Zone Manager is a powerful delivery management solution for construction site logistics. It opens up new ways for our clients to manage their projects. The benefits include:

• Reduce waste - physical and time
• Schedule & use resources efficiently
• One plan in one place - No arguments!
• Smooth demand
• Co-ordinate deliveries and crane or hoist usage
• Reduce day to day management
• Contribute to improved safety through reduced site congestion
• Reduce emissions
• Improve neighbourhood relations
• Let the trade contractors do some of the work for you
• Provide materials Just-In-Time
• Benchmark your performance
• Integrate into your Site Waste Management, Material Logistics, and Construction Logistics Plans
• Improve hook-time efficiency
• Deliver improved profitability

Delivery Management is a key element of a modern logistics on today’s construction sites. Traditionally this has been managed using spreadsheets, paper-based systems or even whiteboards. Modern day constraints on space and time, along with local environmental issues, mean that these methods no longer meet the requirements of an industry which has become accustomed to high-powered 3 and 4D graphical design and planning tools. A site can only be properly managed if the appropriate tools are in place.

The overview that a Delivery Management tool can give makes it possible to identify opportunities for improvement, reducing the number of deliveries by consolidation and smoothing demand. The ability to manage an off-site Holding Area can reduce local congestion and ensure that deliveries arrive on site exactly when required.

There are also practical benefits to be had in day-to-day operations. The traditional methods are often labour intensive, both in terms of entering data and keeping records. With a web based interface Trade Contractors can enter their delivery requests directly themselves, removing the need to laboriously copy details from request sheets. They can also see exactly what deliveries they have booked, and when, so there can be no argument.

Zone Manager is a simple to use, yet powerful software package. From a one-man team using a standalone installation on a PC or laptop, to a multi-user multi-project site, there is a Zone Manager package to suit all our client’s requirements. The browser based web- interface gives secure access to the system for anyone with internet access, including suppliers.