Agillence ASCD Integrations

ALMS is a special hybrid TMS+WMS system to manage routes and shipments in a complex lean manufacturing network. When deployed in conjunction with Agillence Lean Logistics Optimizer (ALLO), clients have a seamless solution that supports the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) continuous improvement cycle. It enables multiple users with different logistics responsibilities to collaborate in managing route planning, load execution, and freight payment. It provides enterprise-wide visibility of common logistics data and exceptions over geographic, organizational, and temporal barriers. Logistics management includes many different activities over a long time period, from design, planning, execution, and payment. In addition, it involves many entities with different goals such as plants, suppliers, carriers, cross-dock operators, logistics purchasing, logistics payment, and logistics service providers (network designer, logistics engineer, logistics manager, dispatcher).

ALLO is a tool to design logistics networks with cross docks and milk runs for strategic and tactical purposes. It produces a high-frequency lean logistics network at low costs. Lean Logistics is characterized by high-frequency replenishment and freight consolidation utilizing networks of cross docks and milk runs. It promotes the continuous flow of products from origin to destination by the pull of actual consumption and thereby eliminates waste. The results are low inventory, high availability, resource smoothing, and improved asset utilization at low costs. It is extremely difficult, however, to design a lean logistics network due to complex constraints and astronomical possibilities. ALLO can help you to design such a lean logistics network with ease and to revolutionize your logistics network. An inbound example of lean logistics is found in the automotive industry to support JIT production.