Logistics Viewpoints
APRIL 26, 2023
I estimate that I have worked on at least 25 WMS selections for clients that involved over a dozen different software vendors. These projects and the involved vendor interactions certainly impacted my network of contacts over the years. Today, most customers are more knowledgeable about the increasingly mature WMS vendor space.
GlobalTranz
APRIL 12, 2017
An inbound vendor routing guide is comparable the beating heart of your operation. Creating an effective inbound vendor routing guide is not without its share of challenges. Assess Your Current Inbound Vendor Routing Guide. For example, provide direction for each vendor that comes from a specific area.
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GlobalTranz
JULY 27, 2017
Yet, the rise of just-in-time delivery has complicated how the transportation industry sets rates for shipments, regardless of the well-documented benefits of electronic data interchange (EDI). EDI eliminates the intermediaries in order processing. EDI can send large volumes of documentation at once. Challenges.
SYSPRO Smarter ERP
MAY 24, 2023
Building a business case can help develop strategies to achieve buy-in from the top down. A customer I helped recently was able to set a goal to reduce inventory carrying costs by 10% and increase production efficiency by 15%, and measure the progress against these specific goals.
GlobalTranz
FEBRUARY 27, 2018
Supply chain entities need to know vendors will be held accountable and adhere to the terms within vendor-supply chain partner service level agreements. For vendors, this increased level of cyber security will propel them to take advantage of technologies that have often been left reserved for the post-manufacturing supply chain.
GlobalTranz
MAY 8, 2015
Investigate how frequently the vendor updates information and the level of shipper involvement in maintenance. Transportation Management Software Systems (TMS) reduces overall hard and soft costs of transportation. The Cerasis Rater eliminates the manual process. Make sure that the data is reliable and as real-time as feasible.
GlobalTranz
FEBRUARY 16, 2018
But by that point many critical decisions will have been made that will reduce the partner’s ability to affect positive change. The experience and expertise of a third-party can go a long way in reducing delays and developing a detail-oriented WMS implementation checklist. The Software Vendor? You, the client? A third-party?
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