SAP Logistics

Logistics service providers are feeling the pressure -- to meet escalating customer demands, differentiate themselves with new and more targeted services, and compete in an increasingly complex global marketplace. You need a solution that will help you reduce operating costs, integrate processes across the enterprise, and increase visibility into customers, carriers, financials, and overall operations.

That's the power of the SAP for Logistics Service Providers solution portfolio.

SAP for Logistics Service Providers delivers comprehensive capabilities for lead logistics providers, third-party logistics providers, forwarding companies, and ocean, trucking, and air cargo carriers. It provides an integrated, flexible set of solutions that enable you to handle complex business processes in procurement, warehousing, fulfillment, returns management, and value-added logistics. While managing operational activities from strategic planning and decision-making to payroll and administration to billing and customer care.

With SAP for Logistics Service Providers, you have the capabilities you need to automate processes to reduce labor costs, avoid manual errors, and streamline core processes such as warehousing and transportation. You can also integrate your systems and operations with those of your customers and partners, and serve customers in multiple industries while meeting the unique requirements of each.

SAP for Logistics Service Providers gives you tools to monitor carrier performance, gain greater visibility into supply chains, and provide accurate and up-to-the-minute information about shipments and supply chain performance. You can also anticipate customer demands, develop and market new services, manage your service portfolio, and analyze customer profitability to focus on your most profitable customers.

Finally, thanks to the stability and flexibility of SAP solutions, you can rapidly implement new processes and services, adapt processes to meet increasingly strict government regulations, and take advantage of new enabling technologies such as radio-frequency identification (RFID) and collaboration hubs.