Thursday, September 29, 2011

Using Tech to Increase Productivity and Profit

Manufacturing is a necessary business and there are a multitude of warehouses around the world that store, process and ship manufactured products to various vendors around the world. These warehouses are an essential piece the supply chains for everything from food to consumer electronics. Profit margins are tight and that means that warehouses must be run with great efficiency to prevent loss and maximize profits. Considering, many warehouses store and ship multiple product lines from multiple companies, they must have tools to keep track of all the products that move through their warehouse. Warehouse management software is a center peice for any successful warehouse operation; especially when your warehouse provides third-party logistics for multiple entities.

Providing third-party warehouse logistics creates unique problems that a strong third party logistics software can help manage. As a third-party logistics provider, you must be able to supply your customer's need for accurate, real-time information, accurately bill your clients and avoid diminishing profits by under-billing, and provide value-add services on-demand. These issues are difficult to manage for a single customer, but is exponentially difficult when you are managing logistics for several customers, all with different pricing, policies and products.

3pl warehouse management software can help you managing your warehouse and better serve your customers.Increase your profits by increased process automation, better tracking, better inventory control  and more accurate billing.

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