4PRO facilitates a wide range of potential benefits:

The following business case with return-on-investment (ROI) and total cost of ownership (TCO) calculation based on the equipment of 1,000 existing stack transport boxes with corresponding displays, setting up the wireless infrastructure, integration with the existing ERP system and the installation and commissioning of the multi-resource planning including all the services necessary for the introduction. The time horizon extends over five years from the date of introduction.

The main benefit of this logistic approach consists in the elimination of terminally bonded warehouse and BDE-bookings by the workers. These only need to remove the tank and press the start / end of the display. Wastes such as the unnecessary paths to PDA or storage terminals eliminated and productivity is increasing in the workplace significantly. Reduced cycle time and production costs. In particular, for industries with the key competitive factors speed and flexibility can have a lasting benefit of this logistic solution. A return-on-investment (ROI) is given in the second year, the potential benefits were evaluated in mind.

4PRO allows

• significantly increase the competitiveness and productivity,
• the elimination of terminally bonded warehouse and BDE-bookings
• the reduction of production lead times and costs, and
• sustainable transparency in manufacturing and / or assembly.