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Interactive Data Model Helps Optimize Distribution for German Beer Company<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Logistics Plus\u00ae Business Intelligence solutions are designed with a user-centric approach. Logistics Plus provides clients with end-to-end supply chain visibility using interactive dashboards, predictive analytics, custom reporting, shipment tracking and tracing, freight invoicing, and global control tower capabilities.<\/em><\/p>\n

THE CHALLENGE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Logistics Plus (LP) is a leading worldwide provider of transportation, warehousing, fulfillment, global logistics, business intelligence, technology, and supply chain solutions. In late 2022, a German beer company approached Logistics Plus with a unique challenge. The client had entered the U.S. market (in New England & Northern California) but had no defined strategy for which of their three major distributors supplied their retail locations with beer. This caused several unnecessary cross-country shipments that cost the client premium dollars.<\/p>\n

THE SOLUTION<\/strong><\/p>\n

After reviewing the data, The Logistics Plus Business Intelligence (BI) team used the powerfully flexible LP Business Intelligence Platform to create an interactive data model which utilized four LP warehouses as distribution points and associated them with the closest retail locations. The data model can calculate both the time (in days) and distance (in miles or kilometers) of the original routes and compare them to the time, distance, and estimated costs (based on actual quotes from LTL Carriers) for the new proposed locations.<\/p>\n

THE RESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Business Intelligence team found several obtainable savings and insights for this client\u2019s logistics group to implement. The savings included:<\/p>\n