IN FOCUS / DIGITISATION IN LIFTING
STREAMLINING HEAVY LIFTING AND HAULAGE THROUGH DIGITISATION Leading German heavy lifting and haulage specialist recognised the impact paper-based administration was having on the business and streamlined processes by implementing the E.P.O.S. modular software system. Cranes and Lifting explains. GUSTAV SEELAND GMBH is one of the largest providers of heavy goods logistics in Germany, providing solutions across the entire area of heavy and special transports, mobile cranes, industrial assembly and heavy goods storage. Jan Gaarz, operations manager at Gustav Seeland GmbH explains how far-reaching the implementation of the E.P.O.S system has been, and how important the digitisation of paper processes will be to the future of the business. “We recently integrated the E.P.O.S. Online Application which replaces existing job dockets, delivery notes and optimises the processing of orders. This information is now sent directly to tablets being operated by drivers, supervisors, operators and other staff onsite. “The Online Application compliments the digital processes already operating in the office which are a result of
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implementing E.P.O.S. the deployment, planning and organisational system modular software system. We are already seeing positive results from these implementations and we see the digitisation processes as a crucial step forward in the future development of our business,” said Gaarz. Recently, Gustav Seeland GmbH completed a project which tested the resources and the expertise of the business. An 85m ferry had to be brought from the port of Hamburg to Fußach in Austria - by road. In order to transport the ferry to its destination, it was dismantled into 17 parts in Hamburg. The ship sections, which are almost 14m long and up to 5m wide and around 4m high, were then loaded onto the special vehicles by crane. The elements, which weigh around 33t were transported on the flatbed trucks from Hamburg via Hanover, Magdeburg, Leipzig, Nuremberg, Munich and Memmingen
to Fußach within three nights. At the shipyard they are then reassembled into a ship. After completion, the ferry was the first LNG ship on Lake Constance. Details relating to complex projects like this are available to everyone involved, including administrative staff in the office and the drivers and operators involved. With E.P.O.S., it is possible to attach numerous amounts of supporting documentation and images to every activity such as quotes, jobs and invoices in E.P.O.S. For example, pictures from a site inspection, freight lists or ground plans from the customer are accessible for everyone at any time. It’s a simple case of dragging and dropping the documentation or images and sending the files as an email attachment. E.P.O.S. has transformed business processes for Gustav Seeland, and the integration process was relatively seamless says Gaarz.
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