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Logistics runs on shared devices. When they go missing, your operation pays the price.
Waizu helps transport and logistics operations eliminate device loss, automate shift-start issuing, track returnable assets across the supply chain — and give operations teams real-time visibility of everything, all the time.
In logistics, the cost of a missing device isn't just the device.
Transport and logistics operations are built on efficiency. Every minute of delay at shift start, every missing scanner, every device handed to a temp worker who never brings it back — all of it adds up to a cost that rarely appears on a single line in a management report, but runs to tens of thousands of pounds every year.
The problem is bigger in logistics than almost any other sector. High volumes of temporary and agency staff mean device accountability is harder to enforce. Multiple shifts running back to back mean there's no clean break to audit what came back and what didn't. Large, complex distribution centre layouts mean a missing device could be anywhere — and finding it means pulling someone off the operation to go and look.
And that's before you factor in the totes, cages and returnable transport packaging quietly disappearing across your supply chain with no visibility at all.
Waizu was built for exactly this environment.
1. Shift-start queues and manual device issuing
Every shift in a busy DC starts the same way. Workers queue to collect their device. Someone manually checks it out. Names get logged on a clipboard or spreadsheet.
Waizu eliminates the queue entirely. Workers tap their NFC badge or enter a PIN — the device is assigned to them instantly and they're productive within seconds of arriving at their station.
2. Device loss driven by temporary and agency staff
Temporary and agency workers are essential to logistics operations — but they also drive higher device loss rates. Without individual accountability, a temp worker finishing their last shift has little reason to return a device carefully. Without tracking, that device could be anywhere by the time anyone notices it's gone.
Waizu Identity forces every user — permanent or temporary — to log in the moment they pick up a device. That single action creates accountability. Behaviour changes. And when a device does go missing, you know exactly who had it last.
3. No visibility of returnable transport packaging
Totes. Cages. Trays. Dollies. Returnable transport packaging represents a significant capital investment for any logistics operation — and most of it disappears into the supply chain with no tracking at all.
The replacement cost of lost RTP runs to hundreds of thousands of pounds annually for large operations. But the operational impact is often more disruptive.
Traditional RFID solutions require expensive gateway infrastructure at every location. Waizu solves it differently — attach a low-cost Waizu BLE asset tag to any RTP item and your existing device fleet tracks it automatically across your entire facility, with no additional infrastructure required.
4. Driver accountability for ePOD and last-mile devices
Delivery drivers present a unique device challenge. Standard Waizu behaviour logs a user out when a device is docked — which works perfectly in a DC environment but creates problems for drivers who charge their device in their vehicle throughout the day.
Waizu Driver Mode solves this. The driver stays logged in throughout their route, regardless of how many times they dock the device in their cab. When they return to the depot and dock the device at the charging station, a Waizu location data triggers log-out — cleanly ending the session and returning the device to an accountable state ready for the next driver.
From a single DC to 25 distribution centres across Europe.
Waizu is built to scale. Whether you're managing 50 devices in a single site or thousands of devices across a multi-country network, the same platform, the same Virtual Smart Cabinets and the same real-time visibility works across every location.
Picnic NL — one of Europe's fastest growing online grocery retailers — run Waizu across more than 25 distribution centres in the Netherlands. Every shared device across every site is tracked, accounted for and protected by Waizu — giving their operations team real-time visibility at scale without the complexity of managing multiple systems.
GXO, Americold and SEKO Logistics are among the other major logistics names that trust Waizu to protect their shared device estates across the UK and Europe.
