BT Supply Chain Partners (BT SCP) has teamed up with mobile solutions provider Skillweb to upgrade its existing transport management system that is used to distribute over 20,000 parts each day to 22,000 engineers. The enhanced system, utilising Skillweb’s proven Houndit mobile communication solution, will replace existing distribution processes and is designed to enable the reduction of transport miles travelled by more than 30 per cent in order to minimise costs and environmental impact.

Skillweb has been able to deliver a range of enhancements to the system following an extensive review to identify potential improvements to the IT infrastructure in terms of functionality, running costs and efficiency. This has included the virtualisation of the server hosting, which will reduce power demands from the transport management system by up to 80 per cent, and the use of Houndit’s new Plan-it tool to reduce trip planning times by as much as 75 per cent.

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