The international Logistics Visibility solution provides Retailers with current, accurate and complete status information on all in-transit shipments.

The international Logistics Visibility solution enables Suppliers to monitor activities within their demand chain network.

• Provide up-to-the-minute status. When a customer calls to inquire about an expected shipment, you will be able to provide up-to-the-minute status of all in-transit orders.
• Improve your performance ratings. Supplier scorecards for on-time delivery are often based on inaccurate or incomplete data. Through a proactive approach to data quality and visibility, we can pinpoint the root causes behind data problems.

Ultimately, increases in customer satisfaction and performance can lead to more business with your key customers.

Overview
Supply-chain visibility is critical, particularly for industries with complex, multi-mode, international logistics such as retail. Lack of visibility on inbound shipments complicates merchandising planning and manufacturing scheduling processes. Poor visibility also lowers productivity. Many companies have fulltime personnel to constantly fax, phone, email and query hundreds of web sites in an attempt to piece together the status of inbound shipments.

With GXS Logistics Visibility, you gain:

• Dynamic Estimated Time of Arrival—Constantly update estimated time of arrival in real-time as each step in the transportation process unfolds.
• Order Quantity Roll-up—Continually update order roll-up with orders unshipped, in-transit and received.
• Order & Shipment Correlation—Ensure information consistency among orders and shipments.
• Reverse Pipelines—Provide the logistics network with a desired ETA for an order, and reverse calculate accurate forecasts for all events prior to the ETA

Features
The GXS Logistics Network connects transportation providers in 65 countries and six continents. Our network offers pre-configured connections to:

• 85% of the top 15 ocean carriers
• 85% of the top air cargo carriers
• 75% of the top 20 logistics and transportation groups
• 50% of the top 3rd-party logistics firms

As a result, we carry more logistics data across our network than any other service provider.

In 2003, GXS acquired Celarix, a recognised leader in the Supply Chain Visibility space. As a result, GXS offers one of the most robust Logistics Visibility applications on the market. Our solution features a pre-configured network of transportation providers, electronic document translation and delivery, data quality management, supplier community management, back-office integration and key performance indicator reports.