Orkli
The Problem
Overcoming the Visibility Gap in Just-in-Time Production Maintaining a "Lean" production line requires perfect synchronization between suppliers, warehouses, and the factory floor. Traditional or manual systems often suffer from:
Reactive Procurement
Materials are often ordered too late or in excess, leading to production cutoffs or high storage costs.
Information Armony
Lack of real-time data shared between providers, the purchase department, and the production line.
Asset Loss
Inefficient tracking of returnable containers, leading to capital loss and disrupted logistics.
The solution
Biotz transformed a legacy internal tool into a professional, scalable, and multi-tenant "Edge-to-Cloud" solution that monitors the entire lifecycle of raw materials.
1. End-to-End Monitoring
The platform tracks the journey of every batch: from the supplier's warehouse to the preparation phase, delivery, line-side stock availability, and final consumption.
2. Stakeholder-Specific Portals
- For Providers: Automated notifications for new batches. Advanced integration allows the system to trigger purchase orders automatically based on real-time consumption rates.
- For Production & Purchase: Real-time visibility of "circuits." Supervisors can balance the system to adapt to different production volumes, while the system automatically adjusts the volume of material requests based on delivery times.
- For Consumers: Complete 360º vision of material status; on the way, in the warehouse, or already utilized.
3. Advanced Asset Tracking: Returnable Containers
Beyond material flow, Biotz implemented a specialized feature for Returnable Container Management. This allows companies to control the real-time location of reusable assets and trace their lifecycle to ensure they are retired or maintained after a specific period of use.
The impact
By implementing the Biotz-built Ekaban platform, Orkli and its partners have moved from manual logistics to a self-optimizing system.
- Significant Cost Reduction: The digitalization of stock and order management has led to continuous cost savings of up to 60%. By reducing stock levels to the absolute minimum required, the system frees up working capital and minimizes storage overheads.
- Supply Chain Integration: Ekaban is now used not only by Orkli but also by its network of providers and clients (such as Copreci and Ederfil), creating a synchronized ecosystem where the "client" and "provider" share the same real-time data.
- Automated Scalability: The production department can instantly balance the circuit to meet fluctuating demands, ensuring that the volume of material requested always matches the consuming rate.
- Loss Prevention & Sustainability: The lifecycle tracking of containers ensures high asset rotation and reduces the environmental and financial impact of lost packaging.
Operational Excellence: The system provides a professional, stable environment that digitizes the Kanban methodology, removing human error from the procurement and manufacturing process.
