Supplier Portal
The Supplier Portal is the first step to a seamless supply chain for all parties involved. Buyers can access it and collaborate with suppliers on any purchase order they have, while also being alerted when there are potential delays or issues in transit so that communication doesn't have time gaps between messages like before! The logistics industry is a complex and ever-changing landscape, but partnering with other companies can help you avoid the pitfalls that come from trying to do it alone.
Benefits
- Allows suppliers to book time slots when delivering to the warehouse
- Visibility of purchase order details, especially when there are changes, enable suppliers to improve service of delivery to the warehouse and notify affected stakeholders.
- Ensure improved planning of inbound deliveries and avoid inbound congestion at the delivery site
- Measure planned vs actual delivery conformance
- Improved supplier planning to fulfill the customer’s order on time in full
- Suppliers improve their decision making in terms of stock availability and order fulfillment to the end customer.
Functionality
- Enable suppliers to view purchase orders raised, including the required delivery dates, packaging, labelling and call off quantities
- Easy communication on call-off's between the supplier and buyers.
- This collaboration allows the supplier to pre-label and package goods in the most efficient way for receiving at the buyers warehouse
- The supplier can adjust call off quantities based on their ability to fulfill. This in turn alerts the customer of potential under or over deliveries and allows the warehouse to accept or reject the proposed amendments
- The supplier portal allows uploading of relevant documentation such as Delivery Note, Batch Cards and any other relevant documentation which allows for efficient pre-processing on the warehouse such as pre-capturing batch management information.