On the third attempt Winweb
The German Schönecke GmbH has recently been working with Winweb – after Managing Director Henner Schönecke had initially opted for other software companies in 2001 and 2010. And today regrets it: “If I had chosen Winweb right away, we would have been spared a lot of effort.”
He can rely on his chickens: Egg sales are the focus of Henner Schönecke's family business.
A consolation for Schönecke: “The switch to winweb-food went almost smoothly.” He knew it very differently from the last switch in 2010 and does not like to remember it. “All the more pleasing that we started planning with Winweb in May 2022 and were able to start as early as October.” The first week with the new system was a little bumpy, but all in all it was “a dream switch,” says Schönecke, delighted. “For this project, we broke new ground,” says Winweb Managing Director Willi von Berg. “We integrated the specific special features of the egg trade into our standard software winweb-food, which until now has mainly been used in the meat industry.”
Eggs are sorted automatically
The poultry company Schönecke sorts and packs eggs from its own production and from a small circle of selected suppliers. For this purpose, the eggs are automatically sorted by size and quality in the egg sorting system and posted in winweb- food. Origin information such as farming method, farm of origin and laying date are transferred directly to theCharge stored and added to the ERP system as information. In addition, all crates and cartons used for transporting the eggs receive labels with the relevant information - printed directly from the system. "All of this helps significantly to provide relevant data," says Winweb project manager Michael Hermanns. Complete Inventory management and the associated traceability are thus guaranteed. In this way, data transmission from winweb-food to the KAT database for controlled alternative animal husbandry can also be completed with a click of the mouse. The fact that this works well in practice was shown by the last organic inspection at the beginning of June: “In the past, we often had deviations in the ton range”, recalls Schönecke. “After the introduction of winweb- food, traceability only took a quick half hour and in the end we only had a deviation of a few kilos.”
“After the introduction of winweb-food, the Traceabilityonly took half an hour.“
In the egg sorting facility information such as farming method, farm of origin and laying date are stored directly in the batch.
Reliable labeling
Another large area at Schönecke is the trade in fresh poultry and sausage as well as selected meat specialties. Here, the prerequisite for seamless inventory management is the reliable labeling of the goods. Therefore, since the introduction of winweb-food, all items have been recorded in the ERP system upon goods receipt: “We scan the barcodes of the incoming products and the system reads the relevant data for inventory management from the information provided by the various suppliers”, says Schönecke. Should the Labelson the goods illegible or not present at all, stickers can be created with winweb-food itself. This guarantees that all items in inventory are labeled. “Through consistent labeling, we always have an exact overview of our inventory”, says Schönecke. “And less work, because the recording of incoming products was firmly integrated into the workflow.” Because mobile data capture devices are used in the process, workflows are optimized even further and employees' routes are significantly shortened. “We also use the scanners for order picking and for inventories”, says Schönecke. This reduces errors and ensures fasterOrder picking.
“Through consistent labeling, we always have an exact overview of our stock and less work, since the recording of incoming products has been firmly integrated into the workflow.”
Henner Schönecke checks the current receipt of eggs at the sorting machine in winweb-food.
Complex evaluations
winweb-food also guarantees the EDI connection to suppliers and major customers. To simplify collaboration with Schönecke trading partners, the recording of orders, electronic delivery order notifications as well as invoice transmission was implemented with Winweb’s own EDI converter – which is significantly more efficient and less prone to errors. “The fact that the delivery notes are sent by the system means they now reach our partners faster than the goods themselves,” explains Schönecke. “The number of EDI messages with the different requirements of the various partners was a small challenge,” says Hermanns. “But with our routine and our prior knowledge from other projects, we were able to implement the connection quickly.” Managing Director Schönecke is pleased that many things are much easier and faster with winweb-food: “Even complex Evaluationsare created with just a few clicks and automatically executed and sent if desired.” But there is still a lot to do on both sides: Soon, documents in the Document management systembe collected: incoming invoices posted via winweb food, cost invoices, certificates or delivery notes. Everything is then automatically assigned to the appropriate process via barcode recognition. The delivery drivers at Schönecke could use the Winweb-Deposit goods app use that simplifies empties returns and delivery note processing. And Winweb could consider how the value chain of eggs can be mapped in the ERP system. “An interesting task”, says Hermanns. “Until now, we had nothing to do with eggs, but that has changed since Schönecke. We are now continuing to expand our expertise in everything related to chickens”, says the Winweb project manager, who is looking forward to the new topic.
Images: Schönecke, Melahn
Published in Fleisch & Co
Winweb Content Team
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