Stock Control

Stock Control Systems Increase Efficiency and Productivity While Reducing Waste

The management of stock from delivery to storage to distribution and reordering is an entire business task in itself.  With no controls in place, it is easy to generate excess waste, have inefficient processing and duplication of tasks.  With CIG, stock controls can be managed in line with business protocols.  The benefits are numerous:

Reduce mobile stock levels by 20%

Scanning of stock into mobile equipment for transport to jobs and then scanning out into Jobs, in job sets, allows the better organisation of stock, the control of its use and more accurate prediction of future use requirements.  Eventually this also allows for the reduction of stock centrally kept and a greater understanding and control of purchasing.

Reduce vehicle size and number to achieve the same work

Work that has been pre allocated can be specific about the equipment required to complete the work.  This allows the work to be allocated to the most appropriate vehicle and balanced with the location of the vehicle and the urgency of the task.  Implemented across a fleet will reduce the requirements to carry a full range of everything all the time, it will control use in the field, improve job costing and accountability while also managing the type of vehicle required to complete the work most efficiently.

Allocate materials to jobs

Scan in of products used on a job clarifies costs.  Having this information each day allows the ability to control blowouts and invoice contemporaneously.  Materials allocated to a job as they are used also allows the ability to manage business wide stock levels, remote warehouses / collection points.

Allocate jobs based on proximity and materials available in mobile equipment

As requests for work come arrive they can be balanced on a map showing location, Vehicle type or group, stock levels of required components, current job status, proximity to pickup points and customers.  Jobs can then be allocated to individual vehicles or broadcast to a group.

This represents a fraction of the functionality CIG systems can introduce and a consultation with CIG can define your needs and map out a solution specific to your business. Contact CIG today.