Every year LTL freight depots around the world leak millions of dollars in revenue because they have not adopted certified, legal-for-trade pallet freight dimensioning systems. Read more about this industry-wide problem in our blog post. Read More
When it comes to the automation of capturing vital data on inbound (and outbound) products, accuracy and reliability are two of the most critical aspects for a system to deliver. And for freight operations, they need to know that they have received and dispatched products successfully. Read More
Continuing on from the last blog post which outlined why your warehouse needs measurement automation, Bas takes a deeper look at two automation solutions for addressing order fulfilment and how automation (with precision dimensional data provided to it) can improve your fulfilment processes. Automation Solution 1: Zone Routing The first warehouse automation option is one featuring a ‘simple’ zone routing/skipping conveyor system that services 8 conveyor zones followed by a packing area… Read More
It’s a beautiful Friday afternoon and you’ve got that unmistakable look of excitement on your face. You see the courier you’ve been waiting for walking up to your front door wheeling a trolley loaded with four large boxes and you know what’s inside even before the doorbell rings. Hang on; four boxes, though? Perhaps he’s delivering to the neighbours as well and doesn’t want to walk back to his van. Three days ago, you ordered four birthday presents for your two kids… Read More
Big money revenue leakage as a result of customers’ mis-declaring the weight and dimensions of their parcels is a core challenge for express freight providers. However, the same also holds true – on an even bigger scale – for many shippers of palletised freight. Increasingly more freight carriers are using the CubiScan 1200 AKL for automated cubing and weighing of their palletised freight. At first glance it would seem that LCL (less than container load), LTL (less than truck lo… Read More
It has been Ho! Ho! Ho! for the Holiday Season at SCACO! We’re delighted to announce significant orders were booked in December and January for a wide range of measurement automation solutions in both Australia and Singapore. Success in Singapore SCACO’s General Manager Tim Francis says: “We’ve timed our 2018 entry in to Singapore just right. Following on from years of high-level performance and solution delivery experience with Australia’s top logistics companies like Australia Post a… Read More
SCACO Singapore will be exhibiting the CubiScan 100 and Fully Mobile Trolley system at the upcoming Supply Chain Logistics Digital Transformation and Disruptive Innovation Forum to be held at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore on 28-29 November 2018. click on the link above to learn more. This Singapore Logistics conference brings together senior supply chain logistics industry leaders, influential technologists, and directors from all over the region, for a high profi… Read More
CouriersPlease, a leading parcel delivery expert with nationwide coverage across Australia, and a member of the Singapore Post Group of Companies, has chosen Diverseco as the supplier of new parcel dimensioning, weighing, and scanning equipment at their new Brisbane branch location at Salisbury. Founded in 1983 as a specialised metropolitan parcel delivery business, CouriersPlease is uniquely placed to service Australians through its independently owned Franchisee fleet of couriers. CouriersPlea… Read More
SCACO, the Brisbane-based, Australian Measurement Automation Company and Systems Integrator are searching for our next superstar employee! Join the dynamic team at SCACO as a software programmer or engineer! SCACO: Australia | NZ | Singapore. At SCACO we’re transforming the Asia Pacific Supply Chain Industry through the provision and support of sophisticated measurement automation technologies, systems, and software that identify, weigh, and dimension millions of freight items and SKUs of all… Read More
