MASS RETAILING

Cost efficiency and service level effectiveness are the main performance drivers on which the mass retailing market is based. In this context, logistics represent an element of great economic importance, playing a strategic and critical role in terms of the extent and variety of physical flows concerned and the tight and hectic processing times that must be met.

Click Reply™ satisfies the needs of the sector managing the complex distribution network typical of mass retailing, consisting of distribution centres, cross docks, transit points and the wide variety of products such as consumer goods, as well as all their specific management characteristics: medical, generic, health and beauty, and food products (cold, fresh and dry), from frozen foods to cured meats and cheeses, meat, fruit and vegetables, pasta, cereals, preserves, etc.

Click Reply™ manages the processes required by Business lines:

• Tracking: the management of mandatory data including lots, serial shipping container codes (SSCC), production dates, early warning dates, saleability dates and expiry dates
• Traceability: the capacity, given the item and lot, to trace serial shipping container codes (SSCC), recipients, suppliers and warehouse locations
• SSCC/Logistics Label Management: using the GS1 SSCC standard
• Compliance with standards required by logistics labels with regard to the automatic acquisition of tracking, palletisation and quantity data (number of items and parcels) by scanning barcodes during the receiving phase, and the automatic creation of SSCCs and logistics labels during picking and VAS activities
• Residual shelf-life/LIFO management dependent on the destination (customer)
• FIFO/FEFO/LIFO management, using the saleability or early warning date
• The management of different packaging units (pallets, layers, packages, units) and of stacking and de-stacking activities
• Stacking management for the Customer: the rearrangement of pallets for the Customer in relation to a specific number of layers or height. Management, during the picking phase, of the positioning of wood slats between different products; alternatively, management of a specific area in which to carry out de-stacking activities
• The transfer and rearrangement of pallets when ticking off and preparing vehicle loads

​​​​Thanks to the expert mix of evolved execution technologies and simple and flexible processes, Click Reply™ is an ideal and strategic solution for overcoming common industry problems, capitalising on the existing potential and maximising the profitability of your business.