ICT Truck & Trailer Parts captures the dimensions, weight and photos of its parts with mobile dimensioning on an iPad. With a Flux flow the team set up themselves, processing new articles became about 4 times faster.
The lifts are only as good as the data
ICT Truck & Trailer Parts runs 10 warehouses. Their central warehouse covers 42,000 m², holds 35,000 parts in stock and handles more than 700 orders a day.
Last year, ICT invested in eight Hänel Lean-Lifts and in Flux. More than 2,300 articles now sit in the lifts, and each one needs an accurate weight, dimensions and a photo. Suppliers cannot always deliver that data, so ICT has to capture it themselves.
A mini studio, a tape measure and an Excel sheet
ICT started by doing everything by hand. The team bought a mini photo studio, placed each article in it and took a photo. Afterwards, they linked the part number to the photo. Dimensions were measured by hand, and the article went on a weighing scale. Everything was noted in Excel.
When Koen looked for a way to automate this, he first found multi-tool stations: a trolley with a scanner, a weighing scale and a camera.
Mobile dimensioning in a flow they set up themselves
Koen came across the mobile dimensioning app, Flux, by Optioryx. After the first contact, ICT could start straight away.
ICT built its own Flux flow, so the steps match exactly what their master data needs. When a new article comes in, the operator takes the iPad and starts the flow:
The last step captures photos of the part, not only for the webshop, but also so packers and shippers can recognise it.
Uniform photos without editing
Flux removes the background from every product photo automatically, so the photos are ready to use as soon as they are taken.
4x faster processing
Since ICT started using Flux, adding a new article to their master data takes about a quarter of the time it used to. All the data lands in one place instead of in separate photo folders and spreadsheets.
About ICT Truck & Trailer Parts
ICT Truck & Trailer Parts supplies parts for trucks and trailers from 10 warehouses, nine in Belgium and one in northern France. The central warehouse covers 42,000 m², holds 35,000 parts in stock and handles more than 700 orders a day.
Questions?
Yes, to capture accurate measurements of items you do require to have a compatible device. Compatible devices include: iPad Pro (2020+) or iPhone 13 Pro+
For most warehouse operations, yes. Mobile dimensioning covers the same use cases (inbound measurement, freight rating, carton selection) without the fixed-position limitation or capital cost. The main exception is high-speed conveyor-integrated scanning where a static system processes 1,000+ items per hour at a single point. In that scenario, static hardware remains the better choice for that specific bottleneck.
SKUs measure to within 1 cm. Pallets are within 2 to 3 cm, and other large items land in the same range. That is well inside what freight rating, box selection and master data need.
Yes, the mobile dimensioning solution supports various other modules such as scanning barcodes, OCR scanning, AI scanning, taking photos, custom data points, or notes, giving you a complete data record.