I’m in Logistics. How Can E2open Help Me?
What issues are you tackling today?
- I have no visibility of my inventory when it’s in-transit.
- My logistics costs are moving in the wrong direction—that is, up!
As a logistics professional, you understand the importance of maintaining visibility across your operations. But when you’re in the business of managing the transportation of goods to and from different locations, keeping up with all the moving parts can be quite a challenge. To make things even more complicated, you have to contend with a variety of unpredictable disruptions—from poor traffic conditions to rising fuel prices to international regulations and holdups.
At E2open, we understand that a variety of factors influence your ability to ensure on-time deliveries. Read on to uncover how E2open tackles some of your most pressing challenges...
"I have no visibility of my inventory when it’s in-transit."
Without visibility across multiple tiers of the supply chain, your company is unable to keep track of its constantly moving inventories. Worse, without the ability to collaborate and exchange information in real time, there is no way to proactively manage material movements or reroute shipments to accommodate for unexpected disruptions or shifts in demand.
How E2open Can Help
By allowing you to collaborate with logistics providers to proactively manage shipments, E2open helps you ensure that all materials end up at the correct locations at the correct times. E2open solutions allow you to effectively monitor all material movements across logistics nodes and control points—so that you can track actual lead times as well as quickly identify potential delays. This facilitates fast, intelligent decision making so that shipments can be rerouted or expedited to accommodate for logistics issues.
To find out how E2open can help your organization
- Access real-time visibility across stationary and in-transit inventories
- Monitor the performance of your logistics providers
- Proactively resolve logistics issues for improved supply assurance
- Reduce inventory levels and improve customer service
Download these relevant resources today:
- E2open Logistics Visibility Solution Brief
- E2open Channel Logistics Visibility Solution Brief
- E2open Logistics Network Solution Brief
"My logistics costs are moving in the wrong direction—that is, up!"
Inefficient shipment schedules, shipment delays and expedites, unreliable performance by 3PLs, and poor visibility into changing demand—all these variables work to keep logistics costs sky-high. And bringing them back down to manageable levels is becoming increasingly complex. After all, the logistics function is more international and fast-paced than ever before, and consumers seem to have exponentially more options and less patience.
How E2open Can Help
E2open provides you with visibility and control across all the partners in your extended network—and that includes logistics providers, whether they are at a logistics node or in-transit. E2open logistics-based products not only track estimated times of arrival (ETAs) for every shipment, they also calculate the impact of potential shipment delays at each location, and provide you with the information and technology needed to execute timely decisions to improve performance. Freight consolidation, improved freight contract rates, and more intelligent carrier selection can also be counted among the benefits of E2open’s logistics functionalities.
To find out how E2open can help your organization
- More closely collaborate with logistics providers and distributors—to ensure that the right products arrive in the right quantities at the right times
- Improve on-time availability of materials at the appropriate locations
- Cut costs through more efficient management of shipments, including fewer expedites
Download these relevant resources today:
- E2open Logistics Visibility Solution Brief
- E2open Channel Logistics Visibility Solution Brief
- E2open Logistics Network Solution Brief
