APRIL - JUNE, 2020LOGISTICSTRANSPORTATIONREVIEW.COM8HOW DIGITALIZATION IS TRANSFORMING TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENTBy Nick Torpey, Director, International LLP, DHL Supply ChainDigitalization is creating new opportunities to enhance transportation efficiency, visibility, and resiliency. Not surprisingly, many shippers are looking to their 3PL partners to lead the way on turning these opportunities into reality.Taking the Pain out of Payment AuditingFreight payment and auditing is just the tip of the iceberg. These essential tasks can be tedious and time-consuming. The more complex your shipments, the more of a hassle payment and audit becomes. Here, digitalization has opened the door to automation. Using software-based robots, forward-thinking 3PLs have automated auditing processes to eliminate manual errors and enable even complex audits to be performed in minutes rather than days.This also creates the opportunity to apply business intelligence tools to freight pay data. Using freight accessorial charges and carrier rates stored in the Transportation Management System (TMS), shippers can work with their 3PL to gain insights into trends and identify inefficiencies.Gaining Visibility into Shipments ­ and TrendsAutomating audits certainly simplifies transport management, but today's shippers want more than fast, efficient audits. They want real-time visibility into product movement while enabling the ability to optimize routes and improve planning.This is possible through a new generation of digital supply chain platforms, such as DHL's MySupplyChain, that Nick TorpeyOPINIONIN MY
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