Stanley Electric Sales of America Using HULFT
Introducing HULFT greatly improved logistics operation's efficiency and reliability.
USER PROFILE
Stanley Electric Sales of America, Inc., a subsidiary of Stanley Electric, manufactures and sells automobile and electronic equipment products throughout the Americas.
Problems
- Slow: Transfer of files between the warehouse management and order processing systems were done via FTP and took as long as 30 minutes per transfer.
- Errors: Even if the file transfer completed, the data was sometimes incorrect, resulting in shipments based on erroneous information. Customers were inconvenienced and the company's credibility damaged.
- Inconvenience: When trouble was detected, manually searching through log files and then retransmission was time and labor intensive.
Solution
The FTP mechanism connecting the warehouse management and business systems was replaced with HULFT with great results.
- Speed: File transfer time was reduced by a factor of ten.
- Reliability: Problems that occurred during file transfer were automatically detected and resolved.
- Productivity: Orders are now shipped with correct details and staff are freed to focus on more productive tasks.
The above figure shows how HULFT is used to manage file transfers between the warehouse management and business systems.
- With this new setup, any edits or new entries made in the warehouse's records are synchronized with the business systems located in the corporate headquarters.
- When sales are processed by the headquarters, shipping instructions are then sent to the warehouse along with customer information, part numbers, and invoice data.
