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SFS Unimarket wins the European Award for Logistics Excellence 2009 in Brussels This prize acknowledges the company’s pan-European operations strategy Brussels, The excellent result of SFS unimarket in the ELA award competition is a demonstration that simplicity is often the key to solve major logistics concerns. TurnLog is a very useful and clever solution in supply chain with high probability of use on a large scale and high potential for industry standard. It is an excellent example of how to change logistic processes by using, in a creative and innovative way, the state-of-the-art technology. The application of the RFID technology allows the streamlining of processes, which leads to added value such as lower stocks, higher availability and reduced costs. The projects also “conquered” the Jurors because of its excellent applicability to a large part of the logistics market. There are, in facts, numberless opportunities in the world of logistics to apply this kind of solution, since the C-article-problematic in “omnipresent”. For all this reasons I am very pleased, as President of ELA, to award SFS unimarket with the European Award for Logistics Excellence. About the company and the project The SFS brand stands for customer focus, innovation and quality. This brand is the guarantee that the four group companies – SFS intec, SFS unimarket, SFS Locher and SFS services – pursue their businesses in conformity with a common set of corporate principles. Their common goal is to generate customer benefits.
SFS unimarket is a leading supplier of fasteners, tools, architectural hardware and chemical/technical products in Switzerland and neighbouring countries for industrial customers, regional small businesses, the specialist trade, wholesalers and DIY centres. SFS unimarket maintains close contact with customers through international procurement expertise, and innovative, market-oriented product ranges at 26 locations in Switzerland. SFS unimarket provides customised logistics services enabling customers to boost value added.
SFS unimarket AG wins the European Award for Logistics Excellence 2009
SFS unimarket’s solution: The “turnLOG®” project, the astonishingly simple logistics solution for C-category parts, based on RFID, is trailblazing in nature. High-volume commodity items call for considerable material management effort in stock-keeping for low product value. The customary solutions for optimising re-ordering procedures use bar code scanners or weighing systems, but these are relatively complicated. "The “turnLOG®” solution is technically simple, user-friendly and provides good process control. It was developed by SFS unimarket and Intellion. Each Kanban box in a storage rack is equipped with an RFID sensor, called a “turnTAG”. When the contents of the box are at the normal level the “turnTAG” points to the rear of the storage rack. The storage rack itself features a “magTURN” magnetic actuator system on the front in the shape of a strip which can easily be retrofitted. If a Kanban box is turned around by an employee upon reaching the buffer stock level, the sensor is then positioned at the front of the storage rack and thus over the magnetic strip. This actuates an RFID ordering signal. The radio signal is received by the “turnLOG®” Controller. Incoming (repeat) orders are transmitted to SFS unimarket’s IT system via Ethernet, WLAN or GSM/GPRS. The “turnLOG®” Control Suite software performs a plausibility check on the orders and monitors all system components. This increases order reliability and relieves personnel of order-related activities which add no value. This solution is already in operation at Swiss industrial companies. "turnLOG®" impresses by its simplicity, mobility and flexibility, which are achieved through the use of RFID technology. In the process the technology disappears in the solution. Compared with conventional bar code and weighing systems it results in reduced costs while enhancing process control at the same time. This simple concept can also be of trailblazing significance for other industries. Further information from: SFS unimarket AG You can download this Press Release here. Download the picture in a hgh resolution. |
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