As more and more companies decide to outsource their distribution to third party logistics service providers, the broad range of distribution requirements from various industry verticals are becoming increasingly complex and more challenging for 3PL providers to accommodate. In order to stay ahead of the competition, it is becoming ever more critical for logistics service providers to depend on a rugged SCM solution to achieve high visibility, control and agility in order to improve efficiency and reduce logistics costs. The Aware logistics solution from Exactus provides high visibility into your operations to help you manage multiple clients, channels and warehouses whilst delivering the right product to the right place at the right time, efficiently and cost effectively. With such flow-through operations as cross-docking, you can increase inventory velocity and reduce superfluous product handling to minimize overhead charges. Rapid replenishments and improved fill rates can be achieved with Aware to help maintain tight delivery schedules.

Aware can also help you manage complex inventory handling requirements of a diverse customer base by facilitating user defined UOM (units of measure) and SKU cross references. Value-added services such as one-to-one promotions, co-packing, labeling, shrink wrapping, final assembly and kitting can be easily handled with Aware. Activity based costing to track all labor tasks by client is also available for accurate client billing along with complete supporting reports. Online collaboration between shippers, carriers and customers is facilitated through Aware transportation module.

Many 3PL providers with multiple clients are challenged with integration issues that can inhibit end-to-end supply chain visibility, event management and collaboration with business partners. Awares advanced B2B interoperability infrastructure allows you to seamlessly integrate with leading ERP applications and can be easily interfaced with legacy and external disparate systems to give a real-time holistic view of your operations and shared business processes.

Extensive reporting capability crucial to a 3PL provider for efficiently managing their logistics operations is available in Aware. Some of these reports include storage analysis, principal-wise product movement, stock turnaround and warehouse utilization.

Aware provides a comprehensive set of visibility tools and event management features to help you manage supply chain events in a more hands-on way. Unexpected events can be managed in real-time by alert notifications and sharing information about logistics exceptions with appropriate managers and trading partners to take timely corrective action against what could potentially become customer issues. By providing global inventory visibility and optimized inventory deployment, Aware can help you improve fulfillment efficiency, reduce overall costs and achieve operational success.