Development of a software solution for the optimized physical deployment of personnel as well as a visualization of the workload for its control.

ID Logistics

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Development of a software solution for the optimized physical deployment of personnel as well as a visualization of the workload for its control.

ID Logistics

ID Logistics is a global logistics service provider, that is represented in 18 countries worldwide, has more than 320 locations and employs a total of 21,000 people. ID Logistics has customers in a wide range of industries, including food retail, non-food retail, e-commerce and healthcare. In Germany, ID Logistics has a total of 8 locations and over 2,000 employees and provides services in the areas of warehousing, detail packing, copacking, return management and transport management.

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Challenge Introduction

Development of a software solution for the optimized physical deployment of personnel as well as a visualization of the workload for its control.

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Challenge Details

Optimal deployment of personnel and the best possible planning of deployment, taking into account fluctuations in the order structure as well as the order workload and avoiding disruptions in the process flow, are critical success factors in this regard. As part of the DOaccelerate program, the Dortmund branch of ID Logistics is therefore looking for a software solution that makes it possible to deploy personnel optimally on the basis of the individual situation and parameters and to visualize and carry out the associated personnel planning transparently.

Up to now, incoming customer orders have been scheduled to the individual areas at the Dortmund site according to a standard key for the work/pick stations. This means that no (system-supported) optimization can be carried out in and across the individual work areas. Furthermore, there is currently no live overview of the capacity utilization in the individual areas. In order to solve the situation of personnel planning as well as the monitoring of personnel deployment, the challenge primarily comprises the following tasks:

– (Upstream) scheduling of available sales orders with regard to personnel deployment in the individual areas. Here, an interface connection to the warehouse management system for the export of the sales orders as well as for the import of the order scheduling has to be considered.
– Demand-oriented and cost-efficient personnel deployment taking into account the order structure
– Live visualization of the utilization of the individual work areas

The software solution should thus enable optimal resource utilization in the individual work areas (pick areas) and increase the transparency of the process and material flow by means of visualization for the control center employees, thereby supporting the planning of personnel deployment below ground. Another function that would be desirable in the software solution at a later point in time is the option to integrate individual skills of the employees and to also let these flow into the planning of personnel deployment.

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