No matter how big or small your business is, you receive regular shipments of inventory, supplies, or other goods. Therefore, integrating container tracking and your enterprise resource planning (ERP) is essential for managing quality, timing, and business relationships.
One of the ten largest shipping companies in the world, Hanjin is based out of South Korea and operates intermodal shipping from ports throughout the United States, including Long Beach and Seattle. For businesses shipping materials from Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia, or Europe, Hanjin is a logical choice for getting materials to manufacturing, retail, or other locations.
Hanjin offers tracking on all their shipping containers, which gives your business the ability to manage manufacturing processes, plan retail, and oversee the other systems managed by your ERP.
Following are some tips to help you utilize container tracking to get the most out of your ERP tracking system:
Create Your Own Analytics
Data is one of the most valuable resources in the information age. Although Hanjin offers their own tracking analytics – estimated time of delivery, shipping rates, etc. – tracking shipping times and shipping rates yourself and comparing it to their data will give you the resources you need to plan ahead in your inventory and scheduling systems.
Schedule Carefully to Avoid Delays
When you need inventory for manufacturing, integrating your container tracking system with your manufacturing scheduling software will help you avoid delays by moving jobs in your work queue in accordance to the availability of supplies.
Create Positive Relationships
Sometimes relationships with vendors and customers “go south” because of shipping problems. With container tracking, you know exactly when freight left the point of origin and began the journey towards you. This gives you real information to communicate with your vendors and customers and maintain positive relationships.
For more information about integrated container tracking or other ERP related information, please contact Oates & Company today.
