HCL Volt MX Unifies Operations For Commercial Explosives Company

The Solution

You know your business, just like this global expert of commercial explosives knows theirs. They required a solution which internal resources could mold and shape to become whatever they needed it to be.

HCL Volt MX provides a comprehensive mobile solution, replacing its three existing systems with a single application. It’s fully integrated with their SAP backend and third-party “Track and Trace” systems. The development team also retired aging hardware in favor of modern Android Zebra TC53x devices to support a modern user interface.

Delivering significant improvements in user experience and operational efficiency, the application’s key functionalities include:

• Offline-first syncing: The app stores data locally and syncs when connectivity becomes available. This capability proves critical for remote locations.
• Driver validation: Operators can verify items in the truck, make inventory changes during loading, and print the inventory when they’re in the truck.
• Haptics and sensory feedback: The app provides voice confirmation and a quick vibration for good scans, as well as voice warnings with continuous vibration for errors. The haptic notification is useful in noisy environments where they may not be able to keep their eyes on their screens.
• Smart validation: The system checks TTE inventory against compliance rules to prevent duplicate scans. Users can also reverse barcode scan errors.
• Picking/picking confirmation: Streamlining the process of selecting the correct explosives for delivery.
• Customer receipt (goods receipt): Capturing customer acknowledgment upon delivery of goods, replacing paper with instant digital signatures.
• Packing: Guaranteed correct packaging and labeling of explosives before shipment.
• Order fulfillment and inventory management: Automatic updates to the SAP system once goods are dispatched, including fully visible and manageable stock transfers across locations. Real-time inventory audits to maintain accurate stock levels.
• Printing labels and manifests: Simplification of label creation for products and shipping manifests.
• Barcode scanning: Use of barcodes to track products efficiently throughout the supply chain. Data tables optimize rapid trigger scanning, which prevents workflow bottlenecks at the loading dock.