A large proportion of the bread and pastries sold in supermarkets and by food service companies is supplied by medium-sized and large bakeries. These companies are growing, through centralisation and consolidation. As a result, most of them are now dealing with large volumes of packaging: Broban, Euronorm, Beko and other crates and dollies, bakery crates, and stackable or nestable crates for bread and pastries, as well as pallets (e.g. CHEP, LPR and Euro pallets). Effective logistical management of empties flows enables you to keep costs under control and improve profit margins on your products. PackControl is the software that can help you achieve this.
With more and more packaging in circulation and low profit margins it is important to keep packaging costs under control. This can be complicated, even more so if your customer has to return crates and dollies to multiple bakeries. Excel works to a certain extent, but during peak periods or with large clients you can literally lose count. Administration in your ERP or other software works well for the issued items, but it turns out that not all rules, exceptions and cost allocations are easy to set up and manage effectively. PackControl does the job.
PackControl gives you full control over both outgoing and return packaging flows. Even early in the morning, when there's nobody available to sign for delivery or to handle return packaging. In PackControl, you can flexibly configure all variables, including the many special agreements and exceptions. The system tells you exactly how many of which items need to be returned and with whom you need to settle costs.
You can automatically import balance overviews from others for automated processing and can share your statements with your counterparties. That simplifies planning of your returns and promotes your company's sustainability.