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Logistics operations are constantly being pressured to reduce their operating costs. In an age when transportation pricing has reached the lowest point in history, the challenge is how to reduce additional costs.
The Viewlocity Inbound Planning Engine (IPE) allows you to efficiently manage the frequency of the inbound flow of goods from suppliers to synchronise with the consumption of inventory. Thus to plan the lowest total delivered cost for the inbound movement of goods.
Features:
Logistics Configuration
Considers various cost components to configure the flow and frequency of goods by evaluating different transportation schemes to minimise the total delivered cost of each item across the supply chain.
Mode Selection
Determines the optimal transportation mode for each source/destination combination for every product.
Routing and Scheduling
Develops daily shipping/receiving schedules to minimise transportation costs while satisfying plant dock capacity and unloading constraint; balancing the delivery load throughout the week.
Returnable Container Planning
Adjusts the delivery frequency and shipment schedule in order to minimise the overall cost of the solution based on the reverse logistics of planning returnable containers or pallets.
Load Configuration
Develops an optimal load configuration based on product space utilisation for each container for the entire solution.
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