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Warehousing & TransportATION: discover the Paragon partnership
Storage and transport operations have become even more strategic in current times when efficient inventory management and service logistics are important market differentials.
The Warehousing and Transportation industry is increasingly becoming strategically important for businesses around the world. Globalization and the internet have put products from all companies on international shelves.
Therefore, many companies need to have an excellent logistics operation, a decisive differential to gain efficiency in the shipment and delivery of their goods.
Companies in the storage and transport industry are key partnerships for the success of a step in the value chain whose positive result is satisfied clients, good reputation, more sales and greater profitability.
Delivering innovative management solutions, being more aligned with the client’s daily routine and addressing the infrastructure issues of a continental country like ours are just some of the challenges that a logistics company needs to face in such a competitive market.
For this, you need to use a methodology that models the large mass of data that is generated daily in operations, giving each of them the relevance within the chain and allowing the simulation of scenarios to realize gains and foresee risks and opportunities.
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Challenges in the warehousing and transport industry
- 1- How to identify the bottlenecks in my operation?
- 2- How does changing modals affect my productivity and costs?
- 3- Does the existing physical space meet up to what level of demand?
- 4- How will automation impact my productivity?
- 5- What are the consequences of Lean deployment?
- 6- How to test value stream mapping (VSM) before implementation?
- 7- What is the system’s maximum capacity?
- 8- What are the reasons for my capacity losses?
- 9- How do shifts affect my productivity?
- 10- How do operators influence overall performance?
- 11- What is the occupation level of my resources and operators?
- 12- How should my SPOT and contracted freights be balanced?
How we solve your problem
The PARAGON team is formed by experts in decision-making tools. Said tools include statistical, modeling, management and data visualization software and methodologies. We use the most modern simulation, optimization, scheduling and data visualization technologies. Our main goal is to offer security for decision making, presenting results and simple alternatives for complex problems that help reaching the productivity and profitability targets through cost reduction and investment optimization.
Excellence in storage management
The storage process is no longer just a matter of having the necessary physical space, good handling equipment, employees and a system for managing the storage areas.
Companies need to go much further to always find the best performance, since every step, from the receipt of goods in the warehouse to release for shipment to stores or directly to clients.
Much of the company’s image and capital can be lost in events that should be avoided and wrong management decisions.
Each of these events generate valuable data that allow for a more in-depth analysis of possible causes and storage management will be able to find preventive solutions.
Performance indicators are the most varied.
- Delay in the custody of goods, delaying availability and preventing sales;
- Losses of damaged or deteriorated products due to undue packaging;
- Structural problems that delay storage or collection (floor, accesses);
- Scaling error of handling equipment (forklifts, pallet trucks), harming the operation and generating risks;
- Incorrect labeling, with incorrect shipment of products to clients;
- Long distances to collect high turnover items, increasing release time.
Using a mathematical modeling solution with scenario simulation allows to consolidate all data in a structured manner, show the efficiency levels of each work cell in the warehouse and evaluate integrated solutions.
- Reduce storage costs by optimizing processes;
- Increase the level of quality of services;
- Improve inventory management;
- Optimize material handling techniques;
- Reduce equipment maintenance costs.
PARAGON offers solutions that enable discrete event modeling – the process of representing the behavior of a complex system as a series of well-defined events.
Potential risks in vehicle fleet management
Transport vehicle fleet management has potentially serious risks, arising from two conditions unfortunately present in Brazil: public insecurity and problems with an infrastructure almost centralized in the road modal.
- High rate of vehicle theft and/or cargo theft;
- Toll cost;
- Fleet maintenance expenses due to poor road conditions and accidents.
As we can see, these are highly critical events that need to be strictly controlled to avoid high-value financial and image losses to clients – without a doubt, the major loss when we talk about the importance of speed and logistics efficiency.
It is essential to use a scenario simulation tool from PARAGON with the data originating from these events, the operational costs (personnel, fuel, preventive maintenance and others) and the performance goals (delivery times, repair cycles, cost forecasts).
Thus, it is possible to simulate virtual environments so that the company can study all the options and assess opportunities and risks before defining which investments must be made with maximum security.
Warehousing & Transportation: Paragon Clients
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