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Headline Lack of IT Standard Processes makes Management of Delivery Chain complex and costly

07-21-2014 07:00 PM CET | Logistics & Transport

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Headline Lack of IT Standard Processes makes Management

2,000 Logistics Projects analyzed

Frankenthal, July 21st 2014 – The lack of IT standard processes makes the management of the delivery chain complex and costly. This is the conclusion drawn by the IT company AXIT of Frankenthal. “Industry and trade waste resources on a big scale in shipment management with their forwarders if there are no continuous cross-company IT processes for communication and handling”, says Frauke Heistermann, member of AXIT’s management. The basis of this evaluation is the experience from more than 2,000 realized logistics IT projects.

Cooperation with forwarders can turn into quite a complex business for industry and trade. Most companies work with a large number of forwarding companies which supply shipments to their factories or customers all over the world. But the ways of communication between customers and forwarders are often intricate: Each partner handles the shipping order differently. How is shipment data transmitted and completed, which way is used to generate barcode labels, how is tracking information supplied?

“On the basis of more than 2,000 realized supply chain management projects we have developed IT best practices which enable shippers to automate and simplify communication with their forwarders to a high degree”, says Heistermann.

How this is done in practice and how shippers gain more transparency and security in shipment management will be presented by users during the logistics professional event “X-Talk” which is hosted by AXIT AG and will take place on September 24th in Frankenthal. Information and registration at www.axit.de/en/x-talk.

About AXIT and AX4

AXIT is a specialist for cloud-based IT solutions for the management of cross-company logistics processes. With AX4 the company runs the industry’s leading logistics platform used by more than 150,000 users from trade and industry as well as at logistics providers to control their supply chain. Founded in 1999, the AXIT AG meanwhile employs a staff of over 120. Many well-known companies can be found among the customers, including BASF, Audi, Ford, Deutz, dm Drogeriemarkt, Schmitz Cargobull, Wöhrl, BAT from industry and retail sector as well as more than 400 carriers and logistic service providers as DB Schenker, DHL, Panalpina, Rhenus, CargoLine and GO!.

True to the motto “Supply Chain Management at the Push of a Button” more than one million shipment data is exchanged via the cloud-based logistics platform AX4 every day. Thus AX4 is one of the leading logistics platforms for the management of cross-company logistics processes. With flexible, consistent workflows AX4 informationally maps the physical flow of goods and has already been awarded several innovation awards. AX4 Open allows to flexibly adapted AX4 solutions to the customer’s ideas. According to the motto “Do IT Yourself” customers can create and manage their individual AX4 solution with this innovative tool. The advantages are obvious: Independently from the provider adaptations can be done at any time or best practice solutions can be multiplied at the push of a button.

AXIT AG connecting logistics
Nachtweideweg 1-7
D - 67227 Frankenthal
www.axit.de

Christian Wendt
Phone +49 6233 / 45943 - 119
Fax +49 6233 / 45943 - 919
E-mail christian.wendt@axit.de

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