Supply Chain Solutions
By providing consulting, software and services, Cogent provides a single source for companies managing product and equipment in the supply chain. Cogent’s resources, capabilities and experience are focused on five integrated aspects of supply chain management.
Cogent offers extensive transportation domain experience tightly integrated with a proven technology track record to deliver solutions that work. Cogent is dedicated to being the premiere provider of supply chain intelligence for companies in industrial markets.
Cogent solutions are foundationally supported via powerful technologies backed by extensive logistics expertise. Let's explore each in more detail.
Network Optimization & Routing
Cogent’s supply chain professionals and optimization tools help clients address the challenge of freight and equipment cost reduction. Achieving meaningful results requires decision support technology with the flexibility to adapt to business requirements along with the ability to produce practical recommendations. Our solutions provide the foundation for strategic and tactical what-if scenarios as well as daily operating decisions.
- Least-Cost Routing
- Equipment
- Repositioning
- Freight Rating Engines
- Strategic Bid Optimization
- Optimal shipment, mode and carrier selection
- Order Sourcing Alternatives
- Aggregation & Consolidation
- Continuous Move Planning
Learn More about our rail products, Rail & Rating Tools and our rate smart consolidation with VisiShip.
Inventory Management & Scheduling
Cogent solutions provide customers with product level visibility across their supply chain. Real-time inventory measurements serve as input to statistical calculations that determine optimal, safety-stock inventory levels and targets for replenishment shipments. This concept applies well to core products plus equipment assets and parts inventories. Software solutions in this practice area include our TankWorks terminal management system.
Capabilities include:
- Inventory visibility
- Transaction scheduling
- Stock-level optimization
- Replenishment planning
Transportation Planning & Dispatch
Cogent has strong experience with transportation planning and execution across all modes. We drive results for shippers and logistics companies through lower freight costs, process automation, enhanced visibility, and performance measurement. Our clients are able to refocus their limited time on higher-value tasks and make decisions with better information.
Professional Services
- Process Improvement
- Implementation & Training
- Optimization Studies
- Rate Analysis & Data Management
Learn more about transportation management with VisiShip.
Shipment & Equipment Tracking
Cogent’s principals have a long history of designing and developing tracking systems for intermodal, rail and truck based customers. Our solutions provide users with real-time access to pipeline flow information and monitor original, planned and actual transit measurements and expectations. They offer consequential improvements in data measurement, operations efficiency and customer service.
Capabilities include:
- Multi-modal tracking
- Trip plan monitoring
- Exception detection
- Order and product visibility
- Service performance reporting
- Inbound pipeline projections
Learn more about these Cogent products can facilitate your shipping and equipment tracking needs.
Asset Management and Maintenance
Asset management is a frequently overlooked area that deserves more attention due to the strong maintenance and ownership cost. Cogent’s asset ownership and maintenance management software, ShopKeeper, allows owners to plan and schedule maintenance activities and to record transaction costs and histories.
Capabilities include:
- Maintenance schedule creation
- Inspection planning
- Transaction costing and utilization history
- Fleet planning and sizing
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Innovative Supply Chain Solutions
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