Logistics involves all the activities of supply of raw materials, production, handling and distribution of semifinished products and end products.

Logistics is involved also in an integrated physical and information flow from the point of view of both strategic and operational activities.

Even though the term refers mainly the internal logistics of materials handled inter and intra warehouse, the management and inventory control and the demand forecasting, the logistics system is therefore the whole infrastructure, equipment, people and operational policies for the governance of the material flow and information flow.

The solution

Analitica module of Internal Logistics control is aimed at those who need to approach the problems of business intelligence in a simple and effective way. It could connects with every information system from Navision to SAP Business One to AS400.

The mission of BI in internal logistics management is explained mainly in the following points:

• improved layout;
• inventory optimization;
• integration with suppliers and customers;
• cost reduction.

The main costs that influence internal logistics are:

• maintenance costs in stock;
• stock out costs;
• handling costs;
• plant and equipment costs;
• operating costs.

The solution of internal logistics management therefore allows the management to react on time of the above factors using the methodology of lean management supported by an advanced model of Corporate Performance Management.

Analitica solution of internal logistics control allows end-users to perform multidimensional analysis from time to time by defining the desired presentation structure and to implement any current present reporting.

Through the creation of KPIs (Key Performance Indicator) you can get an overview of warehouse’s performances, in order to understand, through graphical dashboard summary, trends and effectively measure the results of any corrective actions taken.

You can also combine information from different sources and areas into a single dashboard and get a complete picture of the business situation, in order to verify and investigate, through reports and detailed analysis, the macro synthetic results and understand the reasons that led to performance. These are tools to access and view ready where they are wired the logic of analysis while the data remain dynamics.

The benefits

The advantages achieved through module of Internal Logistics control are:

• reduction in physical space;
• increasing of levels of service, productivity and inventory turnover;
• significantly reduction in costs resulting from a reduction in the time and distances of the operators;
• reduction of lacking.

Logistics management has never been so easy!