replenishment management now ensures much faster and error-free material flow between production and the warehouse. Digital replenishment control enables the early detection of stock reaching its minimum quantity, and replenishment can be requested on a mobile basis.
falch manufactures high-pressure water jetting equipment. With 11 branches across Europe, the company is one of the leading specialists in the premium water jetting segment. The mobile industry solution for Dynamics NAV and Business Central for industrial companies supports end-to-end stock management of small parts and serial numbers through mobile real-time posting of material movements, ensuring the greatest possible transparency across all processes. However, barcode scanners for Microsoft Dynamics facilitate everyday work in the manufacturing industry not only in the end-to-end mobile stock management of raw materials, small parts, and unfinished products (semi-finished products) including serial numbers or batches, but also in the supply of the right material at the correct time at the required location.
With the help of the mobile warehouse management solution L-mobile warehouse ready for MS Dynamics, falch GmbH is now able to map all of its processes digitally and seamlessly throughout. To replace manual paperwork administration, mobile data collection was introduced for the company’s warehouse, production and assembly, sales, and service operations.
Thanks to instant, in-process posting in the MS Dynamics ERP system, falch GmbH was able to increase transparency, reduce stock loss, and improve data quality. Instant feedback to MS Dynamics provides the basis for fast and reliable logistics.
falch GmbH manufactures high-pressure water jetting equipment. With 11 branches across Europe, the company is one of the leading specialists in the premium water jetting segment. The mobile industry solution L-mobile warehouse ready for MS Dynamics for industrial companies supports end-to-end stock management of small parts and serial numbers, ensuring the greatest possible transparency across all processes.
This makes the company’s processes and distribution channels simpler and more efficient.
falch GmbH manufactures high-pressure water jetting equipment and is one of the leading companies specializing in the development, manufacture, leasing, and sale of professional water jetting equipment.
For their project, in addition to warehousing, falch also wanted to be able to handle and access all other processes and distribution channels on a mobile basis at any time. L-mobile was faced with the challenge of introducing mobile data collection for the company’s warehouse, production and assembly, sales, and service operations.
Along with the implementation of L-mobile, falch also introduced the MS Dynamics NAV warehouse management system at the same time. The company therefore made a huge leap in moving away from purely manual paperwork administration toward the complete digitalization of processes.
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MS Dynamics NAV | Datalogic Falcon X3 | WLAN | .NET and SQL | L-mobile warehouse |
By using L-mobile warehouse ready for MS Dynamics, based on the MS Dynamics NAV system, falch GmbH can consistently map all processes and distribution channels seamlessly on a digital and mobile basis. The mobile solution has enabled falch to achieve greater transparency through prompt data entry as well as reduce stock loss. Data quality has been greatly improved, fewer errors occur, and the warehouse clerks have more time to concentrate on important tasks. The mobile software solution from L-mobile has ultimately made it possible to optimize order picking, putaway, stock transfer, stock query, inventory, and all aspects of production logistics. Instant feedback to MS Dynamics NAV provides the basis for fast and reliable logistics.
Among other things, it was the wide range of functions and the ability to back up transactions via the SQL server-based posting feature that made falch choose L-mobile as the software provider. “We were impressed by L-mobile’s years of experience in seamlessly integrating solutions with MS Dynamics NAV and by the mobile solution’s intuitive GUI,” enthused Daniel Maute, Head of IT at falch. For Daniel Maute, the top 3 advantages of the solution are that the company can now benefit from greater transparency over all warehouse stock, instant feedback regarding stock is now possible, and this has increased process reliability and reduced the complexity of warehouse processes. Furthermore, the company aims to map goods receipt and perpetual inventory on a mobile basis in the next phase of the project. falch was very satisfied with the way the project was handled, so much so that they are likely to implement L-mobile service in the company as well.
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Thanks to the mobile warehouse management solution L-mobile warehouse ready for MS Dynamics, falch GmbH has been able to simplify existing processes and distribution channels and make them more efficient. In our brief and concise case study, you can find out how the company went from using purely manual and paper-based processes to adopting mobile data collection in its warehouse, production, sales, and service operations.
At what point does warehouse digitalization make sense? Which processes can be digitalized? And what specific added value can you achieve with warehouse 4.0?
In our expert talk, we discuss the warehouse of the future with Pascal Löchner, Managing Director and Head of Sales at L-mobile. He also gives us an idea of how to design a fully digitalized warehouse and what the warehouse could look like in 10 years.