Supply chain & logistics in the manufacturing industry

Comprehensive Solutions and Expertise for the Digitalization of Your Supply Chain

In recent years, various incidents have made it clear how essential an adaptable and resilient supply chain is. Disruptions to supply chains do not necessarily have to be triggered by unforeseeable natural disasters, global health pandemics, or political uncertainties - the everyday challenges faced by manufacturing companies, such as fluctuations in demand, inefficient processes, or simply the loss of a supplier and the need to reschedule at short notice, are omnipresent challenges and reason enough to take a close look at your own supply chain.

A high level of transparency in the logistics network and close collaboration with external partners can help minimize the impact of disruptions and save costs at the same time. We support you with our comprehensive solutions and expertise in digitalizing your supply chain and logistics.

Supply Chain & Logistics in Practice

Your Challenge

The worst case scenario for a manufacturing company is an unstable supply situation with required materials and goods and the resulting production standstill. Supply chain and logistics managers face the challenge of balancing efficient warehouse management that ties up capital as sparingly as possible and an adequate supply of necessary goods.

The Vision

The top priority is to make the production process efficient and cost-effective by providing the right materials in the right quality and quantity at the right time. External influences, such as a growing regulatory landscape, must be considered just as much as efficient internal logistics processes.

Our Solution

Whether you are at the beginning of your digitalization journey or already on your way, we support you exactly where you are and offer the right solutions for digitalizing your supply chain and logistics. We take an in-depth look at your specific challenges, supplemented by our experience in the manufacturing industry in particular, and together, we will find the best approach for you.

Benefits for You as a Manufacturing Company

Improve resilience

Greater transparency about products supplied within your own supply chain also allows you to better control the entire supply chain - so you can recognize disruptions at an early stage and take action.

Assess supply chains

Based on data, AI will also offer opportunities in the supply chain. Predict behavior to optimize future processes.

Recognize bottlenecks

You can identify disruptions and delays within your supply chain at an early stage and are able to intervene in good time to minimize the impact on your production.

Supply chain management & valid planning

You know the requirements of your business and can take fluctuations in capacity, personnel and resources into account and compensate for them with foresight and precision.

On-time production

By optimizing logistics processes and comprehensive networking within the supply chain, you can react flexibly to changes and achieve on-time production for optimum customer satisfaction.

Act cost-efficiently

Transparent insight into your supply chains enables you to manage them efficiently, identify bottlenecks at an early stage and thus reduce costs.

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Our Services for Your Success

Supply Chain Management

Supply chain management in production encompasses the planning, control and optimization of all processes along the supply chain, from the procurement of raw materials to the delivery of the end product to the customer. Effective coordination of all players involved, such as suppliers, manufacturers and logistics service providers, ensures a smooth supply of materials and products. This not only enables on-time production, but also minimizes stock levels and storage costs.
Implementation of a holistic supply chain and logistics strategy

With our comprehensive SCM expertise, we are at your side as a partner - flexibility, innovative strength and, above all, entrepreneurial thinking and action are the order of the day for us. We are your strategy and technology partner, IT advisor and implementer, process optimizer and service partner for hosting and application.
With our expertise, we support you on your way to the SAP Cloud

As an SAP Gold Partner, we offer you comprehensive expertise in the areas of consulting, implementation and application management of SAP cloud solutions such as SAP S/4HANA, SAP EWM and SAP TM. This also includes the holistic transformation of your existing SAP system landscape into the cloud. We are happy to help you find the right path for your company and develop a joint roadmap for the future of your company. We carefully examine whether the private cloud approach ("RISE with SAP") or the public cloud with ("GROW with SAP") is best suited to your corporate strategy. We also integrate suitable extensions via the SAP Business Technology Platform, such as AI solutions, to make your logistics processes more efficient in the long term with the help of the latest innovations from SAP.
Supply chain visibility, warehouse robotics, geo-tracking - experience meets innovation

We combine our extensive and long-standing experience with the latest innovations to optimize our customers' supply chains. We quickly recognize which new trends and innovations actually offer added value and focus specifically on always offering you the best solutions. So feel free to contact us about current topics such as supply chain visibility and monitoring, warehouse robotics, GEO tracking or container management.
Take your logistics to a new level with the modular platbricks® cloud platform

With our own cloud platform platbricks® we can successfully supplement a wide range of logistics applications with existing solutions and thus close existing gaps in logistics quickly and easily. platbricks® can be used as a stand-alone solution or as an extension to an existing ERP or warehouse management system (e.g. SAP S/4HANA, SAP ByD, SAP EWM, etc.). This enables us to tailor optimizations along your supply chain to your individual requirements, needs and initial situation.

Digital Supply Chain Management and Logistics IT Solutions - Arvato Systems

SCM & Logistics

Secure the decisive edge for your supply chain management with innovative solutions.

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Use Case Collection: Use Cases of AI in Logistics

The use of artificial intelligence takes process quality and efficiency to a new level in logistics as well. Here, we have compiled ten use cases of AI in logistics for you and show their advantages.

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White Paper "AI in Logistics"

In this white paper, we describe the importance of AI for the logistics industry, present some use cases, and provide tips and advice on what to consider when implementing AI solutions.

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SAP® Transformation in Logistics

Real-time capability and security as well as flexibility and scalability form challenges that logistics managers have to face. A holistic software environment could be the answer.

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Demo System: platbricks® Chatbot Platform

Please get to know the platbricks® chatbot platform in our free demo system for 14 days and use the five bots provided in it. You can chat independently with the bots and customize or extend them according to your needs.

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