- Besides offering business-specific solutions for each of the stages and processes within the chain, they also automate management activities and make their traceability possible.
- Supply Chain Management (SCM) development services help companies optimize, integrate and automate supply chain processes according to each company's productive cycle. If you integrate SCM software into your operations, you will obtain an overview of all the processes in your supply chain, favouring better Management of all of them.
- As a result of the acceleration and evolution in Digital Transformation, we have increasingly complete information systems that have allowed logistics operations in companies to be faster, more efficient, and more automatic.
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End-to-end software developmentWe are ready to be your trusted partner for supply chain software development services development.
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Modernization of the systemsEnhance your software solution or platform with cutting-edge technologies and advance it to the most recent industry standards.
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Automation and optimizationEncourage the performance of your supply chain management software or its separate subparts by automating tedious manual processes.
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Third-party system integrationBring the utmost business value to your company by integrating any software from a third party.
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Finding a suitable Methodology01
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Defining a Project Specification02
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Choosing an Outsourcing Partner03
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Tracking progress with supply chain management tools04
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QA testing05
We decide on the ultimate SCM development methodology based on various factors, including the project size, how complex it is, and the budget and time to implement it.
We conduct a detailed brief to understand your project's specifics better. After this stage, we could plan the implementation and the workflow in an appropriate way.
At this stage, we determine what skills your in-house team lacks, so we can gather a team that would supplement the lacking talent to deliver what you need.
Everyone involved in the project could track each stage of the project completion through the tools we always provide to check the efficient execution. Tools like Trello or Jira allow all the participants to review the documented workflows and communicate in messaging threads.
Chudovo's developing team conducts multiple testing throughout the development process, increasing their number when the product is about to be released. This stage of QA testing is crucial to mitigate the risk of error.
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01Processing the ordersThe speed of processing the new orders directly influences the satisfaction of your customers and, thus, the revenue. That's why it is vital to make this business area exceptionally efficient. An effective SCM solution should have the following features: · Tracking the shipped orders · Processing of the order accomplishment · Automated billing · Generation of invoices · Paperless PO When you automate the aforementioned supply chain components, human errors get minimized. Moreover, your organization gains additional space for growth due to the released creativity of your employees since they don't have to do repetitive paperwork and administrative tasks and can get involved in value-generating tasks instead.
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02SchedulingUsually, the SCM software is a solution based in the cloud, automating time tracking activities, staff scheduling, communication efforts etc. Utilizing such software, you could prevent the issues related to the payroll, raise employee satisfaction and reduce the amount of scheduling-related conflicts. Typically, a platform for scheduling will have the following components: · System of instant messaging · Recommendations for the optimal schedule · Feature of managing the shift swap, availability, holiday and leave · Online creation and Management of a schedule · Timesheets to register the automatic clock-in and -out
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03Inventory ManagementIf your supply chain company requires warehouse space optimization, inventory management software is the right solution to cope with this task. Moreover, it could help you in forecasting customer demand so you can avert being under and out-stocked, and you can also streamline the planning of production. Since warehouse management tools are outfitted with artificial intelligence technologies, logistics activities are eased as never before. For example, the AI would bundle specific product shipments by the marker of same-day shipment so the products could be retrieved easier.
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04Truck DispatchingGetting yourself a trucking dispatch software, you simplify the tasks of: · Scheduling · Track routing since it gets automated · Monitoring the state of delivery transport This way, you significantly simplify the work of your supply chain enterprise. Trucking dispatch software is the right choice if you want to get rid of empty miles once and for good, if the communication with stakeholders is highly time-consuming, or if you experience difficulties routing the shipping.
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05Shipment MonitoringCross-referenced and real-time information makes it possible to track the shipments at every step of the delivery process with ongoing GPS location tracking and anticipate unforeseen events, thereby reducing anxieties about delays and accessing agile solutions to problems that arise. This way, you can fully control the company's operations and make the entire distribution network visible at hand. Suppose the features mentioned above are not enough for your enterprise, and you want to facilitate the tracking capabilities to the next level. In that case, you can embrace the IoT technology enhancing your truck's cargo with intelligent sensors that would provide timely updates on the conditions in which your products are transported. This would allow you to ensure the clients that the items would arrive in proper condition whenever you carry the delivery out, no matter how long they had to travel to reach their final recipient.
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06Demand ForecastingSolutions for forecasting demand could be a separate tool integrated with SCM software or a part of a supply chain management system. The main aim of such apps is to be able to forecast future demand to manage the inventory better, plan the distribution of labor resources etc. The solutions currently available on the market involve the machine learning mechanism. Thus, their predictions are based on more than just historical data, which might need to be updated in such a fast-paced market, but on the most recent information about the market. ML-powered tools promptly process a large amount of data, making these forecasts accurate overall.
