Managing logistics processes around truck loading and unloading is an essential component of efficient supply chain management. Through a seamless integration between Microsoft Dynamics 365 and various weighbridge applications, Ultimate Maritime Logistics provides customers with a powerful solution to streamline these processes and gain real-time insight into related logistics activities.
Easy order processing
With the integration between Microsoft Dynamics 365 and a weighbridge application, customers can easily communicate created orders for loading or unloading trucks automatically communicated to the linked weighbridge application. Then the customers can:
- Receive trucks and perform the required weighing using the weighbridge application.
- Record data such as net weight and status during the truck’s visit.
Feedback to Microsoft Dynamics 365
When the truck leaves the premises and the weighing’s are processed in the weighbridge application, this information is communicated to Microsoft Dynamics 365. The data is immediately validated and processed, leading to:
- Automatic inventory movements and updates.
- Invoice lines generated based on processed data.
- Status updates to the original order to reflect the latest status.
If necessary, the system sends an updated order back to the weighbridge application, keeping both systems in sync at all times.
Real-Time insights
Thanks to a batch process that runs every minute, communication between Microsoft Dynamics 365 and the weighbridge application remains real-time. As a result, the customer has an up-to-date overview of:
- Quantities that still need to be loaded or unloaded.
- The number of trucks that have already been processed.
Customization and coordination
Each customer, of course, has unique requirements. Based on our years of experience, we will discuss the customer’s needs and determine how best to set up the process. We will carefully define what data should be sent from Microsoft Dynamics 365 to the weighbridge application and vice versa.
Expectations regarding data quality, communication protocols, and the collaboration between applications are clearly discussed before implementation, ensuring a smooth integration process.
Integration Benefits
- Efficiency: automation eliminates manual entry and reduces the risk of errors.
- Realtime insights: continuously updated data ensures optimal control over logistics processes.
- Flexibility: the system is adaptable to different customer requirements and types of weighbridge applications.
- Complete traceability: customers have insight into actual and completed orders, including the status of loads and trucks, via Microsoft Dynamics 365.
Future-oriented logistics processes
The integration between Microsoft Dynamics 365 and weighbridge applications shows how integration technology can be used to address logistics challenges and optimize processes. It offers customers not only operational benefits, but also strategic insights that allow them to better manage their supply chains.
Would you like to learn more about how Ultimate Maritime Logistics can support your logistics processes? Contact us to discover the possibilities of seamless integration between your systems.