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Forecasting - Supply Chain Planning
Analyzes aggregated supply chain and shipping data to gain predictive insight
Asset Tracking - Supply Chain Planning
Monitors and tracks the physical status of goods and materials
Data Collection - Supply Chain Planning
Aggregates and centralizes data regarding product movement, materials management, and financial information
Business Reporting - Supply Chain Planning
Generates reports that identify KPIs and other relevant metrics
Dashboards
Deliver dashboards that display KPIs and live data.
Performance
Analyze performance for individual assets, by category or location.
Forecasting
Predict future trends and risks that may impact asset performance.
Sales and Operations Planning - Supply Chain Planning
Provides comprehensive visibility and oversight into supply chain operations
Production Planning - Supply Chain Planning
Provides inventory scheduling and inventory management functionalities
Workforce Management - Supply Chain Planning
Provides employee scheduling and employee management functionalities
Process Automation - Supply Chain Planning
Automates the tracking and recording of activities within the entire supply chain lifecycle
Flows
Track products to determine when they are shipped, in transit, or delivered.
Alerts
Allow users to re-route and reschedule shipments based on standard or custom criteria.
Inventory
Optimize inventory to improve fulfillment and increase customer satisfaction.
Modes
Manage multiple delivery modes such as truckload, less than truckload, rail, parcel, and ocean.
Financial Analytics
Identify the financial impact of deliveries based on costs and revenues.
KPIs
Provide performance metrics such as delivery performance, on-time arrival performance, and compliance.
Benchmarking
Use supply chain data to identify trends and their impact on performance.
Carrier Information
Manage details about carriers such as the types of services they offer and pricing.
Evaluation
Provide criteria to evaluate carriers such as on-time delivery or quality of service.
Monitor carrier performance using historical data.
Definitions
Define multiple types of freight such as air, road, or sea.
Pricing
Track pricing per freight mode and carrier.
Selection
Choose the optimal freight mode based on price and customer requirements.
Customer Portal
Deliver an online portal where customers can monitor shipments.
Quotes
Create and manage personalized quotes for freight services.
Documents
Provide customers with transportation documents required for shipping.
Use
Monitor asset use across multiple locations and keep history.
Reliability
Track asset reliability data such as downtime or idle time.
Risk
Identify various types of risks such as non-compliance or safety violations.
Compliance
Ability to track components across the supply chain to identify the causes of non-compliance.
Search
Provide a search engine to find items and where they are in the supply chain.
Temperature Alerts
Ability to identify and document exceptions for perishable goods and temperature-controlled environments.
Shipment Tracking
Ability to track inbound products to determine when they are shipped, in transit, or delivered.
Order-Level Visibility
Ability to track and search for the location of shipments by PO or SKU
ETA
Ability to use historical tracking data and machine learning in order to accurately predict ETAs
Geofencing
Ability to establish geofences to determine precise and accurate arrivals
Rating
Access up to date rates from carriers, including spot market
Dispatch and Tender
Ability to request a bid from multiple carriers and directly book shipments
Invoice Management
Ability to manage and automate invoices
Digital Document Reconciliation
Ability to utilize paperless documents to automate reconciliation process including bills of lading, proofs of delivery, and weight certificates
Geographic Optionality
Ability to access full coverage of required geographies
Automated Onboarding
Ability to efficiently onboard new carriers during network implementation
Data quality
Ability to access data enrichment, sources, & normalization to serve up actionable and clean data
Languages
Provide support for multiple languages
Configurable Notifications
Provide rule-based notifications to empower real-time collaboration at key milestones and quickly resolve issues.
Onboarding
Streamlines the process of onboarding new suppliers to a network
Order Tracking
Provides visibility into the movement of goods/products
Enables users to acquire and evaluate quotes for services
Performance Analysis
Provides an overview of supplier performance and actions to take to mitigate risks
Proactive Assistance
Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting
Decision Making
Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives