SCM BOOKING
Innovative logistics platform render beneficial cargo owners trace container information real time without using tracking device
Situation
- An overseas supplier of raw material to production plants
- Shipping over 12000 containers yearly across the ocean with around 3000 containers on ocean daily
- The client was not able to track the location of the container
- Tracking system and loading system was not in order leading to inefficiency and loss of business
Challenge
- Comprehend Shipping domain
- Enhance cenTTRa to use booking information
- Generate reports for departure, arrival, and transshipment of goods
- Identify invalid bookings
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WhiteHedge Solution
- Developed system architecture to process multiple input and output formats
- Created CENTTRA, multi carrier container information platform to manage booking information
- Set up an FTP for exchanging information between both parties involved
- Generated exception report for handling invalid inputs
- Introduced On Schedule report for all bookings
- Built standardized terminology for different shipping lines
- Created Trip Plan for superior monitoring purposes
Technology
- .NET Framework 3.5, ASP.NET, C#.Net,AJAX
- Web Server: IIS
- Database: SQL Server 2005
- Tools: Telerik, ASP.NET controls, Microsoft Application blocks, Threading, Office InterOp, FileHelpers
Value Addition
- Strengthened supply chain management system
- Provided real time updates to the client
- Standardized reporting requirements
- Assisted in identifying trip halts, invalid bookings, and cancelled bookings
- Stored historical data about container movements for future references
“WhiteHedge offered excellent services to its client through multi-carrier logistics platform CENTTRA . Our experience and knowledge in global shipment management paid rich dividends and enabled us to extend business relationships with client.”
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