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BoxIT Warehouse Management transforms the way businesses manage their warehouse operations with a state-of-the-art system built to enhance efficiency at every level. With BoxIT, you gain full visibility and control over your inventory and supply chain — from goods receipt to final dispatch.

Our intelligent platform automates key processes, minimises human error, and optimises storage space, resulting in smoother workflows and improved productivity. By harnessing real-time data, BoxIT enhances inventory accuracy, streamlines order fulfilment, and ensures materials are available exactly when needed.

Whether you operate a distribution centre or a retail warehouse, BoxIT empowers you with the tools to create a streamlined, high-performing operation that supports growth and drives lasting success.

Asset & Personnel Tracking Solution

Our Asset and Personnel Tracking system provides a powerful platform for monitoring and managing both assets and personnel across large sites or property portfolios. Designed for maximum visibility and control, it enables you to track patrol activities, oversee asset locations, and maintain compliance with safety inspections and audits. The web-based management dashboard ensures precise data capture and comprehensive reporting, helping you safeguard resources and uphold exceptional standards of efficiency and safety.

Smart Patrol

Ideal for organisations responsible for managing and patrolling large facilities or estates, Smart Patrol delivers full visibility of your premises and tracks routine patrol activities in real time. It also enables asset tracking, giving management a clear overview of the location and status of all valuable on-site resources. The system ensures accurate data collection to support compliance with safety checks and audits — all seamlessly managed through an intuitive web-based administration platform.

Smart Entry

Smart Entry monitors personnel movements in and out of secured areas, instantly recording and reporting any unauthorised access attempts. This ensures enhanced site security and accountability at all times.

Our Warehouse Management Solutions deliver complete visibility and control across your inventory and supply chain operations. From goods receipt to final dispatch, the system streamlines workflows, automates repetitive tasks, and optimises warehouse space utilisation.

By minimising errors and improving handling efficiency, our WMS simplifies every stage of warehouse management. Through real-time data integration and process automation, it enhances operational performance and ensures accurate, on-time order fulfilment — empowering you to manage your supply chain seamlessly from the distribution centre to the retail shelf.

Our Inventory Management System (SIMS) is a powerful yet intuitive mobile application designed to simplify stock-taking and inventory control. Perfect for small to medium-sized businesses, SIMS enables users to scan inventory data and effortlessly export it into spreadsheets that can be integrated with a wide range of back-end systems.

The app streamlines essential warehouse operations — including stock booking, put-away, goods dispatch, and stock audits — without the need for complex IT infrastructure. With its user-friendly interface and comprehensive features, SIMS is the ideal solution for businesses seeking efficient, accurate, and flexible inventory management.

Our Mobile Point of Sale (mPoS) solution transforms the retail checkout experience by empowering staff to complete transactions, accept payments, and print receipts directly from the queue. This eliminates long lines and reduces waiting times during busy periods or promotional events.

Customers can also take advantage of a convenient 2D barcode generated by the app, allowing for a swift and seamless checkout at the register. Suitable for both small boutiques and large retail chains, our mPoS system enhances customer satisfaction and boosts operational efficiency by streamlining the payment process and eliminating checkout bottlenecks.

Our RFID Solutions deliver advanced, high-precision tracking and management of assets and inventory. Leveraging radio-frequency identification technology, they provide real-time visibility of materials and products — from raw components to finished goods.

These systems simplify inventory control, improve traceability across the production process, and enable efficient monitoring of work-in-progress (WIP) items. They also assist in identifying defective or non-compliant products, allowing for rapid recalls and ensuring higher levels of product safety and regulatory compliance.

With our RFID solutions, you gain actionable insights, reduce manual intervention, and enhance overall operational efficiency across your supply chain.

Our Mobile Sales and Service solutions are designed to optimise field operations for both sales and service teams. For sales teams, the platform simplifies inventory management, real-time data capture, and order processing, giving representatives easy access to product information, optimized routing, and seamless CRM integration.

For service teams, these solutions enhance scheduling, dispatch, and inventory oversight, automating repetitive tasks and balancing workloads efficiently. Together, they boost operational productivity, improve customer interactions, and reduce costs — ultimately driving better service delivery and higher customer satisfaction.

Our mobile solutions, including advanced mobile software and rugged handheld devices, are tailored for the fast-paced warehousing and manufacturing sectors. Our clients leverage these solutions in a variety of ways to enhance operational efficiency and productivity.

• Real-time Tracking: Goods and materials are tracked, recorded, and shared minute by minute, reducing errors, shortening cycle times, and lowering labour costs.

• Eliminate Paperwork: Warehouse staff no longer need to return to desktop computers to print forms before picking orders. Paper-based processes are replaced with electronic forms for tasks such as:

  • Stock booking

  • Replenishment

  • Picking

  • Quality control

  • Packing

• Direct Task Assignment: Picking lists and tasks can be sent directly to workers, no matter their location.

• Efficient Data Capture: Barcode scanning enables quick, accurate, and efficient updating of central databases to track goods and materials.

• Optimised Storage: RFID tagging ensures stock is placed in the correct locations for easy retrieval.

• Full Visibility: Real-time data on inventory and movement is always available, allowing you to make informed decisions and improve productivity.

Our mobile solutions empower your warehouse and manufacturing operations to run smoothly, efficiently, and cost-effectively.

Clients seeking to enhance compliance and auditing processes partner with Portech to streamline data collection, improve accuracy, and provide regulators with complete audit trails. The advantages of adopting mobile technology for compliance are significant.

• Boost Efficiency and Reduce Costs: Most audits and checks now occur away from the desk. Continuing to rely on paper-based processes for data collection and task allocation leads to inefficiencies, inaccuracies, and unnecessary costs.

