Customer need

A new WMS software for modern logistics

The client had an outdated warehouse management system, which did not allow continuous updates or constant evolution of the software. Hence the need to adopt a WMS that reflects all the needs of modern logistics, performing some key functions:

• Identify, check and accept incoming products from suppliers and customers, ensuring traceability.
• Assist operators in the automatic identification of the storage compartment for incoming material.
• Manage planting methods and strategies Manage the map of the rooms inside the warehouse Manage the methods and strategies for picking in the warehouse based on the orders to be processed.
• Manage the supply of production lines.
• Ensure the accuracy of warehouse management activities (inventories, picking, production, checks, etc.) Monitor the progress of daily work Provide warehouse operators with the information necessary to carry out the work.
• Check the efficiency levels and significant parameters of warehouse operations over time, summarized in KPIs (productivity, saturation, etc.)
• Interface with other software and logistics equipment within the warehouse Integrate WMS operating procedures with company management ones

All without sacrificing ease of use and intuitive interface.

The warehouse management software implementation project also had to involve two factories located in different regions: Tuscany (Sant'Angelo Scalo (Montalcino), in the province of Siena) and Piedmont (Strevi, in the province of Alessandria)

On.Plant Solution

On.Plant/WMS: the ideal choice for Banfi

Thanks to cutting-edge features, continuous updates and attractive and intuitive graphics, On.Plant/WMS has proven to be the ideal choice to meet the customer's specific needs. Onit's implementation was guided by an incremental approach, so as to minimize the risks of interruption to daily logistics operations.

The project was started in the Piedmont headquarters of Banfi, which represented a test field to gain familiarity with the system and to refine the integrations with the company management system.  At the beginning Onit, in synergy with the customer, focused on shipping flows (outbound). A possible strategy as the pallets of finished product, intended for sale, are labeled with an SSCC label by the ERP system at the end of the production line. The WMS, reading the SSCC, imports the stock, which is then picked up and sold to the end customer. Only in a second phase did the WMS take over the management of the raw material used to create the finished product (inbound).

Subsequently, the focus moved to the Montalcino headquarters, which represents the heart of the customer's production and logistics. Here, the most complex logistics flows required the implementation of advanced software features, necessary to fully satisfy some needs such as, for example, the massive execution of picking lists to optimize shipment completion times.

The project was launched successfully, implementing all warehouse flows simultaneously involving around 30 users, allowing logistics to operate at full capacity and make the most of the new capabilities of the WMS.