IoT in Warehouse Management

Synovos is a global corporation, a leader in the field of solutions for MRO supply chain management. They operate representative offices in the USA, Canada, Europe, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Singapore. Synovos was founded in 1987 as a relatively plain system that has spread to the huge infrastructure that handles all their clients. Today Synovos provides its services to over 60 clients over the globe from different industries, starting from pharmacy and construction to aircraft building and engineering.

The company’s essential objective is to assist customers in reducing indirect expenses when supplying goods by improving the efficiency and excellence of services provided. The company proposes a full range of integrated supply chains, assets, and ancillary services, increasing the client’s performance, efficiency, and competitiveness.

Let’s say there’s a company with large amounts of machinery, which breaks down from time to time. This company cannot afford to have a warehouse full of spare parts waiting to be replaced. Our client Synovos comes in as a broker to get those parts ordered at the best price and delivery date, taking control of the entire supply chain process.

In order to accomplish such a complex task, Synovos turned to Softwarium to develop a mobile application for supply chain management and warehouse management in particular. Both Android and iOS apps shall solve the systematization issues, manage receiving and providing the product to the customer, and connect the goods to the warehouse system: the place where items are stored, their amount, etc. Let’s have a closer look at how Softwarium managed the challenge of implementing IoT in warehouse management.

The first task Softwarium has addressed was the possibility to find a needed part in the warehouse instantly. As the client possesses big warehouses with numerous items inside, the solution that would allow immediate locating of a small part was created in the mobile application.

Both Android and iOS-friendly applications are used by warehouse keepers that, with the help of a specially installed barcode scanner on their phones, can scan each stand in the warehouse and detect where the needed part is. The scanner interacts with the application through a specific SDK and works with it. This information is synchronized with the Microsoft Dynamics cloud and is stored there.

The iOS and Android mobile app developers of Softwarium created an application for each platform from scratch. It is a complete application that can be used only with this system, thus providing security and uniqueness. After completing the first task of item location, the application functionality was expanded to conduct the cycle count, inventory, create orders, etc. Our solution of IoT in warehouse management offers plenty of opportunities, and they are constantly modified according to customer needs. The most exciting app functions also include:

The Softwarium’s solution of IoT in warehouse management brings on the table many advantages and key success points for the client: it is an excellent monitoring tool of the stock, delivery and receipt of goods, it inspects the frequency of the item turnover (thus, forecasting the demand), as well as able to control the “First In First Out” inventory management process, letting the items go from the shelves before its expiry date. What is more important – the warehouse keepers access the exact location of the needed item in no time from any location within the logistics IoT system, therefore significantly increasing their efficiency. Moreover, each process is much easier to track and perform.

By the end of the day, the IoT warehouse management dramatically reduces costs while bringing the cutting edge to the business opportunities, mainly inventory optimization.