Track and Trace Gate: efficient monitoring of the flow of goods

The ifm Track and Trace Gate is the complete solution for your automated and transparent logistics in your incoming and outgoing goods processes. By directly transferring all goods flows to the IT level, you can organise the interlocking of production, inventory and suppliers more efficiently than ever before.

The cost saving comes on top of this: Goods that are not picked properly generate consequential errors. Thanks to the new, digital transparency, errors can be avoided, the process speed, especially the order throughput time, can be increased and thus the fulfilment quality can be improved. This not only relieves internal resources of costs, but also increases customer satisfaction. You can call it Logistics 4.0, or Smart Distribution. The decisive factors are the advantages that the ifm Track and Trace Gate offers you from the very first moment.

• According to studies, the average error rate during order picking
  is between 0.3% and 3%
• Average costs vary extremely depending on industry, product and company
• The loss of image is not quantifiable

What are the advantages of the ifm Track and Trace Gate?

By using a smart RFID incoming and outgoing goods inspection, the flow of goods can be shown transparently and processed on an IT basis. This allows optimising loading times, avoiding picking errors and saving costs. The quality increased in this way can also improve the supplier rating in the long term.

Intelligently networked sensors
Direction detelction optionally via 3D sensors or light battiers. Optionally with 3D volume measurement

Avoidance of wrong deliveries through transparency of the goods flow
Linking the real flow of goods with the digital planning/order processes.

Suitabe for robust use
The ifm Track and Trace Gate consists entirely of industrial components with protection rating IP65/IP67.

Individual real-time support of Edge Device and ERP
Simple interface to your processes through file transfers between Edge Controller and ERP for digital networked logistics processes.

Simple, intuitive and flexible
ready-to-start appication package, simple graphical set-up. No programming required Additional gates can be added to the existing Edge Controller without much effort via a switch.

Cost savings through error avoidance
Less effort for incoming goods inspection and reconciliation with the order/loading lists. The reconciliation of the data with the ERP systems is fully automatic and therefore less error-prone than manual bookings. In this way, possible wrong deliveries will be detected and avoided at an early stage.

The ifm Track and Trace Gate is an investment that quickly pays for itself.
The amortisation period results from the following formula

Acquisition costs + integration costs / error costs saved = payback time

Already after approx. 570,000 deliveries, error costs of €290,000 due to commission and delivery errors are reached with an error rate of only 3%.

The amortisation of this example is therefore already given in the year of investment under the following conditions:

• 200,000 deliveries per year with a deployment of 10 gates and the statistical mean value of €17 per misdelivery
• 400,000 deliveries per year with a deployment of 20 gates

Calculate yourself: