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For most enterprises, warehousing is an important operation and warehouse managers of companies are always keen on improving efficiency of operations. Therefore, optimising warehouse operations is important and priority to improve overall efficiency of the operations like put-away, picking, loading and dispatch which will increase and affect timely delivery and quality of the system.

Objectives of Warehouse Operations

It is in terms of the number of items that have moved per hour or number of items that have been processed per hour, or a given time, that optimisation is recognised and measured. This needs the following to be carried out.

• Reduce the steps needed to move the items for operators and the time involved
• Measure accurately the movement of items both in and out of the warehouse to avoid correction and the extra time for it

Put-away Analysis: First identify the major functions that affect the efficiency of the warehouse to correct them. Make sure to optimise the put-away by slotting fast moving items at the right place with pallets to help in picking time.

Follow a Replenishment Strategy: The next step is to identify and replenish the items being stored with correct strategy to maximise throughput of the warehouse. It will be good to select face locations and bulk locations to help fast moving items for high throughput of the total inventory movement. This helps replenishment at regular intervals of designated bulk locations to pick face locations. This improves overall warehouse picking performance

Optimise your Outbound Operations: Another step to be taken is to increase the throughput of the warehouse by optimising outbound operations. Start from the customer order allocation and do the right break-up allocation of customer orders over bulk locations and pick face locations. Minimise the picking and replenishment tasks by allocating pallets to bulk locations. Thus avoid unnecessary fragmentation of inventory to improve throughput and performance. Ensure that the pick face locations are adequately stocked. Overall picking efficiency is improved as minimum number of items are handled in outbound operations.

Automate the processes: By adopting the right software for warehouse management system (WMS), you can automate many tasks involved in the process, thereby saving time and manpower costs. Without this WMS software it is highly complicated and too much dependent on operators to do the operations as defined and in the allocated time.

Conclusion

The right WMS software can not only manage operations efficiently within the warehouse but also offer the right tools to improve warehouse performance and productivity. We at SNSF can provide a customisable software application to help connect every aspect of your warehouse and logistics management. Enhance supply chain integration to reduce your expenses greatly.

Contact us to know more about our warehouse management system (WMS). Our dedicated software development team is available to discuss your needs and expectations and provide you with custom development solutions.

Warehouse Inventory Management is an important part of your logistics and its based on multiple factors. Suppose a warehouse manager cannot handle increased demand, sorting and delivery of orders then they could face the risk of losing customers. of course it’s too expensive to acquire a new space and optimizing available space with increased storage capacity can help solve these issues. In this blog we will explore how to make the best use of space to create a productive and profitable environment.

No doubt warehouse management can provide you the competitive advantage, there are different methods and First-In First-Out (FIFO) & Last-In First-Out (LIFO) are two standard methods of valuing a business’s inventory. We will here explore which method boost your profits and lower your tax burden. FIFO method is one most common method offering great advantages. This method assumes that the first items to enter inventory are the first to be sold or used. With the proper execution of a FIFO system, you will always achieve good stock rotation.

The last in, first out method of inventory management is the exact opposite of FIFO. It is better for nonperishable goods and uses current prices to calculate the cost of goods sold. LIFO only applies to stable goods that don’t apply to any timeline.

Optimizing Warehouse space is all about getting the right product to the right place at the right time. Analyze your inventory to determine which items are best managed with LIFO or FIFO. This will help you understand how to organize your warehouse shelves and optimize the use of space based on inventory movement.

• Consider specialized storage options, such as racks or bins, to help you optimize space while ensuring that items are organized based on LIFO or FIFO requirements.
• Use barcode scanning or RFID technology to track items and ensure that the LIFO or FIFO procedure is followed.
• Regularly review and adjust your inventory management procedures based on changes in inventory movement or storage needs.
• With a strategic layout, you can avoid cramped spaces, bottlenecks and inefficient storage.

Significant space savings occur when warehouse storage is optimized, refining the methodologies and optimizing the areas that need improvement is all it takes to increase performance and capabilities. Our innovative warehouse space optimization solution helps maximize space utilization, increase picking speeds, and improve productivity and efficiencies. Call Us for details.

 
 
 

The importance of an effective communication system in logistics is undeniable as managing the supply chain is one of the most challenging task for logistics companies. This is where a web-based logistics ERP software plays an important role. The objective of the solution is to automate the end-to-end process of the logistics company and support a communication channel to improve productivity.

