Transportation & Logistics

The process of getting products delivered from one place to another - on time, efficiently and at the lowest cost possible - is mission critical. Whether transportation is your business, or one function of your business, you are concerned with balancing the rising cost of fuel against already razor-thin margins. It is an extremely competitive market, where if you are one late delivery or unexpected freight surcharge away from being on schedule, you can lose important business. You need to manage an intricate chain of suppliers and customers - with their respective systems - and a deluge of data. Add more regulations, from environmental to cross-border controls, and stricter compliance to the mix.

Now, try to get a single snapshot of how the business is doing today. Complex? Yes - and no.

QlikView simplifies the complexity in transportation:

• Get "one version of the truth" - synthesizing data from multiple sources. Whether it's from EDI, your ERP or 3rd party systems, spreadsheets, or more, you can get the complete picture of any and all aspects of your chain.



• Find lightning fast answers - even with massive transaction volumes. When you're dealing with such rapid fluctuations in variable costs, you need the information to make decisions in an instant.



• Unlock the power of all of your logistics data - by analysis on virtually unlimited dimensions. It's this information that provides insight and sparks creative solutions to nagging business problems.



• Improve profitability - by analysis on every customer, every supplier and every step in the logistics chain, become more efficient to maximise profits.



• Ensure Service Level Agreements for vendors and customers - and identify issues before they become problems.



• Empower those closest to the process for real performance improvement - QlikView is easy to use. Fleet managers can get a dashboard view of performance metrics to manage down to a detail level in a matter of no time.



• Streamline compliance reporting - with drill-down detail to documentation.



• Gain a competitive - and customer - advantage - smart companies are opening up their logistics processes to show customers how they are managing their business and identifying and solving problems.