Watch the replay of our first EYESEE TALKS, a round-table webinar dedicated to innovations in logistics and industrial inventory.
In this first episode – “Why we switched to cycle count inventory by drone?” – discover the answers from GKN Automotive and Le Roy Logistique.
Program:
- Customer feedback:
- Short presentation of sites & challenges
- Inventory process before vs. after EYESEE
- ROI et Auditor validation
- Q&A with the public
Thanks to our speakers:
- Maxime Vincendeau, Innovation & Project Manager at Le Roy Logistique
- Cécile LE MEUR-CARRILHO, Plant Supply Chain Manager at GKN Automotive
- Frédéric Cherrier, Inventory Reliability Manager at GKN Automotive
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Find the key points of this webinar below, and discover how leaders like GKN Automotive and Le Roy Logistique have transformed their inventory processes and switched to cycle count inventory by drone.
Challenges & issues
- Logistics and organizational issues:
- Annual inventories requiring the mobilization of many people, scissor lifts, and business interruption.
- Conflicts between logistics flows and inventories (particularly at GKN with 40 AGVs).
- Security:
- Risks associated with the use of scissor lifts at height.
- Complicated cohabitation between machines and personnel
- Data reliability:
- Difficulties in ensuring full traceability and accuracy, essential for customer satisfaction, especially in the automotive industry.
Switch to cycle count inventory with EYESEE
GKN Automotive:
- Use of the drone one week a month, with systematic coverage of the various warehouses (raw materials, semi-finished, finished products).
- Gradual adaptation to maximize efficiency.
Le Roy Logistique:
- Daily use with rotations of around 2 hours to cover 30,000 locations over several weeks.
- Scheduling in parallel with traditional cycle counts to compare results.
Advantages
- Increased efficiency:
- Inventory time reduced to 6 to 10 seconds/location
- vs 45 seconds/location manually at Le Roy Logistique
- between 90 to 120 seconds/location at GKN Automotive
- Inventory time reduced to 6 to 10 seconds/location
- Improved safety:
- No need for scissor lifts and associated risks.
- Reliability and traceability:
- Location pictures as tangible proof for auditors.
- Data archiving for analysis and auditing.
- Improved working conditions:
- Improve team performance thanks to the innovative aspect of the drone.
Return on investment & auditor validation
- ROI:
- At GKN Automotive: ROI in less than a year thanks to the elimination of scissors lifts rental costs and production interruptions.
- At Le Roy Logistique: ROI between 2 to 3 years, depending on integration with multiple customers.
- Validation of process by auditors:
- On-site demonstrations, comparative tests with traditional methods and detailed procedures.
- Validation achieved thanks to the increased reliability and traceability provided by the EYESEE solution.
