Emetrês
Who Is the Client?
EMETRÊS has over 40 years of experience and expertise serving the Portuguese printing industry. Founded in 1977, it has been a leader in the Portuguese market for several decades, selling products and equipment for the printing industry.
Currently, the company specializes in new technologies for both conventional and digital printing and finishing. It has recently expanded into three new business areas: 3D Additive Manufacturing (commonly known as 3D printing), 3D Production (involving the printing of parts using multiple materials), and 3D Holography.
What Was the Issue?
Before implementing EasyCargo load planning, EMETRÊS was more complex and time-consuming. The solutions available on the market were not very intuitive and often did not provide a clear overview of the distribution of goods. This made the process inefficient and increased the possibility of errors.
Main challenges:
- Cargo space optimization
- Precise placement of items
- Loading boxes with different dimensions.
- Cargo safety
- The process of loading and unloading for different customers.
How Did We Help?
EasyCargo provided EMETRÊS with a solution that directly addressed all of its key challenges and, as a result, has transformed its load planning and logistics processes for the past 10 years by doing the following:
- Optimizing cargo space usage: EasyCargo’s algorithm made it possible to calculate the optimal use of cargo space and optimize loading time with the help of the generated load plan.
- Automated load planning: EasyCargo helps optimize load planning by reducing unused space and improving the utilization of transport capacity.
- Smarter loading: Improved loading efficiency leads to faster and more effective operations.
- Improvement of logistics operations: Enhanced cost predictability and transparency, allowing for better strategic control over logistics.
- Enhancing product delivery: Higher customer satisfaction, thanks to on-time and efficient deliveries.
What Are the Results?
Implementing EasyCargo into the daily operations of EMETRÊS has led to a significant improvement in transportation efficiency. Its goals include ensuring faster, more accurate, and easier load planning.
Furthermore, it is a practical and intuitive solution that allows the simulation of loading scenarios and the loading of different orders into the same container. It ensured better logistics planning and made it easier to make any changes to the loading plan. The significant benefits EasyCargo brought to EMETRÊS’s logistics operations included avoiding the risk of operational errors, inefficiency, and, consequently, delivery delays. As a result, the load optimization tool transformed logistics into a simpler, more reliable, and more efficient process.
What Does the Client Say About Us?
Ricardo Matos, who has been working at EMETRÊS for about four years in the operations department, is responsible for load planning and optimizing logistics processes for imports and exports. He told us about his experience:
“EasyCargo optimizes cargo loads and enhances logistics organization, leading to better decision-making. Visualizing container space, we can plan and combine loads more efficiently, which helps reduce costs.”
– Ricardo Matos, Operations, Emetrês
