Visual in Logistics – The Warehouse Execution Path Redefined
Today’s distribution operations demand warehouse management solutions compatible with today’s technologically advanced world; slick user interfaces with dynamic and productive tools. Visual Logistics is a breakthrough technology that enables operators to attain new heights in efficiencies because operators receive visual information to speed up the time required to find products, units of measure, lot numbers and manufacturers’ specs and knowhow.
Industry experts recognize that language-independent visual information enables people to interpret and validate work instructions faster and more accurately than text-based information. This is the main reason that traffic signs around the world are primarily visual-based.
Collaborative Visibility – A Leap in Supply Chain Visibility and Execution
Furthermore, in this modern era, distribution operations must collaborate to survive by using electronic, real-time information sharing from multiple sources in a single actionable environment – in other words leveraging collaborative visibility to drive through the logistics’ challenges and meet customer demands.
Collaborative visibility is optimizing visibility though collaboration. In essence, interactive dashboards ̶ pulling data from various sources; operations, outlets, customers and manufacturers, to support strategic as well as daily operational decision making. This collaborative visibility will become the standard used for everyday warehouse transactions—from receiving to shipping.
Imagine an android-like technology that provides real-time information and cues to management and workers in the distribution center for such important information as status and delays of critical shipments, or enables workers to access in real-time manufacturers’ inspection guidelines with one click; or notifies shipping clerks of a change in shipping service and automatically presents them with alternate shipping options.
None of this could be accomplished without a collaborative platform for complete, real-time visibility with dynamic visualization across the supply chain. This is the future frontier: taking key tools and empowering management and warehouse operators with innovations that matter in this digital age.
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