If warehouse management is the heart of supply chain execution, transport management is the bloodstream.
ASSIST4 Transport Management lets your goods and information flow: standardized and automated along the supply chain you define. Jobs are consolidated to save costs and the most affordable carrier is automatically selected for each job—in both procurement and distribution processes. The ASSIST4 Docu-Scout applies defined rules to suggest all the documents and electronic messages required for complete 4C compliance.
IntegRates ASSIST4 Transport Management lets you enter and process jobs. Jobs are often transferred from other systems such as SAP®, Microsoft Dynamics®, Oracle®, Infor, etc. Business objects such as orders, deliveries or invoices are the basis.
ConsoliDates ASSIST4 monitors and controls this transfer, consolidating the data according to predefined rules. Multiple orders for the same customer are consolidated onto one delivery note, for example. This process paves the way to enormous savings, since it drastically cuts documentation, handling and transport costs.
Forwarder Finder This business service provides you with information on pricing, schedules and routing for the service types of over 50 carriers, forwarders and courier/express/parcel services worldwide. Your individual service level agreements (SLAs) are also loaded for easy comparison. ASSIST4 uses all this information to automatically select the fastest or most cost-effective carrier for your deliveries.
Carrier Connections The transport service provider connections in ASSIST4 let you take advantage of all the cost benefits your transport partners offer: ASSIST4 automatically ensures correct printing of the labels, including bar codes. Manifests and loading lists are also auto-generated and transmitted electronically at pre-defined times. It’s even possible to automate the issuance of transport orders.
4C Compliance Anyone who is part of a supply network knows that collaboration only works together with cooperation and consistency. All the businesses and organizations involved in a transaction must be consistent in following the agreed rules and specifications. And this is precisely one of the major benefits of ASSIST4. Your business processes are standardized, so you can reach what is know as “4C compliance”: corporate, customer, carrier and customs. ASSIST4 plays by the rules and secures your processes according to the specifications of your company, customers, supply chain partners and, last but not least, the rules set by the customs office. A perfect example: the Docu-Scout.
Docu-Scout The ASSIST4 Docu-Scout applies all 4C compliance specifications in automatically determining all the forms, business papers and EDI messages relevant to each process—for nearly every country and carrier. A customs consignment requires a customs declaration. And if a forwarder requires a pro forma invoice, ASSIST4 will let you know. This enables secure, automated and standardized processes, enhances the quality of your workflow, reduces delays and reinforces the relationship to your customers, suppliers and partners.
One-Stop Shop Packing ASSIST4 combines multiple supply chain execution steps in one place: the packing station, a highly integrated
workstation designed for highly efficient checking, packing and weighing of picked goods. Scanners and integrated scales minimize the data that needs to be input through the mouse and keyboard—thereby reducing the error rate. Much of the work handled here would otherwise have to be done in the despatch office, such as printing delivery notes, packing lists and the corresponding labels.
- Flash is required!
IntelliTrackIT ASSIST4 doesn’t just help you with your supply chain execution. It also provides comprehensive support in controlling and monitoring your supply chain. Every business process handled through ASSIST4 can be tracked in ASSIST4 Monitoring & Alerting. This gives you complete transparency or visibility. ASSIST4 Monitoring & Alerting also proactively monitors all scheduled process runtimes. Conversely, every object that ASSIST4 processes in your supply chain execution contains an overview of all associated events and messages received up to that time, so you have complete visibility even at the execution level.
