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Zetes is a leading pan-European company in the value-added solutions and services industry for Automatic Identification of Goods and People (Goods ID and People ID). Zetes uses both emerging and mature technologies (barcode, voice recognition, RFID, smartcards, biometrics), and develops Solution Architecture Frameworks to optimize the business performance of many customers in all market segments and over more than 20 countries. Zetes has grown from a local system integrator to a pan-European company with a European market share of 15%. What is also growing is Zetes ambition. We will continue to grow in the markets we are already strong, as well as growing into new ones. Since 2007 the strategy of Zetes is to go east. This means that Zetes will invest in their position in the Eastern European countries. You can find Zetes at the RETAILtech Congress in Warsaw on the 17th & 18th September 2008. This special edition of the Zetes Globe gives you an idea of the solutions Zetes creates in the different market segments. With growth and strategic in mind, we selected the content of this Zetes Globe and hope you find this useful and informative. The full articles can be found on our website. | Kind regards, Robert van Vliet
Business Development Manager
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TNT drivers take to the roads with fully operational scanners TNT customers want to know the status of their delivery at any moment in time. As the barcode scanners carried by the drivers play and important part in achieving this, TNT Belux (Belgium-Luxembourg) asked Zetes to deliver the best scanners and to guarantee their permanent availability. All communications between TNT drivers and the back-office use barcode scanners doubling as GPRS pocket PC's, which are permanently online. Scanned information goes directly to the server and can be accessed instantaneously by the customers. Zetes guarantees that a driver reporting to the warehouse with a faulty scanner will receive a fully operational device within thirty minutes. This concept of a managed scanner service is totally new and meets all expectations of TNT.
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Coca-Cola Israel increases customer service levels with Zetes'3i Voice solution First successes for 3i Voice Solution for SAP.The Zetes 3iV Solution for SAP, the enhanced version of the 3i Voice Solution that offers direct integration possibilities to SAP LES customers, has achieved its first successes in Israel. Both Central Bottling Company LTD., the exclusive francisee for Coca-Cola, and Strauss Group have installed the 3iV Solution for SAP to voice enable picking activities in their warehouses. Without adding extra middleware or servers, the solution guarantees a real-time information exchange between their SAP system and the workers equipped with mobile voice recognition terminals. As a result, Strauss Group and CBC can benefit from significant improvements in accuracy, productivity and user-comfort. For more information on the 3iV Solution for SAP, download the brochure on our website.
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Productivity Up 30% Thanks to Voice Technology Zetes Voice Technology Helps Visionlab Boost its Productivity by 30%With over 150 points of sale in Spain, Portugal, the Czech Republic and Poland, Visionlab is one of the leading optical chains in Europe. Due to its fast growth, Visionlab had to think of a way of updating its supply systems to increase delivery speeds and offer an improved service.To keep to its promise of “your glasses in under an hour”, a new logistical model was devised that had to take into account the following demands: speed, flexibility, reliability, traceability and productivity. After carefully analysing the various available technologies, Visionlab opted for a combination of automatic carousels and the Zetes 3iVoice solution. The Zetes 3iV solution allows the exchange of information between the ERP or SGA and the voice-based data capture system. The advantage is that the operator works hands-free and carries out his work without taking his eyes off the task in hand, thus increasing his productivity, reliability and ergonomic comfort. This solution was supported by Talkman® T5 terminals from Vocollect®.
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Aviapartner and Zetes innovate freight handling at European airports Aviapartner used Zetes’ services for both the development and the implementation of its automation project.Aviapartner is the fourth largest "ground handler" in the world and offers a wide range of services, including the handling of passenger baggage and cargo goods, at a large number of European airports. Delays in the flow of goods can result in serious financial consequences for logistics service providers and goods handlers and for this reason, Aviapartner, which carries out ground handling activities at 37 European airports, has chosen to automate its counting, distribution and localisation process for freight.Aviapartner chose Zetes for this project because the company is active world-wide and can therefore offer local support via local people, at each of the stations within its European network.This new IT system (AS-400 interface) automates the counting activity in the warehouse, as well as optimising the distribution of goods per freight unit and per aircraft, working via a wireless system with a portable intelligent Motorola terminal and Zebra label printers. The Zetes system is currently being used by Aviapartner at several airports.
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Bulgarian Telecoms uses Zetes' MiNetConnect Bulgarian Telecoms simplifies SAP for warehouse users using Zetes' MiNetConnect.Following the collapse of Communism, the Bulgarian Telecommunications Company (BTC) needed to re-engineer its business processes in order to compete within the wider European marketplace. It faced the challenge of how to upgrade its IT infrastructure and improve warehouse efficiency and accuracy without baffling inexperienced users. BTC undertook a major programme to implement SAP but felt the warehouse application was too powerful for their relatively inexperienced users. They needed to identify a specialist who could enable the company to use its SAP technology on wireless, handheld devices They therefore identified Zetes, as a specialist integrator, because they offered a standard application solution in MiNetConnect which enables the integration of wireless devices into the SAP system. Following the rollout of the solution, inventory processing times have cut from 20 to 2 minutes.
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Heppner improves traceability and speeds up its logistics flow Thanks to ZetesInterscan, Heppner has a real-time data entry system which is efficient and user friendly.Heppner is France’s premier independent logistics services provider, supplying transport services for national and international parcel delivery and freight, and sea and air transport. To improve the performance of its parcel services and logistics operations further, Heppner wanted to implement an efficient and user friendly, real-time data entry system.ZetesInterscan was subsequently chosen to provide the solution and the mobile terminals to ensure full traceability of 25 million packages that are handled or stored by the group each year in France. The process starts with the "flashing" of the parcels when they enter the Heppner network and then continues for each handling or event that affects the parcels.The deployment for the fifty sites in France took two months. ZetesInterscan supplied 500 mobile terminals, Motorola MC9090s, and the entire integration of two applications: one for client/server mode and the other for terminal emulation. Since the deployment, Heppner has had fewer disputes, increased its logistics flow and had greater involvement from its branches.