Communication for transportation and logistics can be easily integrated into existing systems by using the right software solution with applications. The email management system that can be customized and automated can be quite helpful for effective communication. With simple API integration, it is a cost-effective, quick and reliable way to communicate, such as using an email management system, with your suppliers, customers, employees and drivers is possible for both internal and external purposes.

A software like SNSF facilitates to generate emails directly from the application and they can be triggered to customers, suppliers and agents, supported with the categorization of internal and external documents. Each department or division of the company can have a number of relevant files attached along with the email, like Quotation, invoice, cash receipts, credit notes, vouchers, Purchase Order, etc.

Facilitate Team Collaboration and improve productivity

If members of a team can share info quickly across departments, the operational process becomes efficient. Automated emails are tools to simplify communication for logistics for various stake holders in management, supply chain, production and marketing. The system offers ability to access all types of electronic messages in the same mail box to instantly trigger the required actions. The software for email management helps stakeholders to share information and trigger reminders quickly. It facilitates collaboration in real-time.

Automate process in Supply Chain Management

Customers expect delivery on time as their expectation continue to rise. If departments are not in proper sync, demand can exceed supply and there can be gaps in the way products reach warehouses. The emails with documents attached, help to streamline operations by minimizing costs. This tool helps unify departmental collaboration with timely email communication.

Transparency over Interactions

Right from pacing or booking an order till delivery and everything else in between, like getting support or complaints addressed, the support of email communication is important for interaction and transparency. It enables logistics companies to seamlessly collaborate with agents and customers in various locations in real-time while maintaining a standardized approach.

SNSF can provide a customization software application to help connect every aspect of your transport logistics management and supply chain integration to reduce your expenses significantly. Write to us to know more about our product. We will be happy to get in touch with you and discuss about your needs and expectations.

 

Customer demands are constantly evolving with the development of technology, and automation is ruling every industry as it reduces the time involved and improves the accuracy of the data involved. Quotes and proposals are an essential part of a business, to save your time and open the door to more business opportunities generating quotations accurately in real-time determine the success ratio. Logistics & Transportation services company investing in digital transformation of quotation management & generation can make a massive difference, swiftly produce quotations that meet potential customers’ expectations.

Quotation Management Software facilitates user to instantly generate multiple quotations for a single customer by making use of the integrated charge master. With this digitization solution shipping companies could simplify their entire quotation process. Customers can easily log in & approve the quotation from their end by logging into the system. The customer no longer has to be annoyed with user privileges can keep the sensitive information within the quotes extremely secure.

• It’s ideal to create quotations without tariffs
• streamlines the process in the sales cycle with predefined charges
• It lets you to effortlessly get quote approval and send quotes directly to customers
• Revise/modify an existing quote with validity extending facility
• Central repository of multiple quotes for a customer
• Track submitted quotes within minutes & gain insights
• Offers quote solution for all modalities (sea freight transport, road transport or air freight transport)
• Quicker conversion of existing open quotes into Jobs

 

This automated quotation management software system caters to both importer and exporter as per their varying need. Above all its feature to quote for multiple origin & destination in single quotation reduces turnaround time and helps client to forecast & increase sales closure for booked orders. The key benefit here is that the software saves you much e-mailing and telephoning time, thus money. You will maintain privacy of your quotes by restricting access to only people who need to know, receive a response when the customer has accepted or rejected your quote.

 

Adopt our freight Quotation Management Software & stay ahead of your competition. Feel free to contact us for details or request a demo !

For any manufacturing, distribution, or retail company, warehouses form the main part of their supply chain. You can’t just leave a warehouse saying it’s a place that houses products and materials, you need to pay attention from the structure to Racking, Sorting & Housing things within it. Here the process of storing the received goods in the prescribed shelf mistakes in allocation will often lead to mistakes in picking & shipping the goods from the inventory, as so you need to perform allocation accurately.

By owing a warehouse management system (WMS) you can gain full visibility into different functions of the warehouse in real-time, for ex. inventory being received, orders being packed, shipments being labeled, exact locations in which you store them, pick lists for each picker to retrieve items in the most efficient way. With this warehouse management system, you can reduce the physical steps you would follow to get from one place to the next and routing everything in a streamlined way.

WMS Technology solution allows 3PL’s warehouse, Logistics company warehouse to search for order status & gain transparency across subsequent processing of picking and shipping from inventory.  It also helps user to keep tab on real-time inventory levels, pinpoint the exact location among the Stock Keeping Unit (SKU) and retrieve quickly.

ROI Gained by using Warehouse Management System

• Gain Inventory visibility against orders
• Reduces manual paperwork processes
• Optimize resources & achieve business objectives
• Improve credibility & reduce returns
• Save on inventory holding cost

Putting together, this solution facilitates you receive inventory more efficiently, pack boxes quicker, and deliver more orders on time. If you are curious about “Warehouse Digitalization,” give us a call on our number or write us an email or simply drop us an enquiry.

Globalization, have enabled businesses handle multiple markets and various demographics and New technologies are enabling greater efficiency and more collaborative operating models. Recent innovations in technology have brought improvements to supply chain industry. utilizing these improvements at all stages. For instance, we have recently integrated our Logistics ERP Software’s freight forwarding module with Aviation Stack Application Programming interfaces or APIs. This allows freight forwarders to gain control over the operations as well give customers end-to-end visibility.

Freight Forwarding Software from SNSF uses Aviation Stack API to offer a simple and cost-effective way of accessing global flight tracking data in real-time. With this Real-time Flight Status & Global Aviation Data client can achieve peace of mind as well reduce 40% work effort.

Advantages of Aviation Stack API Integration

• Live Flight Tracking
• Historical Flight Data
• Airline Lookup
• City Lookup
• Airplane Lookup

By watching the real time updates on the following customers can tap into an extensive data set of airline routes and other up-to-date aviation-related information. Airline Freight forwarders can take advantage of this new software environments, that helps track information and stay competitive.

Transform yours into a digitized freight forwarding business by installing Cloud based SNSF’s Freight forwarding software. To embrace this customized software that cut down the challenges and helps meet logistics & supply chain demands Contact Us.

Freight Forwarders of today need technology / software solutions to accommodate evolving customer needs. To be a proficient Freight Forwarder it’s crucial to improve every operation by understanding client’s business requirement & strategies.We at ANGLER have recently provided innovative, technologically advanced SNSF software that helped them streamline Freight forwarding operations and enabled them overcome business challenges. Our solutions allowed freight forwarders to augment their capabilities and overcome disruptions in real-time.

Customer Data Management :

SNSF’s proven freight forwarding software solution empowered Engineering & Logistics firm to manage their customer records and keep track of their history, records etc error free. This Master Data Management across various departments in an organization helped client get rid of data discrepancies in the system, as well serve their customers and maintain operational effectiveness.

Collaboration Efficiency :

Transportation Management companies with many employees, division, designation can now virtually share & exchange their department documents to others for review. By digitizing client got the flexibility of connecting to their business anywhere, anytime, streamline communication, quoting/booking approval flows.

Today with SNSF Freight Forwarding Software solution client could unlock the primary difficulties he had in order tracking, custom clearance work, freight forwarding work process management. The best-in-class modules ensured feasibility in tracking of shipment & port, MBL & HBL Information, and track containers time-efficient, cost-efficient operations and improved bottom line results. The software we developed is with a concern for current as well as future requirements.To track, gain strategic actionable insights, expedite business process and provide a more satisfied customer experience call us. We can support you digitally transform the business ecosystem for operational security, complete business visibility, informed decision making etc.

To be competitive and to ensure growth and productivity, Logistic companies nowadays looking for a modern realistic software solution to put them at the top. There are several ready-made software solutions offered in the market. Therefore, it is not easy to choose the “best” software for your logistics and supply chain business. Not all software created to solve your exact problems. It is the customization involved that can get the most out of a logistics software. You have to form a mature strategy on what requirements have to be met and the needs of growth.

Here is a list of essential features and points that a good logistics software should provide.

• Multi-User Architecture is needed for expansion.
• Invoicing and Contract Control Feature.
• Real-Time Visibility & Inventory Control.
• Automated Vendor Management & Inventory.
• Real-Time Status Tracking
• Comprehensive Report Generation

It will undoubtedly, benefit you when you choose an integrated software solution with in-built features. A well-built software for you will have the necessary modules to effectively manage and automate many of the operations. Such a software will help in scaling up operations and facilitate growth and expansion. Look for features and modules like these:

• In-Built CRM module.
• Warehouse Management System.
• Supply Chain Management
• Transport Management Module
• Freight forwarding Module.
• Inventory Management Module.

