The task of B2B product distribution has become a good deal more demanding in recent years, with much greater demands being placed on businesses and their delivery networks. There’s lots of competition in the market too, as businesses are compelled to adapt to new customer requirements or fall by the wayside.

In the face of this increased demand, companies are finding it necessary to streamline work processes and workflows in a bid to become more efficient, reduce errors and ultimately receive a more substantial return on investment. This is something that’s made possible with new control and management of distribution software platforms.

Historically speaking, boosting a company’s logistical capabilities has involved significant investment in vehicles, warehouses and employees, but with these new technologies the landscape looks somewhat different.

Enhanced Delivery Management Process

The good news is that the mobile technologies are available at a fraction of the cost of traditional sales and distribution software platforms like SAP and their use means that companies can become more lean, agile and prepared to meet the challenges of the modern B2B world.

The software used to enable improved control and management of distribution works by providing the following features:

●      Live Tracking - Offering real time monitoring of activities

●      Enhanced opportunites for employee colaboration and improved morale

●      Haulier / 3pl  - integrate 3rd party hauilers, driver contractors into tsystem

●      Enhanced customer communication - Real time updates

●      Route optimisation & resource optimisation - vehicle usuage - driver time

●      Paperless working - no more lost paperwork - digital storage of all PODs

The increased flexibility and ability to collaborate that is facilitated by a distribution management software platform, means that companies are able to compete on level ground with the big boys in the industry. This is because the model is both flexible, scalable and able to react to fluctuating customer demand.

Logistics are the backbone of any business that sells goods that need distributing to their customers and this new technology makes so much more possible for those without seemingly unlimited resources.

At Hub 360, we enable companies to monitor and manage the distribution of products, right from the point a sale is made, all the way through to Proof of Delivery (POD) and the invoicing phase. If you would like to find out more about how we can help your organisation’s logistics setup to become more efficient and scalable, please visit our website www.hub360.ie or to get in touch with us, simply fill out our contact form http://bit.ly/2SSuuEC and one of our team will be in touch.