The quickest way to boost your 3PL’s efficiency and cut costs isn’t by creating more spreadsheets.
It’s by building a single source of truth for your data.
Here’s how you can achieve that:
1. Application Integration
This is when data from one application is pushed or pulled to a different application to either enrich or create data. For example, orders created in an OMS are pushed to a WMS.
2. Data Integration
This is where you combine different data sources to create one unified view of reality. For example, sometimes an order is canceled in an OMS before it gets pushed to a WMS or an order could be modified in the WMS but not an OMS.
For small operations, integration might not feel essential—you’re likely hands-on and know every detail of your business.
But as you scale, integration can have a massive impact on:
1. Streamlining operations
2. Reducing waste
3. Minimizing risks from bad decisions made on incomplete or incorrect
data
Scaling successfully isn’t about doing more; it’s about doing it smarter, and integration is your quickest bang for your buck to increase efficiency, clarity, and growth. All the Best, Tucker |