Ahnefeld Möbel-Logistik provides its customers with live information on delivery progress. The company invested in an XML interface, the cs connect transport management system and mobile computers equipped with the cs driver app.
Industry: Freight Forwarding & Logistics Service Providers
Complete transparency from order to delivery
Benefits for customers and dispatchers
- Live shipment tracking down to individual package level in cs connect and cs web
- Automated notification of upcoming deliveries via email or ERP integration
- Digital document management – proof of delivery documents available immediately
- Individually configurable views for shippers and recipients
- Significantly reduced workload for dispatchers thanks to high data quality
- Paperless process from loading through to digital signature
- Easy integration of new customers via the standard XML interface
Error-free order data since 2012
Eight major furniture manufacturers have relied on our standardized XML interface for their ERP integration since 2012. The associated logistics software – formerly “cs connect” by cargo support – is now available as proLogistik’s powerful pLG TMS Intermodal, optimizing supply chains with functions tailored specifically to the requirements of the industry.
Drivers digitally integrated into the process
In 2022, around 35 drivers were also integrated into the digital process. Each driver received a Zebra TC26 mobile computer equipped with the cs driver app, which guides and documents all steps between loading and unloading.
Any packages that have not been scanned are shown on the display, while damage can be documented using the photo function. Following a six-month test phase, the solution went live in January 2023.
“This is a major advantage for our customers, as it allows them to respond immediately to any issues based on reliable data. You can’t get more transparency than that.”
Philipp Kohl, Management Executive
About Ahnefeld Möbel-Logistik
- Based in Minden, part of the Ahnefeld Group
- Owner-managed family business in its third generation
- Around 110 employees
- Fleet: 35 vehicles and 300 swap bodies
- In-house truck workshop with vehicle wash and test bench
- Warehousing for furniture and containers
