Order Management

Improving efficiency with emerging technologies.

At its most basic level, Order Management is the organization of purchase orders to identify cost and efficiency gains. However, with the cascade of data available through modern technology, order management has evolved into one of the most complex aspects of the global supply chain.

THE SUPPLY CHAIN ON YOUR TERMS

Our services are customized to your individual needs, ensuring that your end-to-end solution addresses your unique supply chain.

PURCHASE ORDER MANAGEMENT

Streamline your purchase order (PO) management as you source from vendors around the globe, consolidating communication and fulfillment in one easy platform.

ORDER CONSOLIDATION

Enjoy faster delivery times, decreased costs, and less risk to inventory when you allow Cotrans Logistics to act as your single point of contact across multiple vendors and countries.

VENDOR ASSURANCE

Manage vendors at the point of origin to ensure quality control, ship window compliance, and packaging standards.

INTRODUCING

Our proprietary Order Management solution focuses on four key capabilities…

VENDOR COLLABORATION

The Vendor Collaboration portal provides a critical interface between your vendors and Cotrans Logistics. Vendors can see orders and update production milestones. User-role specific access allows responsible parties to focus on relevant information, such as Order Allocations, Production Tracking, Booking, Label Printing, and Document Submission.

SHIPMENT PLANNING

Our Shipment Planning tools organize and streamline how your business rules are applied, ensuring the most efficient shipment methods. Underpinning this powerful capability is our world-class origin and destination operations teams who assess and document your supply chain processes so that the end product is exactly what you want and expect.

VISIBILITY & REPORTING

LSS+ provides a control tower view into your supply chain and a dynamic work queue to support your decision-making process. Ensuring that all pieces are accounted for, loaded properly, and documents are collected. LSS+ offers Standard Report Templates, a Custom Report Builder, the ability to Track orders with integrated visibility, and provides Automated Alerts for areas that need attention.

ANALYTICS

Our analytics dashboard allows you to view your supply chain performance from different perspectives so you can adjust to meet your KPI’s. We have the expertise, infrastructure, and resources to help fast-track your analytics projects, such as measuring KPI’s, creating visualizations, or deploying machine learning / AI. LSS+ dashboards include standard logistics KPI’s, ERP Lead Time Analysis and Recommendations, Forecasting Volume and Allocations, and GHG Emissions Calculations and Mitigation.

ORDER MANAGEMENT

CLS – VAS Overview

LSS+ Overview

CASE STUDIES

Consumer Electronics Cost Savings

Global networking equipment manufacturer cut costs and gained efficiency through consolidation of all U.S. West Coast sites and Cotrans Logistic’s value-added services

Outbound Transportation for CPG

Global consumer packaged good manufacturer required a supply chain solution for outbound transportation, and an LLP solution in Mexico.

Asia Consolidation and Ship to Mexico

A leading Consumer Electronics retailer in Mexico was seeking greater visibility and control of their growing global supply chain. The customer’s sourcing program required a consolidation program for multiple vendors in Asia, and shipping to Distribution Centers (DC’s) in Mexico and Panama.

Asia Distribution Optimization

Cotrans Logistics optimizes customers’ Asia distribution for supply chain efficiency and FTA application.

Raw Material Management

Cotrans Logistics extends into raw material flow and production tracking by deploying Control Tower to provide early decision support for a leading sporting goods retailer.

Retail Shipment Visibility in Europe

Gain speed to market & shipment visibility for leading fashion retailer in Europe.