SCA Planner(TM) is a cloud-based logistics solutions designed to reduce costs while ensuring supply and strengthening your relationships with distributors. Our customers use SCA Logistics Solutions to:
Logistics Optimization
- Optimize total logistics costs with true DC cost drivers
- Build distribution network design using true DC cost structures and activity-based costing
- Optimize distribution to meet cost, freshness, contingency and service-level goals
- Lane assignments, DC process and technology choices, delivery frequencies, shelf life
Distributor Performance Management
- Track distributor metrics, identify exceptions and improve performance
- Standardize processes for DC budget, actual and variance reporting with consistent information across all DCs and distributors
- Identify improvement opportunities by providing benchmark KPIs (on-time %, warehouse productivity, off-load rate) and opportunity reports across system or comparable DCs
- Automate data collection, configurable reporting and predictive analytics
- Design distributor performance incentive programs with complete performance metrics, rewards, tracking and reporting
Logistics Redistribution
- Orchestrate distribution alternatives to minimize costs
- Create a multi-tier logistics network design (vendor-hub-DC-restaurant) using inventory, freight, administrative and warehousing costs at each location
- Determine routes direct to DC or through hub lane selection
- Establish true DC and hub cost structures and activity-based costing