• Increase Business Productivity: By replacing manual spreadsheets and printed reports with mobile solutions, our clients have eliminated dependence on paper forms for audits, statutory inspections, safety-critical work monitoring, periodic checks, and facilities management.

• Simplify Compliance Officers’ Work: Custom mobile software for compliance allows auditors to conduct multiple types of audits without being overwhelmed by documents or manual forms. Benefits include:

  • Time savings through partially automated audits

  • Enhanced corporate governance, operational efficiency, and overall business performance

  • Integration of visual data (photos, videos, etc.) directly into electronic forms, which can be sent to headquarters for immediate review

These solutions add value to audits, provide verifiable proof for critical inspections, and make compliance processes faster, more accurate, and more effective.

We help healthcare providers connect with colleagues, access patient information, and deliver care efficiently from anywhere within a hospital or clinic.

Custom Healthcare Applications Include:

• Medication administration

• Nursing orders

• Medical tracking

• Positive patient identification

• Patient tracking

• Asset management

• Medical rounds

• Staff identification

• Prescriptions

• Patient monitoring

• Inventory and supplies management

• Patient history access

In healthcare, timely access to information is critical. Our mobile solutions deliver vital data directly at the point of care.

Benefits of Our Healthcare Mobility Solutions:

• Equip healthcare workers with mobile tools to enhance patient care and boost productivity

• Instant data capture using barcode scanning

• Immediate delivery of critical messages through mobile devices

• Access to real-time data anywhere, enabling tasks such as:

  • Verifying patient identity via barcode scanning to ensure correct medication administration

  • Viewing up-to-date treatment information while attending to patients

Our solutions empower healthcare teams to make informed decisions quickly and efficiently, improving both patient safety and operational effectiveness.

Our mobile enterprise solutions are helping businesses across the UK improve customer service, boost loyalty, and drive repeat purchases. In certain applications, companies have been able to generate up to 30–40% of gross revenue from service and support activities.

Case Study: See how we streamlined operations for Vimto Out of Home.

For businesses looking to unlock this profitable revenue stream, Portech offers the following benefits:

• Enhanced Communication: Field service automation tracks every stage of the service process, providing real-time updates to headquarters, generating invoices, and even collecting payments on-site. This ensures accurate dispatching and timely completion of work orders.

• Increased Productivity of Mobile Workers: By granting access to customer records during service calls, mobile teams can complete more jobs per day, often adding an extra call or more.

• Automatic ERP and CRM Updates: Mobile technicians can input work orders, parts, labor, mileage, and customer notes directly into ERP or CRM systems. This information can be shared enterprise-wide within minutes over wireless networks or within hours via wired connections, giving businesses a competitive advantage.

• Faster Decision-Making: Wireless configurations enable real-time event tracking, allowing organizations to respond quickly, optimise resource utilisation, and proactively address potential issues.

Portech’s mobile enterprise solutions help businesses streamline operations, improve efficiency, and unlock new revenue opportunities through superior service delivery.

Our PortechFMS solution supports one of the UK’s most established independent meter reading companies, delivering streamlined data collection, fast data transfer, efficient job allocation, and real-time visibility into field staff activities.

If you want to upgrade your meter reading technology, we can design a bespoke solution tailored to your needs. But don’t just take our word for it:

Tracy Sanderson, Business Analyst at Lowri Beck, says:"PortechFMS has boosted our competitiveness. Our field staff can handle more calls, including ad-hoc requests, mobile software updates are done remotely, full communication is maintained while staff are in the field, and operatives have an easy-to-manage console that speeds up data entry and reduces cost per call."

How Lowri Beck Uses PortechFMS:

• Field staff capture smart meter readings automatically on mobile devices while walking through the installation area.

• For non-intelligent meters, partially automated readings are performed using unique ID barcodes, confirming the correct address.

• Access to historical data, including previous readings, installation dates, tampering, or damage history, is available instantly.

• Mobility solutions also support service management by assigning new meter installations or service requests to field workers in real time, reducing delays and improving response times.

Our solutions are adaptable to a wide range of client requirements, helping each business optimize field operations, improve efficiency, and deliver faster, more accurate services.

Mobile Concierge SolutionsWe can develop mobile solutions that allow hotel concierges to manage reservations, book taxis or limousines, and assist with guest checkouts while moving freely throughout the property.

Mobile Systems for Guest ServicesEquip staff with handheld mobile devices to complete the full check-in process anywhere — at the curb, in the lobby, or even in the hotel bar. Our software can securely capture credit, debit, and loyalty card details (including Chip and PIN), as well as driver’s license information. Guests can enjoy premium services such as instantly summoning a porter to deliver luggage immediately upon check-in, eliminating queues and creating a memorable first impression.

Mobile Solutions for Maintenance and Facilities ManagementOur software supports reception, housekeeping, and facilities teams by streamlining maintenance workflows. Tasks can be assigned instantly to the correct department, with detailed instructions and standards available on the mobile device. Task statuses are updated in real time, enabling managers to track outstanding jobs efficiently.

Mobile Handhelds, Software, and Apps for RestaurantsWe help restaurants eliminate inefficiencies and errors by providing staff with mobile tools for peak operational performance:

• Wireless table-side ordering allows waiters to enter orders directly into a mobile device, eliminating trips to the POS, misread handwriting, and delays.

• Menus are updated in real time, removing unavailable items immediately.

• Nutrition and ingredient details can be displayed for each dish, helping staff answer customer queries about allergens or dietary preferences.

• Mobile solutions let waiters focus on guest interaction rather than running around the restaurant.

• Managers can view a snapshot of each table, including occupancy time and availability for new reservations.

• Payments can be processed at the table, with receipts printed on the spot using a mobile printer.

Our mobile solutions enhance efficiency, improve service quality, and deliver a seamless guest experience across hotels and restaurants.