Significant shifts in supply and sourcing strategies have led to new outsourced supplier relationships on a global basis. As a result, many Consumer Product Goods manufacturers and distributors face uncertain lead times, limited visibility, and increasing transportation costs. Inbound Logistics Management helps you gain visibility across your inbound supply chain, including manifest level Advanced Shipment Notifications (ASNs) and container tracking. Track the full lifecycle of all sourced products across all modes of transportation including ocean, rail, air, and truckload.
Benefit Summary
- Provides operations, purchasing, and customer service with complete visibility to pending receipts
- Streamlines the receiving process with container level ASNs
- Provides complete visibility across your supply chain in multiple transportation modes
- Reduces receiving errors with manifest level comparison
- Maximizes container fill ratios improving transportation spend
- Landed cost controls gives 'true' item cost for an accurate profitability picture
- Expands inventory visibility
- Improves on-time delivery
- Real Time alerts enable management inventory exceptions
- Reduces costly administrative support
Next Steps
To find out how Kineticsware Inbound Logistics Management can meet your specific needs, contact us. We welcome the opportunity to discuss your situation.