Your ERP already knows what is going where. Sales orders, pick lists, ship dates, customer sites. That layer is solid for most packaging plants I visit. It still cannot load the dock. Knowing the order book is not the same as building an axle-legal trailer, clustering multi-drops, or deciding which
Walk most packaging yards and you will still find the spreadsheet after the ERP. The ERP holds the orders. The sheet holds the truth the dock actually uses. Who is on which trailer. Which drops share a run. What got bumped when production slipped an hour. That sheet is where
Mileage is a result. Constraints come first. The shortest route on the map is often the one that never leaves the yard.
Why “knowing the industry” matters more than ever In packaging and logistics, every extra mile on a truck costs money, carbon and customer goodwill. The old way—spreadsheets, guesswork and generic SaaS tools—leaves too many variables to chance. KickSix proves that real innovation starts with people who live the
Why “Cluster‑Your‑Orders” Is the New Money‑Saving Engine for Shippers Imagine you have ten small parcels headed to three nearby towns. Instead of sending a separate truck for each stop, you bundle those orders into one route, load them together and let the driver follow an optimized path.
The hidden cost of “silos” In many packaging plants, transport planning lives in its own spreadsheet while production runs on an ERP and the warehouse runs a WMS. When these systems don’t talk to each other you get: * Empty‑truck miles – trucks leave half‑full because the loading plan
*Target audience: transport planners & fleet managers* 📦 The Myth of “Cubing” Every seasoned loader knows the phrase “fill the cube.” It’s tempting to think that maximizing volume alone guarantees a profitable haul. In reality, cubing is only half the battle. A container or trailer may be packed to the
When the ERP Says *Ship*, but No One Knows *How* 📦 Your MIS/ERP can tell you that 10 000 units of product X must leave the plant today. That’s great – the system has consolidated demand, inventory and production plans into a single number. The problem starts the moment that
The Spreadsheet Trap Most logistics teams still rely on Excel sheets, email threads and gut‑feel to decide how many pallets fit into a trailer. It feels cheap – until the numbers don’t add up. * 🧮 Human error: One misplaced decimal or an outdated SKU dimension can turn a perfectly packed
With Clockwork by KickSix, packaging manufacturers achieve: ✅ Up to 20% higher trailer fill rates ✅ Reduced CO₂ emissions through efficient routing ✅ Lower transport costs by aligning production, warehousing & delivery ✅ Happier customers thanks to reliable on-time deliveries It’s about turning complexity into clarity and cost into value. 👉 Ready to see
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At KickSix, we know that transport planning shouldn’t be a guessing game. That’s why we built Clockwork designed to bring structure, clarity and automation into one of the least digitised processes in packaging. Here’s how it works: 1️⃣ Links MES, Warehouse & ERP – integrating the systems that