5 Ways to Use RTLS in the Beverage Industry

Cut Costs and Get Promoted: 5 Ways to Use RTLS in the Beverage Industry

By Barbora Fenclova | September 2nd, 2021 | 4 min read

Based on how our real-time location tracking has helped Budweiser Budvar Distribution Center to increase their process efficiency, we believe that the application of precise indoor positioning will skyrocket your company’s productivity and safety. Here’s how! 

Make Your Operations Easier and Safer

1. Driver Navigation and the Prevention of Incorrect Unloads

Forklift Navigation and the Prevention of Incorrect Unloads
Forklift Navigation and Prevention of Incorrect Unloads - Brewery

Streamline your logistics operations and never misplace a single pallet! Just as at Budweiser Distribution Center, where forklift operators now always know where to go to load/unload any one of their 20,000 pallets.

2. Boosting Forklift OEE and Warehouse Utilization 

Boosting Forklift OEE and Warehouse Utilization
Real-time and Historical Insights into Forklift Operation - Brewery

Analytics such as OEE, heatmaps, and spaghetti diagrams represent the only source of truth as well as the needed insights for process optimization and warehouse utilization. You can increase your warehouse utilization by 19% just as Budweiser did.

3. Improving OTIF by Automating Booking Processes

Improving OTIF by Automating Booking Processes
Improving OTIF by Automating Booking Processes

Leverage real-time tracking to improve your booking processes and ensure that the correct products and quantities are delivered to your customers. Send automatic alerts every time an item is placed at a wrong spot, loaded to an incorrect truck or missing in a batch.

4. Indirect Asset Tracking via Tracking Handling Vehicles

Indirect Asset Tracking via Tracking Handling Vehicles
Indirect Asset Tracking via Tracking Handling Vehicles - Brewery

Thanks to a real-time location system, you can instantly know the true position of each of your thousands of pallets. And you do not need thousands of tracking devices to do so – simply track the forklifts’ movements and their (un)loading operations.

5. Increasing Employee Safety by Collision Prevention

Increasing Employee Safety by Collision Prevention - Brewery
Increasing Employee Safety by Collision Prevention - Brewery

At any moment, there are 15 forklifts and dozens of people passing closely by them in the vast 161,458 ft2 distribution hall of Budweiser. Without collision prevention system in place, such an environment is prone to serious incidents, making it challenging to ensure everyone’s safety. 

For More Details Download the Budweiser Budvar Case Study