IT and software for warehousing and 3PL
ML2 Consulting helps warehouses and third-party logistics (3PL) operations answer the question a warehouse runs on: where is it? We work from the dock door to despatch, on stock locations, labels, customer files, storage billing and safety on the floor.
What gets in the way
The problems we're asked to fix most often.
- Stock that's "somewhere". Bay locations held on paper, in a spreadsheet or in one person's head.
- Receiving against the paperwork. Deliveries checked by hand against what the customer said was coming.
- Labels and customer formats. SSCC pallet labels, and every customer sending orders in their own file format.
- Storage billing. Pallet nights and handling charges rebuilt from spreadsheets at month end.
- Safety on the floor. Near misses with trucks and pallets that go unreported because the form is too slow.
How we help
Scanner and phone tools
Screens for operatives with big buttons and one task at a time, working with handheld scanners or a phone camera.
Customer file exchange
Orders and confirmations exchanged with customers by EDI, SFTP or CSV, so nobody retypes a pick list.
Dock to despatch mapping
Walk the flow with the team, mark the double handling and fix the cheapest thing first.
Products that fit
Our Thing.team apps are in development and not on sale yet. Each page says what the app will do.
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Warehouse management
Receiving, putaway, picking, despatch, SSCC labels and a live bay map. It answers one question: where is it?
RIMS
Incident management
Report from a phone, investigate, act and sign off, with RIDDOR and insurer packs ready.
onPAHR
Payroll and HR
People, holidays, working time and driver compliance, with checked exports for your payroll software.
CROSS
Reporting across every app
A report designer, director packs and scheduled exports, built on the same field names in every app.
Tell us what's slowing your team down.
Email info@ml2consulting.com or call 07920 050366.