Supply Chain Visibility

Business Challenge
Global Trade Management
To reduce inventories, optimize networks, and
SOURCE
DESTINATION
Software Suite
mitigate risk, global supply chain teams need
Our GTM suite automates import and export processes to
near real-time visibility into the status of orders
enable goods to flow across international borders in the
most efficient, compliant and profitable way.
and shipments. Unfortunately, supply chain
Sourcing Optimization
Supplier
Management
Duty Management
visibility is complicated by todays global trading
Transportation Management
Import Management
systems, which have different infrastructures,
Export Management
Supply Chain Visibility
data definitions, and message formats. It can be
difficult to receive and interpret status updates
from numerous carriers, brokers, and freight
forwarders in order to gain a comprehensive picture
Benefits
and assess performance and bottlenecks. Without
Increase supplier order fill
this big picture, it becomes nearly impossible to
rates and order accuracy
implement cost-saving strategies, such as just-in-time
inventory replenishment. When delivery windows are
Lower safety stock
tight, even minor missteps and miscalculations can
inventory levels
have major consequences.
Shorten inbound supply
lead times and order cycle
The Amber Road Solution
times
Amber Roads Supply Chain Visibility solution
Reduce stock-outs and
provides multi-mode supply chain visibility
late customer orders
functionality that connects importers and exporters
Increase inbound supply
with their overseas suppliers, logistics providers,
predictability
brokers, and carriers. Amber Road has built a global
trading network with pre-established connectivity to
Improve exception
hundreds of trading partners. The networks secure
management and
data communication services enable supply chain
proactive resolution
partners to share information, distribute reports,
Reduce purchasing and
and receive alerts on milestones that are critical to
order expediting costs
the timely delivery of goods. With this visibility and
Reduce manually intensive
connectivity across the supply chain, organizations
processes
can reduce cross-border trade risks while improving
supply chain responsiveness.

Amber Road helps us with our long-term continuous improvement program. It has
helped us to secure our supply chain, giving us visibility from beginning to end.
International Transportation Manager,
Brown-Forman Corporation

Capability Highlights
Monitor inbound and outbound movement of goods at the shipment, order, SKU
and container level
Visibility for Status Events

Receive real-time updates from the Amber Road global trading network
Manage detention and demurrage issues with visibility into container locations and
status
Proactively alert your supply chain partners and stakeholders of key events and atrisk milestones

Alerts and Exception

Management

Manage critical supply chain issues and expedite resolution through automated
notifications
Customize alerts according to specific events, data elements and tolerances based
on planned milestones
Connect to internal and external supply participants and systems

Integrated Service
Provider Network

Quickly define relationships and roles of participating organizations

Validate all messages for completeness, timeliness, and accuracy

Data Quality Management

Ensure messages received from supply trading partners map precisely to your
systems syntax and requirements
Track performance of supply chain partners in real time

Performance
Management Reporting

Report supply chain performance against pre-configured key performance

indicators
Manage and report compliance issues with all supply trading partners
Create, modify and preview the list of documents that will be sent for certain
transaction types

Document Management

Define document types in the system; indicate their lead times and whether they
require notarization, signature or must be in official form
Display all documents associated with a particular transaction or shipment

With increased international scrutiny being placed on security, safety and compliance,
we needed to enhance our existing import compliance program and establish a
comprehensive track-and-trace system for real-time visibility to our import shipments
in-transit.

Import Export Compliance Officer,

Bunzl Distribution USA

Realize the Benefits of Amber Roads Supply Chain Visibility Now

Supply Chain Visibility is part of Amber Roads comprehensive GTM suite called Trade Automation 15.
Trade Automation 15 enables goods to flow unimpeded across international borders in the most efficient,
compliant and profitable way as a single, unified process across the extended enterprise. For additional
information and to learn more about how Amber Roads Supply Chain Visibility solution can help your
business, email us at Solutions@AmberRoad.com or visit www.AmberRoad.com.

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