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10. November 2020The start-up company YFood, based in Munich, relies on the time slot management system SLOT from Cargoclix at its logistics location in Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. With the introduction of the cloud-based software from the IT specialist in Freiburg, the food manufacturer of so-called Complete Food has succeeded in reducing waiting times for trucks at the ramp for loading and unloading to nearly zero.
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(Freiburg im Breisgau) – Previously, according to the company, this took several hours. “Now trucks can usually go directly to the ramp without further delays after registration,” says Logistics Manager Felix Schreil.
YFood chose SLOT among other reasons because the system was already known to many freight forwarders and suppliers, allowing for a smooth implementation and integration. “A time slot management system was the logical consequence of the steadily increasing goods turnover at the ramp and was accepted 100 percent by all suppliers,” emphasizes Schreil. For each booked time slot, a fee of 50 cents is incurred. YFood will cover this cost for the time being to keep track of usage.
Short-term bookings also possible
Logistics service providers can book time slots at YFood with a lead time of two weeks. Short-term bookings are possible until the day before at 4 PM. The use of SLOT offers several advantages for YFood: “We optimally utilize our capacities, avoid downtime and stand fees, and have a clear structure for the arrival sequence of the trucks,” Schreil clarifies.
Investment for the Future
The company, which produces mobile meals in the form of drinks, bars, and powders, sees the implementation of a time slot management system as an investment in the future. “Especially as a start-up, you have to think about the business of tomorrow today,” Schreil continues. With the introduction, YFood seized the opportunity to adapt the goods management at the ramp to the company’s growth trajectory. “This gives us the time to understand, analyze, and optimize the associated processes.”
Cargoclix SLOT has been in use at YFood since July 1, 2020. The arrival of unregistered trucks has since become the exception. The company processes four to five trucks per day.
About YFood
Since the founding of YFood Labs GmbH in 2017, Ben Kremer and Noel Bollmann have been changing the food industry with their products. Innovative “Complete Food” in the form of drinks, bars, and powders represents a new way of nutrition that fits the modern lifestyle of today: All YFood products are balanced, fully mobile meals, thus combining fast-paced living with health consciousness. The special feature here is the “Complete Nutrition” approach pursued by YFood. This ensures that the products contain all essential micronutrients and macronutrients that the body needs – without compromising on taste.
About Cargoclix
Cargoclix is a neutral internet marketplace for the electronic tendering of transport and logistics services as well as a provider of modular time slot management systems.
The service portfolio of the logistics platform “Cargoclix TENDER” includes worldwide tenders for contracts for transport by road, rail, air freight, sea and inland shipping, courier-express-parcel services, as well as logistics services such as warehousing. With over 28,000 registered members from industry, trade, and freight forwarding, TENDER is one of the leading international tender platforms for transport and logistics.
The central product of the time slot management division is the modularly adaptable software “Cargoclix SLOT” for optimizing ramp operations. With more than 65,000 members, SLOT is one of the most widely used time slot management systems.
Cargoclix is a brand of Dr. Meier & Schmidt GmbH. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in Freiburg i.Br.
www.yfood.eu www.cargoclix.com
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