Oracle E-business Suite – Logistics

The breaking of geographical boundaries has brought new challenges to many business organizations nowadays. Some countries have opened their economy to trade globalization making most companies more profitable because of the many choices they can have in relation to raw goods importation, finished products exportation and even human resource outsourcing. The act of managing and controlling the flow of energy, information and goods is called logistics. Today's logistics include management of resources such products, services and people from the production source to the marketplace.

With today's international business trading scenario, it would definitely be difficult, even near impossible, to manage these logistical resources without the help of software logistical applications.

The Oracle E-Business Suite Logistics family of applications answers the needs in logistical areas such international trading, global import and export process, and international repositioning of products and materials for manufacturing. This software solution is designed for complex distribution operations and helps manage inbound and outbound transportation which are major activities of production and marketing.

Like all applications within the Oracle E-Business Suite, the Oracle Logistics application is all about unification – in this case, unification of data models in order to give the company a single and accurate picture of the whole logistics process. With a unified view, it would be extremely easy to plan, manage and control all processes pertaining to the storage and flow of services and goods from factory to the market.

Oracle logistics closely integrates with Oracle Radio Frequency Identification (RFID. RFID makes possible accurate tracking of assets as well as monitoring of key indicators. RFID tags work together with different types of radio sensors and tracking technologies such as global positioning system for fast or real time monitoring of business processes.

DHL, a world leader in express and logistics company, has invested in RFID technology with Oracle applications in order to create optimized value for its shipping and logistical processes and to extend its supply chain visibility to both customers and partners.

To help optimize asset usage Oracle logistics leverages all assets to reduce operating costs. The Oracle Transportation Management works with the Logistics in delivering robust transportation planning. It efficiently handles cooperation among the business organization, its shippers and third party logistics provider. Among the features of the Oracle Transportation Management are Freight Payment, Billing, and Claims, Transportation Sourcing, Forwarding and Brokerage Operations, Transportation Operational Planning and Logistics Inventory Visibility.

The Oracle Logistics applications make use of the best technologies available int a multiple collaboration method for connectivity. It utilized the web through an online portal with secure remote access from all locations for all trading partners. It supports XML and OAGI XML standards for guaranteed secure one-time delivery. It's email system guarantees constant updates and follow up as well as notification of activity on business documents.

Going global with a business venture will never be headache anymore with Oracle Logistics to deploy and manage the organization. With its multi-lingual, multi-currency, multi-org, multi-national capabilities, a company operating in several countries will get the feel of being in one central location.