Kuebix Founder, Dan Clark, To Speak to Inbound Optimization at Gartner Conference
Next week’s Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference – Move to Mastery: Innovate, Disrupt and Scale the Digital Supply Chain is designed to help supply chain leaders on their critical journey to digitize and transform their supply chains. Kuebix Founder, Dan Clark will be presenting “The Art of Inbound Freight: Process Optimized by Technology,” on Wednesday, May 16 at 12:40 PM – 1:00 PM. The session will dive into how businesses can develop a comprehensive strategy to gain visibility and maximize the management of their inbound freight.
Clark’s discussion will focus on the often-overlooked side of transportation, inbound management, and will contribute to the overall theme and conversation about disruption and innovation in the Digital Supply Chain. Moving to automate processes in transportation operations is the first step to improving efficiencies, and can make managing inbound not only possible, but profitable. During the session, attendees will be taken through the steps needed to optimize their inbound operations.
An inbound logistics program should work in conjunction with suppliers and carriers to determine the most cost-effective shipment method – whether customer pick-up or vendor delivered. With the help of technology, shippers can optimize their routes into the fewest, largest shipments possible while maintaining the high level of service customers require. The program should then enforce a standard routing guide and compliance procedures for suppliers to follow.
With digitization, supply chains gain visibility into promise dates, order statuses and orders in transit to improve scheduling of inbound shipments. For example, an inbound shipment can be scheduled during a specific time slot using a dock scheduling tool. If that order changes or a violation occurs, all parties have visibility to the issue so that the delivery can be modified, and the appropriate party’s behavior addressed.
By streamlining inbound through a collaborative system with suppliers and carriers, shippers can lower costs, increase customer satisfaction and simplify their operation. In addition, shippers can capitalize on analytics for continuous improvement to meet changes in the supply chain head on.
Kuebix TMS will be demonstrated at the Vendor Showcase in Booth 221 at the Gartner Conference. If you’d like to make an appointment for a demonstration and to learn more about how Kuebix can help you optimize your inbound and other transportation operations, click here.
