In the planning department at Gerolstein, more than 100 routes in Germany and into neighboring countries are scheduled daily. Mainly beverage retailers or retail sellers are supplied. Besides planning the delivery of goods, the collection of empties and new glasses is also part of the scheduler’s planning task.
The delivery is carried out partly by the company’s own vehicle fleet, partly via fixed external forwarding companies that are extensively familiar with the requirements of Gerolsteiner Brunnen GmbH & Co. KG.
The order data is transferred daily form SAP to Cargo via interface. The route planning and vehicle assignment is carried out in Cargo. After route scheduling is finished, the routes are transferred to SAP.
After coming back from the tour and after the amount of empties to be returned is known, the delivery notes for the empties are transfered from SAP to Cargo, where thy are considered in the freight calculation.
At regular intervals credit memos for the external forwarding companies are generated in Cargo. On the one hand these are based on the transportation orders with the corresponding delivery notes for the empties and on the other hand the terms and conditions agreed with the forwarding companies, which are available in the Cargo. The credit memos are transferred via interface to SAP, which induces the payment.