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07Business IntelligenceOne more type of SCM software essential for successfully handling business processes is that it can provide comprehensive and up-to-the-minute business intelligence. A business that seeks expansion, growth, improvement and, of course, more significant profits would need proper and detailed data analytics. For this reason, enterprises often involve data analysis tools in their business. They help them with overall performance assessment, analysis of sales and marketing campaign success rate, and identification of causes of errors or delivery delays.
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08Customer and Supplier ManagementThe main goal of supply chain companies is to satisfy customers' needs through the suppliers. Typically the tools that can facilitate this connection are CRM platforms that can gather all the customer and supplier-related information in one place. Using CRM arms you with information on all clients and partners interaction, so you can keep track of all the communication processes in one place and also analyze how the chosen group of customers affects your company's business. You can maximize your organizational performance by being informed about all the client-related ongoing processes.
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09Client SupportCustomers expect to contact the delivery company anytime if they have issues or questions about their delivery. Thus, it would help if you allowed your customers to contact a representative operator through your website's customer support chat function. Besides the essential functions, some other enterprises enhance customer support with artificial intelligence, which can generate an automated transcription of phone calls and provide real-time analytics and prompts for your contact center. This way, you can rest assured that all the customer issues have been resolved promptly without damaging the percentage of customer satisfaction.
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010CollaborationTools that facilitate collaboration make it easier for a supply chain business to flourish. Ultimately, the multiple stakeholders you have across the whole value chain should be able to interact. Such software would allow you to facilitate communication to discuss specific tasks, possible problem zones, shipment issues, and potential contracts relying on the chat function and project management solutions enclosed as a function.
The state-of-the-art AI provides recommendations on optimizing the supply chain (e.g., what goods you should order and when is the ultimate time to collect them, judging by the AI-powered price chart analysis).
Creating a supply chain digital twin would assist you in testing various supply chain action plans and weighing their effectiveness and impact so you can choose the perfect one evaluating their impact based on facts.
Value: You can utilize the resources more effectively, synchronize the components of a supply chain, and fulfill the customer demand, optimizing the costs.
You get transparency of all your supply chain operations processes, including operations of suppliers and external carriers supported by advanced AI. A shared space for you and your suppliers to collaboratively resolve and discuss the arising issues. Customizable dashboards provide you with a unified view of supply chain processes and KPIs related to them.
Value: Manage risks proactively, improve the cooperation with your suppliers, and add up end-to-end chain visibility.
· Monitoring the shelf life and dates of expiration
· Matchless calculation of safety stock
· Tracking of location and inventory levels (deploying the barcode or RFID technology)
· Automated replenishment system
· Tracking of serial numbers
Value: This way, you can decrease the costs of carrying the inventory processes, speed up the order fulfillment, increase its accuracy in the meantime, minimize loss of inventory and shortages and optimize the labor costs.
· planning and optimizing the schedules of the route
· Tracking the freight in real-time
· Case management of transport accidents (notifications and reports upon the accidents with carriages, issuing requests for repairments and routing).
· Connectivity of IoT for during transportation product condition monitoring
Value: This way, you can utilize the vehicle park more effectively, optimize and decrease the logistics operating costs and deliver your products on time.
· Recommendations to assign suppliers for the purchase orders based on the analytics.
· Prompt template-based creation of order requisition, purchase orders, RFxs.
· Create and manage the base of favored suppliers
· Execution tracking of purchase orders (For several tiers if requested).
· Tools to collaborate with suppliers to discuss the order’s accomplishment.
· Purchase requisitions and orders could be approved through an automated workflow
· Matching automated in a three-way (purchase orders, receipts for them, and invoices from the suppliers that are available from the single source and are cross-compared so you could reveal inconsistencies in a very prompt way)
Value: Streamline and standardize the purchasing process, and improve the visibility of spending.
· Choose the suppliers based on the customizable analytics (you could pre-qualify them based on their technical prospects, financial health/viability, the ethical side of business processes, etc.).
· Automated alerts for the suppliers to update the data to expire soon (certifications, accreditations).
· Ongoing compliance checks and performance analytics of your suppliers
· Ability to choose and nominate the supplier collaborating with internal teams
· Improved planning of capacity with supplier portal
· Prompt creation of sourcing events based on templates (e-auctions, e-tenders, etc.).
Value: This way, you can reduce the regulatory risk and ease the supply chain compliance processes, improve the sourcing strategy, and enhance supplier engagement.
· Processing the order through a centralized multichannel
· Orders would be automatically routed upon the optimal location of their fulfillment
· Management of returns
· Centralized multichannel sales order processing
· Availability of various order fulfillment types and methods (same-day delivery, ship-from-abroad, BOPIS, etc.).
Value: These features would enable your business to increase the order fulfillment rate, reducing shipping costs and leading to a higher customer satisfaction rate.