Capital Equipment News November 2019

Supply chain innovation The project design delivered several efficiency-focused features like a driver mobility system with real-time load status updates, integrated inventory and logistics; workstreams that increase productivity; and a continuous focus on information updates which are only some of the features the new system will bring to the network. This greatly enhanced the way information and data were used to monitor the entire fleet and quickly act when a problem is detected to ensure maximum availability, maintenance and management of their trucks. Going green for the Enviro Award The LAA Enviro Award was specifically designed to motivate organisations to make a genuine effort in minimising the environmental impact of their supply chain processes. Governments and industry organisations around the world are clamping down on processes that negatively impact the environment while customers are increasingly questioning the impact the businesses, they choose to transact with, have on the environment. The redesign of Eazi Access’s fleet requirements delivered significant environmentally friendly results by reducing the number of kilometres travelled; improving fuel efficiency; thus reducing carbon emissions of the fleet. This made sure the redesign benefitted Turning a business buzzword into reality One of the main aspects of the project was changing the way data was being used to better manage the logistics of its fleet and having complete visibility of its end-to-end requirements: from monitoring truck usage and condition, to making sure suitable vehicles are available without delay. the organisation, its customers, its communities and the environment it operates in.

Eazi Access partnered with supply chain specialist Resolve Solution Partners to bring the project’s request for proposal to fruition.

An important part of the RFP was interrogating how the people, processes and technology in Eazi Access can work better to enhance the way its truck fleet management operated.

The key to this type of innovation, Mphake says, is making the intangible tangible so that they can solve problems that matter. “Big-data is a buzzword we see everywhere, but what is more important is the interpretation of the data and the formulation of actions to address any shortcomings that might have been identified,” he explains. This, he adds, is

exactly what the Resolve and Eazi Access partnership achieved. “We took a concept more familiar in the fast-moving consumer goods industry and transposed it to a machine rental distribution model. That’s not something you see every day and the synergy between Eazi Access and Resolve helped us bring this concept to life,” he concludes. b

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