Optimized Rack management
With BOX ID, companies digitalize their rack circulation. Rack locations, inventory, and circulation become transparent, allowing transport racks to be managed efficiently and returned faster.
Our clients
Racks without a clear overview
Transport racks circulate between production facilities, customers, construction sites, and partners. Without reliable location and inventory data, their movements, dwell times, and return status remain unclear.
The result is long circulation times, extensive coordination efforts, unnecessary replacement purchases, and increased tied-up capital.
No centralized visibility of locations and inventory
Unknown circulation and dwell times
High effort for search and coordination
High purchases and tied-up capital
Hidden Inefficiencies
Many companies have too many racks but still experience bottlenecks. A lack of data on locations, inventory, and circulation prevents active management. Racks remain with customers and partners for too long, get lost, or are unnecessarily reordered – driving up costs, tied-up capital, and reducing availability.
Non-Transparent Circulation
Racks move between production sites, customers, construction sites, and partners. Without automated tracking, their location, movements, and circulation status often remain unknown.
Oversized Fleets
A lack of transparency is balanced by excessive safety stock. Companies purchase additional racks despite having sufficient assets - in circulation.
Lack of Inventory Overview
Inventory is managed decentralized in lists or individual systems, leaving no consolidated view of locations, quantities, and availability.
Unclear Return Process
Return deadlines and responsibilities are unclear. As a result, racks remain with customers for too long or disappear within the network.
Delayed Response
Bottlenecks, long dwell times, and deviations only become visible when racks are already missing from production, loading, or assembly.
Manual Coordination
Emails, spreadsheets, and phone calls cannot replace a shared data source. Decision-making remains slow, time-consuming, and prone to errors.
Digital Rack Management
BOX ID digitally connects transport racks and creates a central database for locations, inventory, and circulation. Companies can identify discrepancies early, manage returns proactively, and optimize fleet size, availability, and capital investment.
IoT devices track racks in circulation. Their locations and movements are automatically displayed in BOX ID.
All racks, locations, and status information are consolidated within one centralized platform.
Dwell times, return deadlines, and responsibilities become transparent. Overdue racks can precisely be reclaimed.
Usage and circulation data show where inventory can be reduced, rack distribution improved, and unnecessary purchases avoided.
Transparency for everyone
Rack circulation involves production planning, rack management, logistics, and controlling. BOX ID provides every stakeholder with reliable data on locations, inventory, and circulation, ensuring racks are deployed where needed, returned faster, and managed more efficiently.
Production Planning
Plans rack requirements and availability for manufacturing and shipping. BOX ID provides up-to-date inventory levels and reliable circulation data instead of manual estimates.
Rack Management
Monitors locations, inventory, dwell times, and returns. BOX ID provides the central foundation for managing the entire rack fleet.
Logistics & Dispatch
Coordinates deliveries, returns, and rack distribution. BOX ID identifies returns and operational deviations at an early stage.
Management & Controlling
Analyzes inventory, utilization, and costs. BOX ID identifies opportunities to reduce fleet size, replacement purchases, and tied-up capital.
Status updates on the construction site
BOX ID enables mobile data logging via the BOX ID app to ensure efficient rack circulation. Drivers, dispatchers, and other process participants can record deliveries, pickups, and status updates directly on site.
The app transmits all information to the BOX ID platform – structured and in a context-aware format without data loss. The result: Location, status, and movement data of racks is available for planning and operational control.
Get more out of every rack
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Less Loss
Rack locations and movements become transparent. Losses and unnecessary replacement purchases can be reduced significantly - by up to 95% in practice.
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Less Capital Tied Up
Demand-based fleet sizing reduces investment in additional racks and frees up working capital - by up to 20 % on average.
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Smaller Fleets
Available racks are utilized more efficiently and returned faster. Excess safety stock can typically be reduced by 10 to 15 %.
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Less Manual Work
Automated data and notifications reduce phone calls, emails, spreadsheets, and time-consuming inventory checks.
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Faster Returns
Dwell times and overdue racks are identified early, allowing returns to be managed proactively and according to priority.
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Higher Availability
Racks are available exactly where they are needed for production, shipping, or delivery. Potential bottlenecks become visible early.
