How we work
Projects
Client
Kalmar – Cargotec
Technologies
React Native
Industry
Logistics and transportation
Duration
2020 -
About the company
Kalmar is the global leader in sustainable cargo handling for ports, terminals, distribution centers, and heavy industry.
With an extensive electric portfolio and global service network, Kalmar assists clients in transitioning to safer, more environmentally friendly, and efficient operations. Together, they develop innovative solutions that shape the future of the industry, improving customers’ every move.
Kalmar is part of Cargotec. Cargotec’s (Nasdaq Helsinki: CGCBV) sales in 2021 totaled approximately EUR 3.3 billion and employed around 11,500 people.
Challenge #1
Kalmar’s solutions handle 1 in 4 containers globally, and their product range includes various equipment like reachstackers, forklift trucks, terminal tractors, empty container handlers, and straddle carriers.
Most of their machines are too big to be transported in one piece, implicating the need for the commissioning process.
The commissioning process includes inspection, handover, and invoice. In addition, every segment requires paperwork and data entering into several systems.
Challenge #2
Paperwork was handled manually, causing a massive workload and requiring the involvement of numerous stakeholders.
The long and manual process could in some cases result in missing information about the issues on a machine when it was delivered, the timing of its assembly and readiness for customer delivery, and the commencement of the warranty period.
To ensure the top-level customer experience, Kalmar needed a trusted partner to digitalize this process. That’s where Zendev came into the picture.
The solution
We developed a mobile app that digitalized and automated their workflows. The app resulted in a 103% increase in the efficiency of operations and communication with their customers.
THE PRODUCT
Kalmar’s technicians and sales representatives utilize this tool during the commissioning process. It provides them with assembly guidance and a PRI – Product Receipt Inspection checklist, which is used for reporting any deviations.
The standardized process in the app has greatly improved the customer experience, ensuring that every customer receives a machine in perfect condition.
Pictures and written comments are sent directly to the quality teams in the factories, which ensures that future machines will have even higher quality
We ensured the app was user-friendly for all users regardless of their language
Digitalization also enables further automation, such as warranty administration and invoice creation
UX designers played an important role and helped us implement support for 17 languages
Users can enjoy the app’s full potential without any barriers
This process includes assembly guidance, an inspection checklist, a handover checklist, and digital machine acceptance
Anton Sanden
Director QEHS Engineering and BI at Kalmar – Cargotec
Sanel Bojčić knows logistics. As a former Business Process Development Expert at Cargotec, he saw firsthand what slows even the best operations down.
Manual data entry, paperwork, information that never reaches the right person in time. In his words, it was “a hidden enemy.”
We built the solution that eliminated it.
His experience mirrors what we hear across the industry.
Most logistics companies are dealing with the same five challenges, they just don’t always know where to start.
PROVEN IN PRODUCTION
Cargotec has worked with us for almost 7 years. That doesn’t happen by accident. We helped them back then, and we’re still providing maintenance to them today.