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Kellogg Manufacturing entrusts its traceability project to Zetes The project involved the introduction of LabelPack real time label printing and application equipment.Kellogg, the North American multinational market leader, has been operating in Spain since 1978. A large majority of its products are manufactured in the Valls plant (Tarragona), which produces a broad range of cereals, earmarked for both Spain and other European countries such as Portugal, Italy and France. Therefore, it is hardly surprising that Valls is where Zetes has introduced a “turnkey” solution for the automatic labelling of pallets based on its in-house developed MD printer applicators.The aim of this project was to optimise the traceability control system through the double sided printing of all the pallet labels in line with standard GS1-128 (the former EAN), as required by supermarkets and the European food traceability Standard. Zetes was awarded with the contract for this project thanks to its experience and its ability to provide a global solution, as manufacturers of Print&Apply equipment with its own custom software. The advantages have been significant for Kellogg Manufacturing, as traceability enables them to optimise warehouse management as well as be more pro-active with regards to its customers.
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Metro: Using Voice in Distribution Logistics Truly online… Largest voice-ordering system in Europe, configured for real online communicationMGL METRO Group Logistics has further invested in logistics information and extended the data broadcasting system within its storage operations using state of the art voice technology. The change to voice-activated picking and the resulting optimization of work processes has achieved the intended objective: optimizing pick accuracy and reducing the pick error rate to 0,05 percent.The METRO Group is among the largest mercantile firms in the world, with subsidiaries in more than 30 countries. MGL’s distribution centres serve as an advance distribution stage for local affiliates and markets. A technology investment with a value of several million euros needs to be carefully planned. For this reason, the MGL project team based its decision on customer references and detailed conversations with experienced users of voice technologies. A visit to GLOBUS Logistics and Service GmbH in Bingen, which has been using voice-activated picking for several years already, convinced them that implementing a voice system using Zetes GmbH in Willich was the right decision.
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NPX chooses for a real time proof of delilvery solution Start up NPX gets early adopter edge with real time proof of delivery systemNPX came to Zetes because they realized having a cutting edge electronic proof of delivery solution (ePOD), would be a critical differentiator for a start up company within the already crowded parcel delivery marketplace. Formed in 2005 by a group of individuals who saw a gap for a very high quality, ultra reliable B2B provider, NPX is now one of the top 5 companies in its sector. NPX employs over 50 drivers, shipping a wide range of goods from computer hardware and electronic equipment to critical medical supplies with a finite shelf life.Zetes developed a complete electronic proof of delivery (ePOD) solution using 2D barcodes, which involved the supply of all hardware and software plus after sales support and system maintenance. NPX wanted to enable customers to generate their own labels, which are then scanned whenever a parcel is handled. They also wanted the ability to capture customer data, with information gathered sent back to NPX host systems on a regular basis. Specialist wireless application software designed by Zetes was installed on the handheld client computers, enabling server side communication to extract data and upload it onto the central database.
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Zetes and Schmidt forge a partnership Zetes and Schmidt forge a partnership to deliver identification and mobility solutions that span total supply chains across Europe and Asia.• Unique one-stop-shop for Identification and Mobility Solutions.• Collaboration offers proximity to customers with 36 local offices and over 1,000 professionals.• Easy roll out of Asian or European projects throughout the total supply chain.Zetes and Schmidt, Zetes’ counterpart in Asia, agreed to offer their joint services and solutions to their customers in Europe and Asia. The partnership creates a single point of contact for Goods & People ID Solutions in Asia and Europe and opens up new possibilities for companies operating in both continents. At this point, no one else can offer the same local presence and expertise.As the marketplace becomes more and more global and supply chains stretch across continents, companies are often faced with the challenges of implementing solutions in a different part of the world. Many Zetes customers in Retail, Logistics and Manufacturing have interests in the Far East. Or it concerns physical manufacturing or they expand their retail activities to the new emerging markets like China. Nevertheless, most companies prefer doing business with contacts that are within reach, that can communicate in their own language and are accustomed to the local culture. Both Zetes and Schmidt have well understood that. Together they have 36 regional subsidiaries. Zetes has a direct presence in 12 European markets (19 regional offices) while Schmidt supports 17 regional operations across Asia.
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Servair: automated monitoring thanks to ZetesInterscan solutions In order to trace a large number of products, Servair decided to implement an IT system and abandon their paper-based workflow.Servair is a subsidiary of Air France and the third largest aviation catering company in the world. Every day the company creates, prepares and loads 120.000 meal trays.Every minute counts for Servair. Delays, changed flights and fluctuating passenger numbers, last-minute changes as well as the draconian punctuality imposed by aviation companies are the requirements that Servair has to deal with every day. So the latest, up-to-date information must be available around the clock.To get the most out of processing an increasing amount of information, the company decided to implement an automated data-collection system, integrated into its PeopleSoft software. To do this, all the products had to be identified with a barcode to enable scanning and real-time updating and monitoring of tasks.The ZetesInterscan solution consisted of label printers, portable Intermec terminals, the redeployment of the RF infrastructure and the necessary wifi installations for the correct functioning of the terminals.Automatic traceability has enabled Servair to improve the productivity of its employees, save space in the warehouse and have full traceability of its products.
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