Customer needs

The former TMS used by Roncadin was no longer able to adapt to the company's growing needs, linked to the increase in loads and the need to plan shipments not only from the head office but also from external logistics, while keeping transport costs under control.As the market extends overseas, shipments are made by both road and container, a situation that involves a high degree of load heterogeneity that is not always easy to manage. This heterogeneity makes load preparation difficult to plan, a situation that leads to high congestion in loading bays.

The company therefore decided to adopt new software for shipment planning and costing: a tool that would allow it to manage every aspect of transport strategically: Onit's On.Plant/TMS was able to meet all these needs.

On.Plant solution

Following an intense and thorough testing and trial phase, Onit launched On.Plant/TMS and completely replaced the old software, also expanding the available features, ensuring the longevity of the system, and allowing it to be easily evolved to adapt to the company's development.

All shipment management, from planning to cost verification, has been digitized and made simpler, faster, more efficient, and more accurate.

On.Plant/TMS has thus enabled Roncadin to plan all shipments in Italy and abroad and to calculate transport costs for each trip in real time, integrating with the company's management system and thus allowing for prudent choices in terms of economic savings.

In addition, through the Slot Booking module, Roncadin operators can book the time at which to carry out loading/unloading operations, a task made easier thanks to the software's suggestions on available and bookable time slots.

The extension of the project then led to the activation of the YMS (Yard Management System) module, which made it possible to manage the entry/exit of vehicles in the depot in an orderly and efficient manner. The software provides a list of all expected vehicles, each with its own booked time slot and details of the movements it must perform.

With the aim of streamlining the work of the gatehouse staff by automating acceptance operations, an interactive totem was also installed at a later stage to allow drivers to directly enter the data required for acceptance and scan the documents requested upon arrival. When called to the bay, the driver receives an SMS on their cell phone indicating the loading/unloading bay where they must report.