Supply Chain: How to Automate Document Processes to Improve On-Time Delivery and Increase Margins

| Supply Chain How to Automate Document Processes to Improve On-Time Delivery and Increase Margins • Synchronize document and supply chain processes to reduce expediting • Improve Margins by automating document processes • Deliver on-time with dynamic assembly of shipping documents • Increase customer loyalty with personalized communications Coordinated Document Processing Accelerates Throughput S upply chain margins depends on speed and accuracy. Unfortunately, inefficient manual steps burden many operations, consuming time and introducing errors. StreamServe replaces stop-and-start paper with a smooth, coordinated electronic flow. Documents can be produced How it works. “just-in-time,” where they are needed, either on the shop • With no change to existing processes, floor or in the warehouse. StreamServe intelligently consolidates data from supply chain systems into This means, for example, invoices, packing lists, advanced shipping documents, bills of lading, that documentation such labels (including bar codes and as invoices, packing lists, RFID), manifests, driver-ready packs, customer correspondence, etc. correspondence, manifests, labels, customs forms and • Automatic sorting and assembly of document packs, including driver-ready packs are event-based staged releases, saves automatically generated time and resources, and eliminates and forwarded to the correct recipients, and automatically costly manual process steps. collated into relevant packages. • Track and trace, and automated failure recovery guarantee The net result is the supply chain can run faster, with document output and document audit trail, 24/7. accurate documents arriving at the right place in the right form and in the right order every time. • The ability to print complete documents on plain paper can eliminate the ongoing expense of • Cross-border or regulated delivery • Reduced operational, pre-printed forms and labels, or documents are automatically production, postal and materials private-label stock. assembled and archived, available consumption improve the firm’s • Multi-channel output and delivery for customer self-service access. sustainability profile. provide flexible options. • Customers and sales can be Please see additional information on automatically notified of ASNs and the back page. business or shipping events. Accurate Documents Reduce DSO, Some Advantages of Automated Documents Mitigate Risk, and Satisfy Customers Even at very high volumes, StreamServe Beyond streamlining supply chain document dynamically generates supply chain processes, StreamServe also can significantly documents in whatever output is needed or preferred—print, email, web, affect the company’s bottom line. text-message, XML, etc. This gives you Eliminating the inevitable ordering, shipping exceptional control over both document- StreamServe dynamically generates and billing errors of manual handling greatly related supply chain processes and the the entire document, improves accuracy. But equally important, documents themselves. including logos, taglines, colors, etc., StreamServe automatically applies rules, which For example, StreamServe electronically which supports both business managers directly control, to ensure that stages documents and releases them company and private- label activities. documents match the customer profile—pricing, sequentially through the process as each form factor, private labeling, shipping preferences, step is completed. This eliminates manual handling and etc. StreamServe also ensures that cross-border or its associated errors, accelerates process regulated shipments are appropriately documented throughput, helps keep inventory counts and the records, archived. accurate, and prints just-in-time driver-ready packs to improve on-time delivery. Since erroneous paperwork is a major cause of payment In addition, the dynamic, coordinated delays and customer irritation, accurate documents are assembly of document packs also an important factor in reducing Days Sales Outstanding results in more efficient order (DSO), mitigating risk and reducing customer support costs. fulfillment and customer shipment, as They are also key to inventory accuracy, so StreamServe well as improved distribution processes, can measurably improve both the revenue stream and the since the documents match what’s operational costs that affect profitability. actually in the shipment.. Please see additional information on the back page.