2ic increases its footprint across New Zealand

April 11, 2011 - PRLog -- With pallet savings already estimated at least $10,000 per year and growing, Sanitarium New Zealand is the latest customer across the Tasman to utilise 2ic Pallets. They join many New Zealand logistics leaders that are already enjoying more efficient pallet control thanks to 2ic, including Fresh Direct, Linfox, Coca Cola, Visy, Supercheap Auto and more.

Peter Levett, Distribution Manager at Sanitarium New Zealand, first looked into 2ic to assist in the management of over 10,000 pallets after a friend working at Linfox (another 2ic customer) was 'raving about it!’

Prior to installation, Sanitarium utilised a combination of spreadsheets and manual forms to manage pallets. Peter sought an independent system with the capability of automatically reconciling with CHEP, and 2ic Pallets proved to be the perfect fit.

Summarizing his experience with 2ic Pallets, Peter commented: "It’s simple to use, you don’t have to be an IT guru, but the reporting functions are detailed and clearly display growth and balances on a weekly basis.”

Peter estimates savings of at least $10,000 per year and growing, while emphasizing that “the potential cost / risk of not having a system such as this is huge.”

"2ic assist us in the process," he continued. "It is a tool that makes the whole weekly reconciliation easy to control and one that enables me to know what is on hand without using forms and spreadsheets. We feel like we now have control back with us."

Once the business case was made, Sanitarium utilised 2ic Software's free trial for a short period of time. Peter only needed a few weeks to recognize that 2ic Pallets was a perfect fit.

"What I like about 2ic is that they have been willing to customise certain features to adapt it to the New Zealand market,” Peter commented. “They are responsive and clearly understand the business we are in."

Peter would like to see more suppliers and trading partners utilising the system. “Anything that controls pallets in the FMCG industry is good for us,” he offered, “and the more people working with it the easier it makes it for us!"  2ic is clearly the best available tool for pallet control out there, he concluded.

To find out how 2ic Pallets can help improve the efficiency of your pallet management system, visit http://www.2icsoftware.com.

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ABOUT 2ic Pallets and 2ic Software
2ic Pallets is the world’s leading pallet tracking and pallet reconciliation software. Produced and supported by 2ic Software, it delivers cost savings to over 300 clients in Australia, New Zealand, England and United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, USA, Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia. 2ic Pallets helps to prevents pallet losses. It is a tool developed for pallet controllers to accurately record and track pallet or other reusable asset movements and reconcile pallet bills for multiple locations and multiple pallet pools. For more information, visit http://www.2icsoftware.com.

ABOUT Sanitarium New Zealand
Sanitarium has proudly been a 100% NZ owned company for more than 100 years. Focused on health and well being, Sanitarium offers a variety of healthy foods, education resources and community programs such as the Weet-Bix Tryathalon series and Kickstart Breakfast in Schools. For more information, visit http://www.sanitarium.co.nz.