from the conferences organized by TANGER Ltd.
<div>In 2023, the subsidiary transport company Doprava TŽ, s.r.o. was merged with the parent steel company Třinecké železárny, a.s. The digitalization of the transport process was integral part of the merger. Before the merger, there was a low level of digitalisation and a high administrative burden in subsidiary company. Data was written by hand in a paper, then repeatedly re-typed into a computer and several times checked. A SQL-based program called EDL (electronical delivery list) was developed by our programmers. Transportation begins with an electronic reservation created by the client, which has a unique ID. Then the dispatcher assigns the reservation to the driver. During the shift, driver fulfils the assigned reservations, which he selects, starts and ends using a hand reader. The progress of the transport is recorded using barcodes and QR codes. All data of the entire transport process from the moment of the reservation to the end of the transport are shared online in program EDL on PC or hand reader. Benefits of implementing the EDL program are reduction of administrative burden for all process participants, significant acceleration of the entire process, continuous control over the entire process, reducing the error rate, increase in productivity, data unification and on-line overview of the entire process. All paper documents were abolished.</div>
Keywords: Digitalization, road freight transport, SQL, hand reader, productivity, process improvement© This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.