Beacon’s new solution enhances supply chain visibility by integrating pre-shipment workflows and facilitating collaboration among shippers, suppliers, and forwarders.
Extending Visibility with Innovative Order Management
Beacon, a platform specializing in supply chain visibility and workflow automation, has introduced its Order Tracking and Collaboration solution. This new tool expands the platform’s capabilities, bringing visibility to the critical pre-shipment phase of supply chains. The solution integrates cloud-based shared workspaces, enabling seamless exchange of order details and documents to reduce administrative bottlenecks and ensure on-time delivery.
Transforming Supply Chain Collaboration
Coordination across supply chain stakeholders is often hampered by fragmented systems and manual processes, leading to delays and inefficiencies. Beacon’s solution addresses these issues with its “Live Boards,” shareable dashboards that offer comprehensive order views. These dashboards facilitate collaboration on both purchase orders and live shipments, simplifying key tasks such as scheduling, cargo readiness updates, and document sharing.
Key Features Designed for Supply Chain Efficiency
The Order Tracking and Collaboration tool enables real-time management of shipment schedules, document exchanges, and logistics coordination. Its centralized dashboards allow stakeholders—including shippers, suppliers, and forwarders—to access critical information in a single platform. By eliminating the need for disparate communication methods, the tool accelerates decision-making and mitigates the risk of delays.
Streamlining Workflows to Reduce Risk
Beacon’s platform exemplifies how workflow automation, a game-changer in other industries, is reshaping supply chain and logistics operations. According to Beacon CEO Fraser Robinson, the integration of order information, documents, and communications within one system helps businesses respond faster to challenges, address risks, and achieve greater operational efficiency.
This innovation provides supply chain directors with the tools to enhance collaboration, minimize disruptions, and deliver improved customer satisfaction.
