Nestle Enhances Supply Chain with Wireless VMS
Nestle Waters North America initiates a series of follow-on purchase orders to implement I.D. Systems Inc.'s PowerFleet Vehicle Management System (VMS) on fleets of industrial trucks at six plants in the United States. Nestle Waters initially deployed the system at two sites during the second and third quarters of 2009. The orders were placed by I.D. Systems' strategic marketing partner NACCO Materials Handling Group Inc., a global manufacturer of industrial trucks.
"We are very encouraged by our initial deployment of I.D. Systems' wireless vehicle management technology in the initial installations," says Chris Lyon of Nestle Waters North America's National Fleet Services group. "We are very excited to begin rolling out this innovative technology across additional facilities to expand the benefits it brings to our supply chain organization."
Wireless VMS aims to help improve material handling productivity by establishing accountability for the use of equipment; ensuring equipment is in the proper place at the right time, streamlining material handling work flow, and providing unique metrics on equipment utilization. A wireless VMS can also help reduce industrial fleet maintenance costs by automatically uploading vehicle data, reporting vehicle problems electronically, scheduling maintenance according to actual vehicle usage rather than by calendar or manual data entry, and helping determine the optimal economic time to replace equipment.
"We are very encouraged by our initial deployment of I.D. Systems' wireless vehicle management technology in the initial installations," says Chris Lyon of Nestle Waters North America's National Fleet Services group. "We are very excited to begin rolling out this innovative technology across additional facilities to expand the benefits it brings to our supply chain organization."
Wireless VMS aims to help improve material handling productivity by establishing accountability for the use of equipment; ensuring equipment is in the proper place at the right time, streamlining material handling work flow, and providing unique metrics on equipment utilization. A wireless VMS can also help reduce industrial fleet maintenance costs by automatically uploading vehicle data, reporting vehicle problems electronically, scheduling maintenance according to actual vehicle usage rather than by calendar or manual data entry, and helping determine the optimal economic time to replace equipment.