At a Glance

Mono Pumps is the leading Australian manufacturer of progressive cavity pumps, solar pumps, grinders, screens and packaged solutions. Mono first began manufacturing progressive cavity pumps in 1935. They have continued to engineer industry-leading pump ranges for over 70 years. Mono has a global network of manufacturing plants, offices and distribution centres, with sites based in: Manchester UK, Melbourne Australia, Houston USA, Auckland New Zealand, Shanghai China, Rebeuville France and Buenos Aires Argentina.

“With SmartFreight Enterprise our whole aspect of ordering, despatching and tracking of freight has become simpler and much more efficient.

For example our users still use our current AS400 system to do most processing and only need to refer to the SmartFreight system when reconciling carrier invoices and running various reports. The interface between our systems has provided a better traceability of orders and courier details. This means customer inquiries as to freight location can be handled faster. Also the costs can be tracked and recorded against freight recovery.

For any company shipping freight SmartFreight Enterprise by Interactive Freight Systems should be the natural extension of their freight portfolio”

Julie Rowe
Systems Administrator
Mono Pumps
338-348 Lower Dandenong Rd, Mordialloc, Victoria, Australia
www.mono-pumps.com

Client
Mono Pumps
Key Achievement
Increased despatch efficiencies and major freight cost reductions
Provider
SmartFreight Australia
Solution
SmartFreight Enterprise

Objective

  • To streamline despatch operations to a unified single system across 7 warehouses nationally.
  • Ability for solution to allow for a bi-directional seamless interface with proprietary internal warehousing platform on a IBM AS400 server
  • The need to implement automatic and seamless Least Cost Routing and automatic freight invoice reconciliation to offset freight costs
  • An effective solution where all locations could report on all freight movements and accurate freight costs automatically back to their Head Office in Victoria
  • Increased customer service response times to accurately answer clients enquiries on freight movements

Solution

SmartFreight Enterprise with a focus on integration, multicarrier ability, Least Cost Routing, freight tracking and carrier invoice reconciliation

Achievements

  • Significant freight cost savings through Least Cost Routing and accurate invoice reconciliation of freight charges
  • Instant access to carriers freight tracking facilities direct through SmartFreight Enterprise instant search function
  • Reporting capabilities an all freight movements from all 7 locations to a central nexus
  • Bi-directional seamless interface with in-house ordering systems automating picking and despatching of freight