Jack Welch, retired CEO of General Electric and management guru, made it clear, "You can't beat your rivals by [following] the old rules." Yet many supply chain managers continue to use the rules of the past. These rules require an enterprise system to determine where orders should load from, where stock should be transferred to and when, and then hand-off to TMS (Transportation Management System) and WMS (Warehouse Management System) to make it happen. It is just like throwing information over the wall. Where is the coordination between production and distribution? The old rules don't optimize distribution.
What's the major component that makes up the new rules - distribution scheduling software.
The key is coordinating production and distribution along with the timing of events. You have to be able to manage these. DMS is the process that helps achieve this. It understands the process. It will tell you:
1. By determining where each order is shipped from, it can tell you the best dock schedule, where the product is made, the line to put it on, what truck to schedule it on, and when it can be cross-docked.
2. Determine when to bring product into each site - maximize Direct Plant Shipping (DPS). If a plant has multiple outside warehouses, DMS determines where product should be put as it comes off the line (most WMS only determine where in the building each product should be stored)
3. By offering a proactive approach and anticipating potential stock-outs or other failures, this software will provide remedial action.
4. Save time on pallet handling.
One of the major advantages of using the DMS system is the ability to maximize efficiencies. For example, AutoScheduler is a new and sophisticated system from Transportation l Warehouse Optimization [www.TransportationOptimization.com]that can manage all of the data and create optimized distribution schedules. Procter & Gamble, in its largest operations around the world, uses this system maximizing supply chain management strategies.
DMS is such an effective optimizer in reducing supply chain management effort and costs while increasing customer service, that Procter & Gamble actually reported at one site a 33% reduction after installing AutoScheduler.
You have to play by the new rules to beat your rivals. Using the new Distribution Master Scheduling software makes this task much easier.
Test your skills and see how efficient you are at managing costs by loading a truck or a warehouse. Visit www.TransportationOptimization.com. While there, request a call back from one of the premier transportation consultants in the industry, Thomas Moore and his associates at Transportation | Warehouse Optimization. Working for many companies in the top Fortune 50 like Procter & Gamble and BP, they understand your unique problems and know how to solve them. Transportation l Warehouse Optimization - Solutions that work. Solutions that save. - 16747
What's the major component that makes up the new rules - distribution scheduling software.
The key is coordinating production and distribution along with the timing of events. You have to be able to manage these. DMS is the process that helps achieve this. It understands the process. It will tell you:
1. By determining where each order is shipped from, it can tell you the best dock schedule, where the product is made, the line to put it on, what truck to schedule it on, and when it can be cross-docked.
2. Determine when to bring product into each site - maximize Direct Plant Shipping (DPS). If a plant has multiple outside warehouses, DMS determines where product should be put as it comes off the line (most WMS only determine where in the building each product should be stored)
3. By offering a proactive approach and anticipating potential stock-outs or other failures, this software will provide remedial action.
4. Save time on pallet handling.
One of the major advantages of using the DMS system is the ability to maximize efficiencies. For example, AutoScheduler is a new and sophisticated system from Transportation l Warehouse Optimization [www.TransportationOptimization.com]that can manage all of the data and create optimized distribution schedules. Procter & Gamble, in its largest operations around the world, uses this system maximizing supply chain management strategies.
DMS is such an effective optimizer in reducing supply chain management effort and costs while increasing customer service, that Procter & Gamble actually reported at one site a 33% reduction after installing AutoScheduler.
You have to play by the new rules to beat your rivals. Using the new Distribution Master Scheduling software makes this task much easier.
Test your skills and see how efficient you are at managing costs by loading a truck or a warehouse. Visit www.TransportationOptimization.com. While there, request a call back from one of the premier transportation consultants in the industry, Thomas Moore and his associates at Transportation | Warehouse Optimization. Working for many companies in the top Fortune 50 like Procter & Gamble and BP, they understand your unique problems and know how to solve them. Transportation l Warehouse Optimization - Solutions that work. Solutions that save. - 16747
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