UPS has Unveiled its ‘Supply Chain Symphony’ Platform
UPS has unveiled the Supply Chain Symphony™ platform, an innovative solution designed to revolutionize supply chain management by integrating various components into a single, unified system. This new platform offers a significant step forward in logistics and supply chain management.
- Comprehensive Integration: The UPS Supply Chain Symphony™ consolidates essential supply chain components, including shipping, warehousing, and inventory management, into one cohesive platform. This integration enables UPS customers to operate more efficiently and gain enhanced visibility into their supply chains.
- Global Supply Chain Connectivity: Kate Gutmann, EVP and President of UPS International, Healthcare and Supply Chain Solutions, highlighted the platform’s ability to connect every aspect of global supply chains to UPS’s intelligent logistics network. This approach is seen as a game-changer for customers, providing them with powerful digital tools.
- Enhanced Operational Capabilities: According to Bill Seward, President of UPS Supply Chain Solutions, the platform delivers robust visibility across the UPS global service portfolio. It enables customers to monitor inventory levels, anticipate potential problems, and make strategic decisions to improve supply chain operations.
- Integration of Stand-Alone Tools: The platform now integrates various previously stand-alone UPS tools. These include UPS® Shipping Services for parcel shipping, UPS Global Logistics & Distribution for outsourced logistics services, UPS Global Freight Forwarding for air and ocean freight services, UPS Customs Brokerage, UPS Supplier Management, UPS Express Critical® service for urgent transportation, and UPS Mail Innovations® for high-volume mailing services.
Competitive Advantage and Cloud-Based Solution: The Supply Chain Symphony, a cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) solution, offers benefits like improved customer service, enhanced collaboration, better asset utilization, and forecasting accuracy. This integrated logistics system provides companies with a competitive advantage, especially those struggling with connecting separate spreadsheets or databases and finding it difficult to turn supply chain data into actionable insights.
By launching the UPS Supply Chain Symphony™ platform, UPS demonstrates its commitment to leading the way in logistics innovation, focusing on streamlining supply chain management and offering comprehensive solutions to its customers.
Sources: AirGuide Business airguide.info, bing.com, UPS