Reusable Container Tracking Solution

Overview
Manufacturers who use re-usable containers to ship products to their customers or loan these containers to their suppliers to supply raw materials often find that these containers are either lost or "over-due" containers are never returned. Due to lack of visibility of these containers, companies are unable to charge their customers or suppliers a late fee for the containers that they did not return. In addition, they also have to procure new containers to keep their operations running smoothly. The problem gets even more complex when there are multiple locations that cater to a large customer/supplier base and you have an existing system that is not capable of: 

• Tightening asset controls and accountability 
• Audit containers and inventory in real-time and trace its movement 
• Streamline the containers receipt and return processes

Solution
KeyTone's Reusable Container Tracking Solution increases container circulation rates by providing: 

• Real time visibility of all containers that have been "loaned" to suppliers/customers, containers that have been returned and current in-hand container inventory. 
• Reduces container search times by enabling operators to locate any misplaced containers quickly. 
• Control container movement violations and exceptions through alerts and notifications. 

Companies can extend the solution to gain granular visibility at the process level by simply adding additional read points within their production or distribution processes. KeyTone's container tracking dashboard provides visibility as it moves from one process to the other, empowering supervisors to eliminate bottlenecks, improve quality and production velocity.

Reports
KeyTone provides operational business intelligence for container tracking through web based dashboard and many pre-defined reports. 

• Container allocation report - Report provides a list of all container assigned by company to its suppliers/customers in a given period 
• Container check-in/check-out report - Report provides list of all containers that were checked in or out for a given time period by suppliers/customer 
• Order-To-container receipt report - Report provides a list of all the containers received or shipped against a given order for a given time period 
• Container utilization report - Report provides the overall container usage based on user defined criteria 
• Container reconciliation report - Reports provides all the containers loaned versus all the containers received by a given supplier for a given time period along with aging summary