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Logistics

Manufacturing is going through a dramatic transformation where non-critical processes are outsourced to reduce costs, reduce cycle times, and leverage expertise from specialized manufacturers. Moreover, trade routes are shifting and networks have become increasingly complex. This has created significant challenges for the entire value chain from part suppliers all the way to retailers:  Mis-shipments, delayed or lost articles. The transportation and logistics providers are at the core of these changes.

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Most of manufacturers have highly differentiated products that require individual tracking as opposed to batch tracking. JIT and Kanban practices have also created larger volumes of smaller deliveries – more traffic, more volume, and more chances to send the wrong order to the wrong location or customer. This has created additional challenges to transportation and logistics operations.

Logistics Operations – Visibility at the Edge

The complexity of integrating information, transportation, inventory, warehouse, material-handling, and packaging processes is compounded by the volume and velocity increase in the flow of goods. This is rapidly showing the limits of centrally integrated logistics visibility solutions. Decisions, alerts, associations, pallet operations are originated in the warehouses, in the distribution centers, in the back rooms and require real-time information.

Transportation and Logistics operations require solutions that:

  • React in real-time for errors in pallet builds and shipments
  • Validate correct part, serial number and condition of received shipments
  • Track and trace location and operations on shipments with employee, containment and ASN information
  • Collaboration between suppliers and customers with high integrity data
  • Summary dashboards identify trends and strategic opportunities
  • Complete operational visibility with real-time reporting, mobile dashboards and notifications via SMS, voice and email

OMNITROL Real-Time Application Network Solutions

The OMNITROL Global Track and Trace solution delivers complete end-to-end logistics visibility and automates the chain of custody data capture. The integrated Global Track and Trace solution provides complete real-time reports and alerts without any impact or customization to your existing backend systems: