NEC Case Studies Logistics Visibility Services

Edit This Case Study Record

	Logistics Visibility Services NEC

Logistics Visibility Services

NEC

Applicable Industries	Equipment & Machinery
Applicable Functions	Business Operation
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
Challenge	Fuji Xerox faced several challenges. Delivery inquiries from distributors had to be manually associated with order information and container B/L documents. Response to delivery inquiries was slow and delivery date estimates inaccurate because Fuji Xerox had to contact each transportation carrier for shipment status updates before warehousing dates could be estimated. Manual handling of an average of 1,800 inquiries a month created an excessive workload for staff. Distributors had begun securing extra stock in a system known as just-in-case inventory to prevent inventory shortages at hub warehouses in each region, leading to chronic over-inventory Read More
About Customer	Fuji Xerox is a joint venture partnership between the Japanese photographic firm Fujifilm Holdings (75%) and the American document management company Xerox (25%) to develop, produce and sell xerographic and document-related products and services in the As Read More
Customer Name	Fuji Xerox Read More
Solution	NEC implemented a cloud service that provides visibility in global logistics and connected with GXS Managed Services, a suite of services from GXS Worldwide, Inc., that enable data orchestration for transactions between businesses based on international standards such as EDI, thereby introducing visibility into the customer's global supply chain and enabling effective tracking of global product distribution. Software Components - GXS Managed Services - NEC cloud-based multilingual solution Read More Log in to view content
Data Collected	Asset Status Tracking, Inventory Levels, Logistics Cost, Shipment Verification, Supply Chain Optimization Read More Log in to view content
Contents

Applicable Industries

Equipment & Machinery

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

Challenge

Fuji Xerox faced several challenges. Delivery inquiries from distributors had to be manually associated with order information and container B/L documents. Response to delivery inquiries was slow and delivery date estimates inaccurate because Fuji Xerox had to contact each transportation carrier for shipment status updates before warehousing dates could be estimated. Manual handling of an average of 1,800 inquiries a month created an excessive workload for staff. Distributors had begun securing extra stock in a system known as just-in-case inventory to prevent inventory shortages at hub warehouses in each region, leading to chronic over-inventory

About Customer

Fuji Xerox is a joint venture partnership between the Japanese photographic firm Fujifilm Holdings (75%) and the American document management company Xerox (25%) to develop, produce and sell xerographic and document-related products and services in the As

Customer Name

Fuji Xerox

Solution

NEC implemented a cloud service that provides visibility in global logistics and connected with GXS Managed Services, a suite of services from GXS Worldwide, Inc., that enable data orchestration for transactions between businesses based on international standards such as EDI, thereby introducing visibility into the customer's global supply chain and enabling effective tracking of global product distribution. Software Components - GXS Managed Services - NEC cloud-based multilingual solution

Data Collected

Asset Status Tracking, Inventory Levels, Logistics Cost, Shipment Verification, Supply Chain Optimization

Impact #1	[Process Optimization - Real Time Asset Tracking] The whereabouts of products can be tracked in real time, leading to faster inquiry response times and improved deadline compliance.
Impact #2	[Efficiency Improvement - Labor] Staff's workloads is reduced by automating processes such as collecting information from factories and logistics partners and manually associating this data with each order.
Impact #3	[Cost Reduction - Inventory Management] Total cost of ownership is lowered due to reduction in inventory costs.

Impact #1

[Process Optimization - Real Time Asset Tracking]
The whereabouts of products can be tracked in real time, leading to faster inquiry response times and improved deadline compliance.

Impact #2

[Efficiency Improvement - Labor]
Staff's workloads is reduced by automating processes such as collecting information from factories and logistics partners and manually associating this data with each order.

Impact #3

[Cost Reduction - Inventory Management]
Total cost of ownership is lowered due to reduction in inventory costs.

Benefit #1	Fuji Xerox expects that distributors will be able to use the system to directly confirm shipping statuses, eliminating the almost 1,800 inquiries they receive at head office each month.

Benefit #1

Fuji Xerox expects that distributors will be able to use the system to directly confirm shipping statuses, eliminating the almost 1,800 inquiries they receive at head office each month.

Download PDF Version

Overview

Logistics Visibility Services

Operational Impact

Quantitative Benefit