MUA Conference7th November 2006

Electronic Proof of Delivery

Zubin Patel

About Alstons

•Family-owned, family-run businesses established 50 years

•Two sites in East Anglia•Ipswich (manufactures Cabinet furniture)•Colchester (manufactures Upholstery)

•Work force of around 400

Production volumes:•Cabinets manufactures 190,000 pieces per annum•Upholstery manufactures 31,000 suites per annum

•Consecutive winner of the AIS Supplier of the Year Awards for last 10 years

Movex

•Implemented Movex at Cabinets in January 2001

•Upholstery went live in October 2003

•Both companies running Movex 11.1

•Also use: APPStreamserve,Cognos, Vision Solutions archiving,

Eventura’s Spreadsheet Server

Why EPOD?

What’s it all about?• Currently…

– Paper delivery notes &

collection notes– Invoice on departure

• In future…– PDA with scanner– Invoice upon delivery

Benefits to office

• Reduce administration (save 30 hours per week each site)– Preparing delivery / collection notes– Faster invoicing– Credit re-invoicing– Scanning & filing delivery notes

• Reduce stationery / print costs

Benefits to drivers

• Less paperwork to contend with

• No items can be missed or wrong customer’s items delivered

• Waiting times at customer will be recorded and addressed

• Drivers Timesheet easily recorded on PDA

Benefits to company

• Improves efficiency & reduces admin

• No payment delays due to goods not delivered

• Improved cash flow

• Instant delivery information

• Modern & professional image

Benefits to our customers

• Less paperwork to sign

• Only invoiced for delivered goods

• Faster turn around of undelivered goods

Project Partners

Sam Jones from Lawson undertook the development of the Movex interface

Andrew Briggs from BEC developed the software installed on the PDAs.