Why Automated Logistics is the Future
Success in the modern economy demands more than traditional methods. With rising customer expectations, cost pressures, and the increasing complexity of supply chains, adopting automated logistics solutions is no longer optional—it’s essential.
This comprehensive whitepaper, From Reactive to Proactive: The Definitive Toolkit for Smarter Logistics Automation, equips shippers with actionable strategies to adopt and maximize automated logistics systems for efficiency, accuracy, and growth.
Key Insights You’ll Gain:
1. The Power of Automation
Discover how warehouse automation, robotics, and AI revolutionize operations:
- Achieve up to 95% inventory accuracy with IoT sensors and RFID tracking.
- Cut labor costs by 40%-75% through robotic process automation.
- Boost warehouse throughput by 60% with autonomous mobile robots.
2. Stay Competitive with Advanced Automated Logistics Tools
Explore strategies to enhance:
- Efficiency with AI-driven route optimization.
- Visibility enhancement through real-time tracking technologies powered by automated systems.
- Customer satisfaction with faster delivery and precise ETAs.
3. Overcome Complex Supply Chain Challenges
Learn how leading shippers use automation to:
- Predict and adapt to market disruptions.
- Scale operations seamlessly during peak demand.
- Reduce operational costs while increasing agility.
What’s Inside the Whitepaper?
- Comprehensive Workflow Assessments: Identify bottlenecks and inefficiencies ripe for automation.
- Technology Breakdown: Explore the automated tools such as TMS, ASRS, and robotics that transform operations.
- Success Metrics: Measure the ROI of automation through KPIs like processing speed, error reduction, and labor reallocation.
- Future Trends: Gain insights into transformative advancements shaping automated logistics trends, including blockchain and autonomous vehicles.
BENEFITS OF MYSPOT
Dynamic Routing Guides
MySpot maintains truckload rates for your contracted carrier and populates city-to-city and zip-to-zip rates across all modes. All carrier rates have both an effective date and expiration date. You stay current and can pick from active rates or extend carrier contracts as needed.
Track and Trace
Track all shipments from one place and easily identify loads that are running behind or prepare for instances where possible service interruption may occur.
Spot Market Visibility
Place any shipment on the spot market to obtain coverage or benchmark rates from multiple carriers. Once an acceptable bid is received, the shipment can be tendered to a carrier.
LTL Load Execution
Get rates, book shipments and track loads from a single place. Generate and send BOLs directly from the system with ease.
Standard and Customized Reporting
Generate proprietary reports that align with your business requirements and demands. Utilize reporting visibility and analysis of spend, KPIs, SLAs, carrier performance and more.
Exception Management
With Spot’s commitment to visibility, you can find disruptions in your workload before they become a costly problem.
Freight Audit
Make sure you pay what was agreed upon with exception management built into MySpot.
Accruals Visibility
Integrate live to ERP, export in batch or view online to easily track and calculate shipment costs that haven’t been billed.
Standard Filterable Reports
View your reports and stay organized so you can access the information you need.
Data Feed for Business Intelligence
Stay connected with integrated and updated data feeds.
Managed Solution
If you utilize multiple transportation providers and have time-consuming, manual processes for tendering, maintaining routing guides and building orders, our managed solution provides you with better visibility into your freight operations.
