I am betting that you could
answer this question in a variety of ways. But if your answer is somewhere
along the lines of “not so well,” here’s some information that should pique
your interest.
You may have read about our
new partnership
with ArrowStream. We are working together to help clients find savings in their
order-to-delivery processes.
And last week, a couple of
our logistics/transportation experts, Susan Evans
and Bill Loftis, presented a Supply Chaincast on
Bridging the Gap Between Transportation and Inventory Practices. This
webcast showcases an innovative approach to driving inbound logistics savings
with the ArrowStream Inbound Transportation Management (ITM) collaborative
technology solution.
As a partner, we provide
operations strategies, process improvements, and implementation assistance to ensure
early and sustainable payback.
The ITM solution helps
optimize order patterns to satisfy inventory requirements and optimize
transportation. It also allows complete visibility on product (or service)
orders, as well as complete visibility on transport constraints, delivery
requirements, or financial targets.
Some other benefits include:
- A shared planning
system for collaboration between replenishment and transportation
- Improved performance: inventory
turns, transportation cost, and service (fewer stock-outs)
- Improved operational
issues: less miles and less dock congestion
If you’d like to dig deeper
into this topic, download the on-demand webcast: Bridging
the Gap Between Transportation and Inventory Practices.
Go!Go!Go!
Jim
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