BioBackHaus returnable management: AI counting, container management software and GPS for delivery operations
In day-to-day operations, the value of returnables could hardly be separated from the delivered goods themselves - alongside growing shrinkage and a higher financial impact from thermal containers. BioBackHaus needed reliable data and relief for drivers; PixelEdge provides mobile AI counting, container management software with track and trace and analytics, plus GPS. More about the customer: das-biobackhaus.de
Pain points - and why BioBackHaus needed a solution
BioBackHaus supplies a large network of its own organic bakery shops and partner locations across Berlin and Brandenburg with organic baked goods every day (das-biobackhaus.de). At the same time, large volumes of reusable assets and returnables circulate through the operation - bakery crates, thermal boxes, roll cages, pallets and other load carriers are economically just as relevant as the delivery of fresh products.
With high returnable circulation, the operational value of empty assets was economically in the same order of magnitude as the value of delivered goods - a typical tension in intensive bakery logistics. Shrinkage and inaccuracies became relevant for both accounting and processes and could no longer be pushed into the background.
Thermal containers as the tipping point: With the introduction of the PPWR (EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation), BioBackHaus had to move away from polystyrene boxes; reusable thermal containers became much more important. As their use increased, pressure rose as well: high replacement value, expensive losses and misallocations, and less tolerance for gaps in traceability.
Specific challenges included:
Against this background, BioBackHaus specifically looked for an end-to-end digital solution - fast to implement, suitable for many container types and locations, relieving delivery teams and providing container management software with analytics instead of isolated Excel sheets and paper notes.
Solution: mobile AI counting, container management software and GPS
The requirement: less shrinkage and more clarity at the gate with less effort - without months of rollout. The implemented setup combines mobile AI counting (photo instead of clipboard), container management software with track and trace for movements and central analytics, and GPS-supported assignment. Drivers no longer need to select customers and stops manually; counting and movement data is linked more reliably in the system.
Only two weeks passed between first contact and go-live - a pragmatic approach that helped BioBackHaus move quickly beyond estimates and paper and start working with reliable figures.
Implemented solution and benefits
Technology in detail: Mobile AI counting for crates and containers in logistics · Container management software: track and trace for load carriers and returnables
Das BioBackHaus"The value of our returnables is comparable to that of our deliveries - we no longer wanted to rely on estimates for shrinkage and thermal containers. With mobile AI counting, container management software and GPS, we became productive in a short time and relieved our delivery operations, while all locations are consolidated in one analysis."
Organic bakery · Berlin & Brandenburg
Mobile AI counting where returnables arise
For BioBackHaus returnable management, capture is digitized directly in the delivery process: instead of clipboard and estimates, photos and AI provide reliable quantities - even with mixed stacks or when not every container can be read by barcode. Returnables can be counted via app without scanning every crate individually.
Typical returns such as bakery crates, thermal boxes, roll cages and pallets run through one shared workflow; image-based documentation supports reconciliation and control.
Container management software: transparency over locations and returnable inventories
As a central track-and-trace platform, the container management software bundles count and movement data from many points of sale into one view. Dispatching and controlling gain reliable figures instead of Excel fragments - the basis for spotting shrinkage early and managing the returnable pool.
GPS-supported assignment complements mobile capture: customers and stops no longer have to be assigned manually.
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