SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT the digital twin , create a new quality of planning security . Cloud-based IT platforms facilitate fast and easy networking . Control towers provide the optimal overview . Comprehensive software and consulting services provide answers to every application .
Requirements for digital
Digitisation connects worlds . It enables the planning , management and control of production and supply flows in global networks across company and system boundaries . The cost reduction potential in the supply chain with logistics networked in this way is enormous . This is because digitisation creates standards by means of modern IT systems which improve communication between the parties involved and allow delivery processes to be documented and automated from the order call-off from the supplier to delivery to the customer . The associated requirements for an IT system are comprehensive :
• The company ’ s central logistics requires end-to-end-visibility , continuous transparency across all locations and clear measurability of performance
• Production needs information about the delivery of raw materials and the respective containers at an early stage
• The customer service centre needs easily accessible and timely information on shipment status
Control towers offer the best way of overseeing digitisation and proactive information in case of problems In addition , external parties also place their demands on companies , such as carriers and suppliers , and of course customers , who expect transparency and an easy way to retrieve their shipment information as well .
Efficient supply control
Chemical parks and large production sites are often logistical hot spots close to the city and have their own infrastructure . The volume of transport at these locations is high , which is a particular burden on road traffic . Traffic jams can occur around the chemical site , which can have a significant impact on supply processes in the plants . However , the traffic situation within the site is also complex . Trucks must be parked in the right place , routed to the right unloading or loading stations , or weighed . It is therefore important to be able to coordinate all transport and logistics processes at chemical sites . On the one hand , this requires a high degree of transparency and , on the other hand , a cross-site IT system that avoids traffic jams and at the same time facilitates the best possible supply and disposal of the companies in a chemical park .
Transport data retrieval
Only a central IT system that comprehensively maps the processes can fulfil this management task . It creates the possibility of continuous transport control , inbound and outbound . Such a system is used to transmit transport data in the inflow from the shippers and freight forwarders . These data already contain all the important information for the chemical site , including details of the type of shipment , volume and weight , material and batch , and the expected arrival date . Optionally , prioritisation indicators for particularly urgent materials can be added . Freight forwarders who submit their tracking data for their shipments improve the overall quality of the information available . Arrival dates that used to be roughly calculated are becoming more and more precise as time goes on . The logistics managers at the chemical site call up the transport status at any time at the push of a button and plan the arrival precisely and reliably . Traffic jams due to unscheduled deliveries are avoided . The integration of telematic data also facilitates making more precise
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