Potter Group Logistics was established by founder and executive chairman Derrick Potter in 1965. Today the business employs more than 200 staff providing high quality, UK freight, warehousing, distribution and logistics services to clients in almost every type of business from five national distribution centres (DC).
The company provides both road transportation and operates its own dedicated rail terminal connected DCs in Selby (Yorkshire), Knowsley (Merseyside) and Ely (Cambridgeshire).
STOCK AND ORDER VISIBILITY FOR CUSTOMERS
The company focuses on consistently meeting client and market requirements. This approach has resulted in successful and mutually beneficial long-term partnerships with leading companies, including Elanco, Johnson Matthey, Capella, Glencore and CEMEX.
To meet the evolving needs of its customers the company and its board resolved to upgrade its warehouse management system (WMS) in order to provide easier communications, stock and order visibility.
OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW WMS
Potter Group Logistics has selected CALIDUS warehouse management system (WMS) from OBS Logistics to help manage its five national distribution centres. The WMS will be used at the Group DCs in Ripon, Selby, Droitwich, Knowsley and Ely.
The system will provide important benefits including over-the-web interfacing with customers and easy to set up EDI links for paperless and automatic ordering. The Group is also evaluating the use of the system’s wireless barcode scanning feature with Motorola handheld scanners.
The new system is a major investment in enterprise-level technology that will help Potter Group Logistics enhance its customer service offerings.
“CALIDUS WMS offers the features and functionalities we need,” says Ken Watson, Finance Director and Head of IT for Potter Group Logistics. He continues, “The barcode scanning option, for example, is an out-of-thebox standard feature that is integrated with the WMS and we are giving it careful consideration. It is this fully featured integration that stands out the most.
“OBS Logistics has more than 60 live installations of CALIDUS WMS worldwide and this gave us confidence that the system will deliver. We have high expectations for our IT investment and are looking forward to building a close partnership with OBS.
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