Varsity Logistics was featured in an article by Dan Burger of The Four Hundred, a leading trade publication covering the IBM i world. Entitled The i Gives Manufacturers and Distributors Cost Control the article confirms Varsity’s commitment to the venerable 400, the inimitable i.

Highlights
Transportation management is closely tied to demand management, increased service levels, and more frequent inventory turns. But from the IT perspective, it is mostly about integration. Integration with enterprise resource management (ERP) software is practically mandatory. Integration with warehouse management systems (WMS) is part of a growing trend. The target is pretty big. Labor-intensive processes can be streamlined through automation and improved communication and collaboration with existing programs such as order entry, accounting, and customer service, just to name a few.

The scariest thing about poking around the docks is discovering the internal expenses relating to how loads get organized, how routes are planned, how freight carriers and package shippers are selected and managed, and how isolated this area is from the rest of the business.

“Shipping used to be a back-end process. It wasn’t that well integrated into the order management cycle,” says Andrew Karpie, Senior Director of business development and marketing at Varsity Logistics. “Now companies are interested in a complete order management process that extends beyond the dock.”

If you are an iSeries use interested in improving your transportation planning, shipment execution, financial settlement, and tracking visibility, give us a call. We have the technical and business experts who will know exactly how to help.