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Especially transport-intensive sectors have to be able to synchronise their information and material flow if they want to carry out just-in-time deliveries, for example. Internet-based supply chain execution solutions can be helpful in this situation because they are capable of transcending company and platform boundaries.

(Dispo 08.2007) The percentage of manual or partially automated tasks is extremely high in the field supply chain execution (SCE). On the one hand this is due to the multitude of information and communication interfaces between the supply chain partners. On the other hand this is a result of the fact that these tasks do not belong to the value-adding tasks in companies. Therefore, they were not considered during the first internal automation wave when ERP-systems were introduced in companies. However, after the successful automation of internal processes these tasks attract more and more notice in view of the automation and optimisation efforts.

Thus, it is not surprising that the optimisation in the field supply chain execution ranks very high on the agenda of companies, especially in transport-intensive sectors. Incompatibilities and insufficiently defined responsibilities for processes and/or sub-processes pose problems here. Consequently, modern and specialised standard systems for supply chain execution establish themselves increasingly.

Standard software solutions for SCE, such as the logistics-server® by inet-logistics, automate the planning, control, execution and monitoring of transport processes beyond company limits and spatial boundaries within complex logistics networks. They complement already existing ERP-systems by making all transport information directly available for the further internal processing. Thus, they close a gap which ERP-systems are unable to close easily due to their design for optimising internal processes. They connect various IT application environments within a short period of time and make a significant contribution to the synchronisation of the information and material flow.