The above check-list in features and in-built modules will definitely benefit your business and improve operations to yield efficiency and productivity with also the advantage of on-boarding more suppliers/customers and scaling up operations for the company’s growth. The quality of the business is improved via automated adjustments and online data analysis. Data is processed without human errors and drives forward operations without delays. Cost savings are realized as a result of automation of documents and accounting, besides estimations, quotes and reporting. Stakeholders in the logistics and transport sectors interested to get our product, SNSF Logistics ERP Software, can ask for a free demo. Just leave us an enquiry we will contact you.

 

Information management is becoming one that could mean the success, or weakness of your business. Business Intelligence (BI) tools helps users make more effective data-driven decisions. By making use of this businesses can identify areas that need operational improvement, recognize different types of trends prevailing in the businesses or markets, create competitive advantages over others who fail to analyze raw data for information. In fact making use of this tools in Transportation Logistics would increase operational efficiency and help determine new revenue potentials.

Technologies are key tools to support businesses cope up with rapidly changing customer needs, market conditions and predict a clear forecast of their business plans. To gain end-to-end visibility supply chain industry clients must manage all operations with unimaginable levels of optimization. For this to happen, make the best use of BI tools such as interactive dashboards, predictive analytics, custom reporting, shipment tracking, freight invoicing, global control tower capabilities and focus on those KPIs that mean the most to your business.

StoreNShipFast product comprises of business Intelligence tools that can help you manage your logistics in freight forwarding. Below listed are ways to analyse your Logistics data using SNSF BI tools and ensure smooth running of operations in a timely, and cost-effective manner

• Integration with other key modules like warehouse, transportation
• Analyse Freight transportation costs and carrier trends
• Explore International forwarding modes, costs, and trends
• Evaluate carrier performance metrics
• Track Freight Invoice Accuracy and disputes
• Do Lane & mode analysis
• Easily do Vendor Shipping Compliance
• Know about warehouse stock and inventory trends
• Pool distributions and product roll-out measurements
• Powerful dashboard and reporting

With SNSF in place you can comprehend the large-scale data, do real-time analytics and gather insights required to save countless hours spent to resolve problems. To improve profits in the highly priced competitive world of shipping implement SNSF, Web based Logistics ERP solution. Contact us to Watch a demo.

In today’s environment, many businesses make use of webinars for showcasing the product to prospects and building a build rapport with the leads. SNSF being a main product launched recently by ANGLER, we scheduled to host a webinar and to jointly serve the purpose for both the host and the participants. All Our prospects were given opportunity to register & participate at the event in the predetermined time and date.

The event let our customers to interact with our technical team & know the outcomes of adopting SNSF’s integrated solutions for logistics. Actually we had about 20+ attendees to attend the webinar, prospects from 3PL, Warehouse & Freight Forwarding companies in Middle east, Africa and India regions.  Participants of the webinar opened up their questions at the end of the session & our functional team answered the question.

Webinars gave us the opportunity to engage the participants by explaining the day to day challenges faced by various industry verticals and how our StoreNshipfast software helped them to overcome those bottle necks with real-time stories. In fact, the attendee feedback made us clear that it helped them know   the advantage of implementing SNSF Logistics ERP software.

Those interested to participate or get our product demo can leave us an enquiry we will keep you informed on our next webinar which you may be interested.

In this digital transformation era the need for EDI is crucial for any shipping companies, Supply Chain Service Providers, B2B business Company, Logistic chain operators to improve operational speed & business efficiency. By using this standard Electronic Data Interchange System clients can eliminate human intervention besides take multiple steps out of the manual process. Following this structured messages, common business language for communication correspondence facilitate data exchange between parties transacting.

Recently, we have implemented CODECO D95B EDI in Depo Management System to a leading Supply Chain Management Company. It significantly shortens the data processing time, contributes to the visibility of the container status & helps the client to electronically communicate the information that was traditionally communicated on paper i.e., purchase order, invoice documents.

The CODECO file contains the following information in a structured format.

• Transport details
• Location details
• Name and address
• Goods and item details
• Handling instructions
• Equipment details
• Measurements etc

This message confirms that the containers specified have been delivered or picked up by the inland carrier (road, rail or barge). This streamlined message can be made use of to report the change in the status of container(s) without physically being moved.

EDI Implementation Benefits

• Today’s customer prefers working with logistic chain companies those have EDI systems as its efficient
• Lower 35% transaction cost by eliminating expenses associated with paper, printing, reproduction, storage, filing, postage and document retrieval
• Errors / disputes due to illegible faxes, lost orders or incorrectly taken phone orders are eliminated and valuable time of your staff is saved

Depot Management Software development team at SNSF has the expertise to support you implement EDI, contact us today to learn more.