Container Management
Ensure maximum transparency in the container cycle
Seamless Tracking of Containers
Nowadays, companies have a large number of suppliers and therefore a large number of container variants. The absolute number of containers has also increased significantly. This results in a lack of transparency regarding container movements and inventories. Since containers are usually purchased, they represent a significant portion of the company’s balance sheet. Scheduling containers correctly is an essential part of lean management concepts, since products cannot be provided to product lines without containers.
Companies need transparency when it comes to container inventories and movements so that production does not have to be stopped due to inventory shortages; the right container can always be scheduled, and each container can be tracked seamlessly. platbricks® Container Management ensures the seamless tracking of containers and synchronizes container cycles with the production plan.
platbricks® Container Management - Features
platbricks® Container Management manages and optimizes the internal and external container flows, and enables them to be executed with smart wearables. The essential components in the control center are:
- Basic Analytics
- Order Manager
- Resource Manager
- Scheduling
- Inventory management
- Account management
- Goods receipt
- Goods issue
- Master data management
- App (Android, iOS) for mobile devices
- Container accounts and inventories are updated in real time after each handling process and made available to the relevant stakeholders
- Track & Trace all container movements
- Scheduling monitor and ordering system for containers
- Monitoring/dashboards for all relevant KPIs such as throughput times, inventories, consumption, shrinkage, and so on
- Requirements forecasting
- Master data management of container types, accounts, suppliers, company structures, and much more
- Mobile entry masks for goods receipt, goods issue, stock transfer, production supply/disposal, inventory, damage recording
- Inventory comparison with partners
- Standard interfaces to IT systems
- Add multiple optimizations and evaluations by integrating the platbricks® Analytics add-on
- Flexible expansion and integration of the platbricks® WMS module
platbricks® Container Management - Benefits
You can find these processes as apps in the platbricks App Store:

In practice, ”Vendor Managed Inventory“ means that the supplier takes care of its customer‘s inventory and replenishment. Therefore, replenishment planning is no longer in the hands of the company that purchases the items but the supplier‘s responsibility. Handle VMI processes efficiently with platbricks®.