Control tower logistics

Seamless coordination of suppliers, forwarders and recipients, national and across borders. An expert group managing supply chain and optimizing the flow of goods, transparent operation with digital real-time information - that what we call control tower of logistics.

 

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What is a control tower?

  • a seamless coordination across departments, countries and suppliers

  • an expert group that manages, drives and further develops the supply chain and product flow for your business

  • a central information center with an overview of all data, to easily address opportunities and risks

  • it identifies all possibilities and synergies to optimise combinations in the flow of goods and reduce cost


How to build a control tower?

  • a control tower should be established and defined as an own operational function

  • logistics experts are gathered and working in teams with your own key people

  • the team can consist of

    • people with background from supply chain and flow of goods

    • people with background from the transport industry

    • people with BI competence – improvements in operational work

    • people with 3PL background

    • people with background from IT that can exchange data between the parties


Outsourcing of control tower functions provides a huge flexibility and access to expert competence at all times

 
1. Planning, resources and routines

  • full control of the real-time supply chain can prevent potential problems from happening

  • ​provides a visible and transparent supply chain

  • full overview and flexible opportunities for dynamic planning, resource allocation and routine setup

  • full control with GPS tracking, distribution systems and inventory management

2. Revision and reporting

  • contributes to document all stages in a supply chain

  • all cargo movements are registered and documented through operational logs, order and billing history, for analysis, overview and control

  • ​generate reports that show total costs, divided per single products

3. Prognoses

  • the analysis documents the supply chain in real time and gives a good base to see potential improvement areas

  • ​make prognoses that provide predictability all the way down to the daily operational level, and estimated time of arrivals

  • predictable supply chain costs and demand

4. Implementation

  • Simplifies operation and control at all stages, in the supply chain

    • inventory management

    • distribution

    • port and container management

    • billing

5. Decisions

  • a control tower allows you to work in real time with real-time data

  • centralised and clear responsibilities for costs, quality and implementation

  • transparent system and real-time data provide the basis for good decisions based on facts

6. Results

  • lower logistics costs

  • less inventory

  • improvements in time and punctuality in the supply chain 

  • reliability