Hall's Floorings gets IT covered
February 1st 2007 Floor-covering supplier, Hall's Floorings, is reported to have "totally transformed" its operations, thanks to the introduction of an ERP sales order and stock control system from Access Supply Chain. In this case, the solution has been integrated with a WMS. John Ward, financial director, says: "Our order accuracy now is fantastic - the credit note ratio halved immediately – and with the sales office and stock control functionality running smoothly, we can really offer a proactive service to our customers." Hall's supplies carpet to small independent carpet retailers throughout the country, as well as one large independent retailer, with department stores in most major towns. Orders received by 4pm are cut, packaged and despatched for next-day delivery. Previously, the warehouse was entirely paper based. Now orders are fed through directly from order processing to the cutting table; "As soon as an order is taken, the details appear on pick-screens on the forklift trucks; the driver picks the product and takes the roll to the cutting table area," says Ward. "The roll card is scanned and the number of cuts to be taken from that roll is displayed on a PC sited on the cutting machine. All the operator has to do is press a button and the dimensions are transferred to the cutting table measurement machine. The cuts are taken and a packing note produced for each." More articles from Access Supply Chain: | 
