Pilato Spa

Home & Personal Care

Pilato is a trading company that has been in the home care and personal care products business for more than 40 years.

In 2008, it became a partner of CRAI Secom Spa, and in 2009 it expanded its marketing to include products in the Food sector.

A network of agents operating throughout the country, a logistics company (Pilogistica srl) that serves the company exclusively, a well-equipped sales area and a system of integrated services make Pilato a point of reference for purchases for more than 3,000 traders.

Products:

WMS

StockSystem

WAREHOUSE LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT

Software for the management of logistics processes.

Integrated technologies:

Voice

Pilato SPA

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Pilato S.p.A. has been an important commercial reality in the home care and personal care sector for about 50 years, a company that over the years has been able to innovate and expand its product range while remaining faithful to the values and tradition that have always distinguished the founding family, strongly projected toward the future and a fundamental element of continuity with the past.

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Company

As part of a plan to diversify and consolidate the group in the Campania region, 2014 saw the birth of Pilmarket, a company operating in the Organized Distribution sector, an agile structured distribution center that delegates logistics management to experienced operators.

Pilato S.p.A., through PILTRADE s.r.l., is also a network of direct supermarkets present with 4 stores, in Naples, Portici and Caserta. Of particular note and importance is the CRAI store at Capodichino Airport.

In 2016 PILATO STORE was born, an innovative entrepreneurial project marked by the development of a chain of stores dedicated to beauty, personal care and home hygiene products: a merchandise offer strongly differentiated in terms of choice and price competitiveness, a reality constantly looking for quality of service and direct contact with the end customer.

IT solutions and technology applied to business brings advantage, savings and consequently improves profits... The investment has been recouped in about a year and a half, because we have shortened processing times, make fewer mistakes and have complete traceability of all movements.

Antonino Flocco

General Director Pilato Spa

Needs

In 2008-2009, Pilato SpA management decided to improve some aspects of the logistics process to improve the organization and management of all logistics flows in the Vitulazio (CE) warehouse: goods entry, storage, internal handling, picking and inventory

GOALS

The goals of the restructuring project were:

increased performance;
use of the voice system;
security of inventories;
elimination of the final control phase;
decrease in errors;
independence from human resources;
improved customer service;
increased accuracy and efficiency.

ISSUES

The main problems in logistics flow management were:

management of netting based on promotional constraints
synchronization of different handling equipment with each other and thus relative handling
pallet formation directly at picking
preventive calculation of vehicle filling

After careful evaluation, Pilato decided to implement Replica Sistemi's StockSystem solution in both the standard version, with RF terminals, and the SMA.I.L:) Voice, to optimize picking and inventory operations.

The execution of warehouse operations is thus entrusted:

to the Voice-Picking system (StockVoice) by which operators receive instructions, confirm the correctness of their work, report errors by speaking and listening to SMA.I.L:) StockSystem via a headset, microphone and a lightweight, compact terminal strapped to the belt;
to the RF system that enables real-time transmission of data to the warehouse management system. Logistics operators work efficiently using RF (Radio Frequency) terminals interfaced with remote Access Point repeaters.

WMS: StockSystem
Add-on: SMA.I.L:) Voice

Voice Hardware: 25 terminals Vocollect
Hand-held Hardware: 17 terminals

The analysis project was structured by identifying a figure within the company who, together with the Replica Sistemi project manager, carried out:

Verification tests of each individual function on an updated DB;
Met with warehouse operators (especially in the last month before installation).
Identified the start date.

In May 2009, in collaboration with Replica Sistemi's Project manager, all the analyses were made regarding warehouse layout, types of materials, incoming and storage flows, picking and shipping flows and integration with the central information system.

Between June and July, SMA.I.L:) software was installed. StockSystem and SMA.I.L:) Voice, testing was done and then training of operators.

From the beginning of October, the use of the system for goods entry began.

At the end of October, the first inventory was made and then went into full operation with total shipments.

StockSystem thus manages all activities related to the movement of goods: from when they enter (unloading lists or bem) to when they leave (loading lists). It receives data on incoming goods and outgoing orders from HOST and resends them at the end of each process. Thus, the following processes are managed through StockSystem: goods receipt, storage, internal handling, material picking, rotating inventory, control, and shipping.Between June and July, the StockSystem software and SMA.I.L:) Voice, testing was done, followed by operator training.

From the beginning of October, the use of the system for goods entry began.

At the end of October, the first inventory was done and then went into full operation with total shipments.

The Partesa Lombardia warehouse computerization project is a concrete case of innovation in logistics and demonstrates the reliability and quality of Replica Sistemi's software products integrated with modern technologies such as Voice.