What our customers say about BOX ID
Reduce costs, convince customers
"Working with BOX ID Systems, we were able to optimize costs for operating shuttle packaging in a Siemens unit by implementing BOX ID's asset tracking and monitoring solution. In addition to transparency and cost savings, we also achieved higher customer satisfaction."
Ralf Dupal
Senior Consultant Production & Logistics, Siemens Advanta Consulting
Better decisions, faster
"When we began our partnership with BOX ID, we were truly impressed. Their deep knowledge of the logistics industry and their expertise are simply excellent. The platform is easy to use and provides managers and operations leaders with the insights they need to make better, faster, and fact-based decisions. BOX ID has proven they are able to handle complexity and deliver powerful out-of-the-box reporting solutions."
Sam Sharief
COO, Thinxtra, The IoT Telco
Cost-effective ERP integration
"CANCOM chose Sigfox and BOX ID because the tracking solution via 0G network connectivity is particularly energy-efficient, low-maintenance, and cost-effective for digitization and load carrier management. The solution offers significant advantages over alternative services we tested based on 3G/4G/5G cellular networks, as it allows us to cost-effectively integrate load carriers into ERP and the solution works without roaming fees. The streamlined handling in the very intuitive backend also convinced us."
Stephan Huber
Manager Operations Service Factory, Cancom
Always on top of inventory
"With the BOX ID solution, we always have our rack inventory in view – transparency and flexibility that really positively impact our business."
Daniel Freund
Managing Director, Weha-Therm
Measurably optimized logistics
"Damage to packages is avoided, transport on the truck is space-saving, we save packaging aids like film, transport to individual areas is faster, and process steps are optimized.
Roland Huber
Logistics Project Management, FEGA & Schmitt
No need for new purchases
"Since we implemented the BOX ID solution, we get empty racks back from our customers much faster, always have enough racks available, and haven't needed to buy new ones."
Asta-Magdalena Suttner
Purchasing / Marketing, Glashandelsgesellschaft Profi mbH
Real-time transparency
"We were able to integrate process mining in the testing phase and quickly gained helpful insights into how our load carriers actually perform."
Diana Förster
Logistics, INDEX Werke
Proven in the glass industry
More than 30 companies in the glass and window industry rely on BOX ID to manage their rack fleets and circulation transparently. Tens of thousands of connected racks demonstrate that the solution scales seamlessly from a single site to enterprise-wide networks.
Over 30 customers
Companies in the glass, window, and facade construction industries use BOX ID for the digital management of their transport rack fleets.
Tens of thousands of racks
From individual production sites to large rack multi-location networks: The platform is designed for high volumes and scalability.
Gestellpool Europe
The GESAid solution, jointly developed by Gestellpool Europe and BOX ID, is a cost-effective industry solution for the digital management of transport racks in the glass, window and façade construction sector. The joint product combines IoT tracking, data processing, networking, processes and operational services in a single system.
Integrated Industry Solution
End-to-end transport rack management in a single product
IoT-Tracking
Available at one-third of the standard market purchase price
Clear control
Make your rack circulation transparent, accelerate returns, and optimize inventory and availability.
Why digital rack management?
Answers to the most frequently asked questions about managing rack fleets in the glass and window construction industry.
Why is digital rack management useful?
A lack of transparency leads to long dwell times, losses, and unnecessary replacement purchases. Digital rack data enables proactive management of inventory, circulation, and returns.
How are racks identified?
The racks are equipped with suitable IoT technology. Depending on the application, stationary or mobile gateways track locations, movements, and relevant events.
Can multiple locations and partners be integrated?
What are the benefits in day-to-day operations?
How can racks be tracked at construction sites and customer locations?
Open circulation loops across construction sites, dealers, and installation partners can also be managed digitally. This provides visibility into where racks were last identified and how long they remained at a specific location.
Can different rack types be managed within the same system?
Do existing racks need to be replaced?
No. In most cases, existing rack fleets can be retrofitted with suitable IoT technology and gradually digitalized.
Does the solution also work outdoors?
Yes. Depending on the use case, trackers or robust beacons can be combined with stationary gateways. This enables racks to be tracked not only indoors, but also in outdoor areas, loading yards, or construction sites.
How are long dwell times detected?
Custom dwell time rules can be defined for individual locations and recipients. If predefined thresholds are exceeded, affected racks are automatically identified and can be returned proactively.
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