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6 As a major player in the warehousing and logistics sec- tor for the last 25 years, Honda Logistics’ core business is to support Honda of the UK Manufacturing Limited (HUM) as well as the manufacturing plants of Honda Mo- tors worldwide. In addition, Honda Logistics UK provides businesses of any size and from any sector with services covering logistics, warehouse management, training, packaging design and quality assurance. In early 2018, Honda Logistics UK Ltd. required a re- placement for their aging bespoke T&A system and, after extensive research and vendor engagement, appointed ISGUS UK Ltd. to migrate their current platform to the ZEUS® X application. “One major issue HLUK faced was the fact that we do not operate a standard shift pattern and have well in excess of 200 working time rules,” says Gary Stewart, European Head of IT for HLUK. “Shift patterns in their self are not an issue but when you have so many different rules it is normally enough to scare most other T&A system provi - ders away.” A key decision criterion in favour of ISGUS was that many of the potential providers usually only offer a turnkey so- lution with very little room for customisation and future system expansion. Based on past experiences, HLUK was not prepared to opt for a turnkey solution that offers very little scope for change nor to pay a high price for system flexibility and extensibility by integrating endless add-on packages – with no guarantee for successful project im- plementation in the long term. The highly modular and customisable ZEUS® X software and hardware solution offered by ISGUS was the perfect answer to their problem. The high-sophisticated, but easy-to-use ZEUS® X system is perfectly suited to ac- commodate HLUK’s current requirements and to realise individual adjustments when and wherever necessary. Gary explains why: “We have seen a noticeable benefit to ZEUS® X with COVID-19 resulting in a high amount of staff being furloughed. Our old system would simply not have coped and would have resulted in hours of manual adjustments, stress and a high possibility of mistakes due to human error.” Honda Logistics UK (HLUK), established in 1990 and headquartered in South Marston/Swindon (UK), is an affiliate of Honda UK and part of the international Honda Logistics Incorporate (HLI) group. THE EXPERT FOR JUST-IN-TIME DELIVERIES HONDA LOGISTICS UK LTD