My ID Access Report Notes, "Efficiencies and Cost Savings can be Reached via Intelligent Routing"
In a webinar hosted by UPS Logistics Technologies on November 29th, 2007, My ID Access Report summarizes key concepts on the value of Proactive Territory Planning. Proactive Territory Planning can take your business to a new level of success by using historical data to assist in creating a strategic plan for tomorrow and beyond. Greg Muth, Product Manager, discussed the ways technology provides the data to help make key decisions. The need to start with an overall transportation strategy is critical to the success of any distribution operation. Last minute orders, volume fluctuations and off day deliveries can lead you down the path of reactive routing, causing you to lose profit. By stepping back and looking at the big picture you are able to establish a solid plan for any situation. By understanding whether you have a high sales/service focus or an operations/lower cost focus, you can develop a plan that works for you.
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About UPS Logistics Technologies
UPS Logistics Technologies is a business unit of UPS dedicated to providing transportation and logistics solutions that help distribution and service companies reduce costs and increase efficiency. Founded in 1983 as Roadnet Systems Corporation, UPS Logistics Technologies has focused on developing a suite of transportation management applications that provide optimized street-level route plans, real-time wireless dispatch and GPS, strategic territory planning, and much more.
About MY ID Access Report
ID Access is the information source for distribution managers and distributor sales professionals. ID Access publishes two magazines targeted at each audience segment. ID Access has the only publications reaching the national foodservice distribution industry readers nationwide. Mission Statement: To raise the level of professionalism in the distributor sales community. Our goal is to provide sales education and training tips in a lively, readable manner to help all distributor sales professionals become customer-focused consultative sellers.
