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Is it Time to Introduce Automated Cubing and Weighing into your Palletised Freight Business?

2020-02-06T09:25:55+10:30 22nd April 2019|

Big money revenue leakage as a result of customers’ mis-declaring the weight and dimensions of their parcels is a core challenge for express freight providers. However, the same also holds true – on an even bigger scale – for many shippers of palletised freight. Increasingly more freight carriers are using the CubiScan 1200 AKL for automated cubing and weighing of their palletised freight.   At first glance it would seem that LCL (less than container load), LTL (less than truck lo… Read More

SCACO Book Significant Orders for Measurement Automation in Dec and Jan

2019-06-26T10:26:26+09:30 5th February 2019|

It has been Ho! Ho! Ho! for the Holiday Season at SCACO! We’re delighted to announce significant orders were booked in December and January for a wide range of measurement automation solutions in both Australia and Singapore. Success in Singapore SCACO’s General Manager Tim Francis says: “We’ve timed our 2018 entry in to Singapore just right. Following on from years of high-level performance and solution delivery experience with Australia’s top logistics companies like Australia Post a… Read More

Cochrane’s Transport Choose SCACO for Dimensioning Automation

2019-06-26T11:42:43+09:30 8th May 2017|

Cochrane’s, the iconic South Australian transport business founded by owner Peter Cochrane, has chosen to partner with SCACO for their new parcel barcode scanning, weighing, and dimensioning automation system. The Adelaide-based freight business originally took off back in 1974 after Peter landed an important contract for daily distribution of the Women’s Weekly magazine throughout Adelaide. Turns out this contract helped lay the groundwork for future success and enabled Peter to grow the re… Read More

All Roads Lead To CubiScan – Call It What You Will

2019-06-26T14:28:29+09:30 31st January 2017|

What’s in a name? A CubiScan is a CubiScan is a CubiScan. That’s right, whether you call it a cub-i-tron or a cub-i-na-tor, or a cub-a-scanner or a pallet-cubic-calculator chances are, when you search on Google for a cubing & weighing solution for your DC or cross-dock, what you are really after is a CubiScan. But if you are a supply chain manager and you haven’t heard of CubiScan don’t blame yourself, blame me. It’s my job to make sure you have heard of the CubiScan – or any… Read More

World Premier! CubiScan 1200 AKL-XH: Extra Height Clearance  

2019-06-26T14:45:08+09:30 4th October 2016|

The CubiScan 1200 AKL is Australia’s best-selling, legal-for-trade, automated solution for dimensioning and weighing palletised freight and larger “ugly” freight items. The Pallet Dimensioning System is used by express freight and logistics businesses to accurately measure the cubic dimensions of all types of freight items in order to determine, in a legal-for-trade manner, the correct charges to apply for the freight movement. The unit takes a digital photo for verification an… Read More

In-Motion Dimension Weigh Scan Ultimate Image Gallery

2019-11-11T10:08:58+10:30 14th September 2016|

When you are Australia’s leading systems integrator specialising in measurement automation (and so much more!) your are, of course, going to design, install, integrate, and support many different in-motion dimension weigh scan (DWS) systems around the country. So, if you are wondering what these sophisticated, revenue assurance, measurement automation systems look like you’ve now hit the jackpot. Below we’ve assembled an image gallery from a very small sample of DWS systems tha… Read More

Which CubiScan Model is Right for You?

2019-06-26T15:49:23+09:30 24th June 2016|

Now that you have decided to supercharge your distribution centre’s warehouse management system with accurate SKU dimensional data let’s review which of the various CubiScan models is right for you.   To get started we first need to answer some fundamental questions: First. Let’s clarify: In your DC, do you want to only Cube & Weigh SKUs as part of an inbound process? Or do you want to Cube & Weigh outgoing parcels and freight items at dispatch? Or, do you want to do b… Read More

Let the Blogging Begin! SCACO’s Systems Integration News and Views

2019-06-26T16:24:39+09:30 21st June 2016|

SCACO have now relaunched our website within a word press content management system. This will better enable our staff to upload timely and relevant content to better support the needs and interests of our diverse customer base. When it comes to systems integration we think you can use all of the news you can get! This test piece is officially our first blog post! Nothing too revolutionary to report just now but have a little patience and please continue to watch this space! Above, our GM Tim an… Read More

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