Making manufacturing easy in India – Integrated logistics solutions from Port to Shop Floor
In dynamic world of todays as businesses strive to innovate and launch new products in
shorter lead time an agile approach is required to handle material right from its origin to
manufacturing plant and further to shop floor.
Many manufacturers face challenges in managing material because of dealing with multiple
global suppliers, complex and time-consuming clearance process at ports and further
distribution to manufacturing plant. It’s very easy to lose sight and things can go wrong if
they fail to receive information in a timely manner.
Any in-efficient flow of material has direct impact limiting production line/shop floor
performance and significantly affect profitability of producing the products.
Need of Integrated logistics to enable competitiveness
An integrated logistics framework from Port to Shop floor enable manufacturers to know
what is available where and allows to plan just-in-time availability for manufacturing
navigating dynamic production schedules.
It connects various partners, teams, and provide real time updates on each individual
operations within logistics chain.
Integrated logistics service providers with capabilities to handle material at port and with-in
plant to feed production line helps eliminate wasteful tasks from system, keep inventory up
to date, react and respond to the production plans efficiently, create a more accountable
environment measuring performances for continuous improvement.
Need of Integrated logistics to enable competitiveness
Greater visibility on key material
Faster turnover
Better responses to schedule changes
Remove excess WIPs from shop floor
Reduce wastages
Reduce cost related to obsolete parts
Accountability and better control
Right material at right place at right time
Express 3PL, a tech enabled logistics company offers integrated contract logistics solutions
allowing lean and flexible supply chain for local and global manufacturers in India.
Very recently for a Global Automotive Company in India, Express 3PL has extended services
to handle material at port, delivery to manufacturing plant, managing material with-in plant
(Storage, Line feeding and Finished Goods handling) acting as single logistics partner.
With-in plants operations, Express 3PL bring expertise of
In-bound operations (Faster receiving and put-away TATs)
Storage (throughput design, WMS and IMS implementation)
Line-feed (FIFO implementation, retrievals)
Out-bound operations (Cross-docking, FGs management)
Manpower training, cross-functional utilization and optimization
Integrated communication across discipline
Quality and safety standards adherence
Environment and regulatory compliances
A state of art material handling system leverages manufacturing information to deliver correct material and align to change of production schedules maximizing up-time, eliminating Idle time and non-productive tasks.
Advantage of Express 3PL Material Handling Systems
| Real-time inventory management | Material verification | In and outbound management |
|---|---|---|
| Get accurate up-to-date inventory with location and status along with moving goods, WIP consumption, and material waste | 100 % material verification to prevent misuse of materials | Capacities to handle both raw material and FGs. |
| Easy replenishment | Storage management | Transport management |
|---|---|---|
| Monitoring production schedule and constantly aligning material readiness accordingly | Defining material locations and ensue correct pick-up based on FIFO. | Visibility to track and trace materials throughout the logistics operations |
About Us
Express 3PL (flagship brand of Express Global Logistics) is a tech enabled logistics solution
provider which specializes in Contract logistics, Freight forwarding, Customs clearances,
Project logistics, Warehousing and Distribution.
We offer logistics solutions across diverse industry verticals,
Automobile and Automotive components
Retail
Consumers durable and FMCG
Power and Energy
Heavy and light manufacturing
Ecommerce and Omnichannel
Through our in-plant logistics solutions we allow manufacturers to
Optimize inventory cost with low total ownership cost
Reduce material quality issues by maximizing product quality and material safety
Increase production performance through flexibility and agility
Increase logistics operations efficiency by reducing labour cost
You can know more by visiting us at www.express3pl.in or call us at +91 8860438436 and speak with our logistics experts.