Axxom Software AG presents from May 2 to 6 at the trade fair CeMAT in Hannover (hall 27, stand C47) for the first time its solution ORion-PI® Staff Planning & Scheduling. The software allows efficient staff scheduling in logistics centers and integrates as the first solution staff planning and material flow planning and uses time elements to assess staff requirements. In addition to this solution, Axxom shows its portfolio for an intelligent warehouse logistics and supply chain optimization.

Axxom`s innovative solution ORion-PI® Staff Planning & Scheduling relies on a virtual warehouse model for exactly determining the expected workload and the scheduling of the employees. In this model for example, shelving and container types and dimensions are defined and paths, aisles and conveyor technology established. With the help of intelligent system support, similar to custom warehouse logic or drag and drop operation, even large logistics centers with several thousand storage areas can be depicted within a relatively quick timeframe. The special feature of the Axxom warehouse model is that the components, such as the individual shelving units, as well as the processes performed there, are stored with time components, such as Refa or MTM schedules.

Using these time components, ORion-PI® calculates the required time for all of the individual processes on the basis of the existing and expected orders from the warehouse management or ERP systems, in order to process these orders in the warehouse. The total of the individual process steps forms the total processing time required. By dividing the total time into individual steps, when and where in the warehouse which workload will be required is determined precisely and visually. The necessary employee hours are then compared against the employees that are available. In this manner, ORion-PI® discovers overlapping capacity and staff shortages and determines efficient staff scheduling plans.

The results from practical experience prove that the need for temporary staff can be reduced by up to 50 percent through the usage of ORion-PI® Staff Planning & Scheduling and flex-time accounts can be reduced by 15 percent. Thereby, significant cost reduction can be achieved, while sustaining or increasing the level of service and improving employee satisfaction. In addition, the virtual warehouse model is the basis for simulations, for example to analyze and optimize warehouse assignments, picking strategies or the use of warehouse technologies.

Other than the new the staff planning solution, Axxom will present further parts of its product family ORion-PI® at CeMAT, which allow integrated planning and optimization of processes along the whole logistics chain. So Axxom will show for example solutions for transport cost optimization, inventory optimization, fleet planning, order picking optimization, packaging optimization or replenishment optimization.

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Up to 60 percent of overall operating costs in logistics centers are labor costs. Therefore, optimal staff scheduling in the warehouse is a crucial factor for success.