Logistics centers in one click and without having to move around
Logistics companies face the challenge of finding the perfect balance between cost, quality and efficiency. For many logistics companies, physical visits to their facilities are necessary to attract new customers. The problem is that this can be costly and inefficient. This article will show you how virtual tours can help solve these challenges, providing an overview of what they are and why they are important to the success of your company.
The work carried out in DSV Solutions Spain ‘s distribution centers in Barcelona, Guadalajara, Madrid and the Basque Country is also presented as a success story.
Advantages of these virtual tours for logistics companies:
- Reduced travel costs for existing or potential customers
- Visualization through 360º and high-resolution images
- Customizable graphic environments for each company
- Online guided tour withvideoconference (no external software)
- Easy implementation
- Integration of videos on work procedures
With the help of virtual reality, a company’s assets can be displayed as if you were actually there in person. This not only allows potential customers to get an idea of the layout and features of the warehouse, but also becomes a powerful tool for salespeople, as they can manage several customers in a short time thanks to the new online guided tour option.
Success story:
DSV Solution Spain and its logistics centers in Spain
With a virtual tour, you can show your customers what the logistics center is really like without having to spend time and money on travel. This means that there will be no transportation or per diem costs during the site visit. All this makes a virtual tour an excellent option for those looking for long-term partnerships with new customers.
DSV Solutions Spain, taking into account these benefits, decided to carry out individualized virtual tours for its warehouses in Spain to present each site with its particular characteristics and to include all of them in a web platform to be managed by its sales team. Here we explain some of its particular characteristics…
Optimized for mobile devices
Images extracted from the virtual visits to DSV Solutions Spain company.
These virtual tours allow you to sell warehousing without the hassle of traveling to the logistics center.
Features of these virtual tours for logistics companies:
- 360º image tours:
The virtual tours are created with a series of 360º, high-resolution images that are connected to each other, allowing the different areas of the logistics center to be visited and viewed in detail.
- Adaptation to all devices:
These visits are optimized to be correctly visualized on any device – mobile or desktop -.
- Fully customizable graphical environment:
The jobs are fully customizable; this means that visits can integrate videos, downloadable material (e.g. operations manuals), company logo, location map, integrated videoconference, buttons with programmable functions and many more.
- Videoconference with the commercial team:
How would you like to have a guided videoconference within the virtual tour with a potential customer? These virtual visits allow to synchronize the screens of all the members of the videoconference. This way, we ensure that everyone sees the same thing in front of a presentation by a sales representative. In this way, it is not necessary to travel to see a logistics warehouse in detail, since the sales representative can present and show a customer the storage areas available for marketing.
- Easy implementation on the web:
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- Particular issues of DSV’s work (see images):
In the work developed for this logistics company, the following has been created:
– A website with a personalized url that contains, as an index, a direct access to the different centers in Spain.
– Access restricted by password (to maintain the privacy of the clients of the logistics center).
– Personalized menu with direct access in each virtual visit to the highlighted sites of the tour (an efficient way to quickly access areas of interest).
– Access to downloadable material (PDF files with operations manuals, certifications, etc.).
– Insertion of videos as screenshots inside the warehouses.
– Floor plans with quick access to the different areas.
As a Site Manager you need to present your Logistics Center to a potential customer? Guided virtual tours with videoconferencing allow for a comprehensive and interactive presentation of the site, without the need for travel time or transportation costs.
Visita virtual DSV Spain
Visita virtual DSV Spain
Visita virtual DSV Spain
Virtual visits eliminate all the costs associated with traditional in-person visits. In addition, current and potential customers enjoy greater perceived company value.
Guided videoconferencing within the virtual view
These virtual tours incorporate a new technology that allows for guided videoconferences within the virtual tour. Many of the questions related to space rental can be successfully answered by using this resource without having to travel.
It has the particularity that the screens of all connected devices are synchronized so that, in the case of presenting the logistics center to a group of customers, all of them will be seeing exactly the same thing. This facilitates the understanding and comprehension of what is being presented and allows the visit to be conducted as if it were a face-to-face visit. At all times, our customers will be seeing what the sales representative wants, allowing them to take the initiative to ask questions or interact in other areas that they consider of interest.
In this series of images it is possible to see the different menus of the videoconference integrated in the visit. This is an option that can be activated or deactivated in a very simple way by the site manager or salesperson of the company.
