\u201cMost supply chains today don’t have a visibility problem,\u201d explains Vishwa Ram, Penske Logistics\u2019s vice president of Data Science and Analytics. \u201cThey have a fragmentation problem. So, if you are within a single system, you have perfect visibility. But when a shipment moves from one mode to another, or transitions from one system to another, or from one partner to another, that visibility breaks down.\u201d<\/p>\n
Supply Chain Insight, however, integrates data not only from the customer\u2019s internal systems but also from its external warehouses, carriers, and partners. When a customer opens Supply Chain Insight, they see a map that shows all of their current transportation routes and all of their warehouse activity, so they don\u2019t have to toggle back and forth between transportation management systems and warehouse management systems. For example, the screen will show how many inbound and outbound loads the customer has, where those loads currently are, and how many of them are delayed, late, or have been placed on a watchlist. On the map, loads appear as blue circles (red if late or delayed), and warehouses as gray icons. Users can click on those icons and see a timeline of activity or more detail about a particular load or inventory levels at a specific warehouse.<\/p>\n
Additionally, a navigation pane on the left side of the homepage provides links to pages with details about loads, orders, warehouse inventory, and key performance indicators. Customers can also see key documents, such as proof of delivery and bills of lading, in Supply Chain Insight.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt connects data that is often split across separate systems, giving teams a clearer picture of what\u2019s happening across their supply chain,\u201d said Jeff Jackson, president of Penske Logistics, in a statement. \u201cWe plan to continue developing this platform, integrate with other systems, and drive further enhancements using AI [artificial intelligence] going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n
Penske expects customers to use the solution to identify and solve problems quickly. For example, the system may alert the user if a shipment is short. The user could then use the system to identify whether the product is in stock at another warehouse and then ship that inventory express to fulfill the order.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe power of Supply Chain Insight is that it’s providing that unified end-to-end supply chain visibility and eliminating the fragmentation and increasing the speed with which users can identify problems and take action to resolve them,\u201d said Tony Knechtges, director of Business Intelligence & Data Engineering at Penske Logistics.<\/p>\n
In addition to providing real-time tracking, Supply Chain Insight offers around 100 metrics, such as total orders delivered, on-time delivery, and planned versus actual miles. Customers also have the option to create their own customized metrics.<\/p>\n
Supply Chain Insight also has an embedded AI assistant that customers can click on and ask simple questions about loads, orders, and performance data using natural language. For example, customers can ask the AI assistant where a particular load or shipment is or what happened to their on-time performance last week.<\/p>\n
\u201cOver time, we see this [AI assistant] evolving into a \u2018personal analyst\u2019 for supply chain operations that’s capable not only of answering questions but also anticipating risk and recommending actions,\u201d Ram said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cMost supply chains today don’t have a visibility problem,\u201d explains Vishwa Ram, Penske Logistics\u2019s vice president of Data…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":74802,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[112,190,40196,40197],"class_list":{"0":"post-74801","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-berlin","8":"tag-berlin","9":"tag-germany","10":"tag-logistics-plus-inc","11":"tag-third-party-logistics"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116519251713668729","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}