The control tower enables companies to improve supply-chain visibility, performance and optimization, Damco claimed. It provides a single point of coordination that integrates, validates and distributes data across supply-chain partners. The Damco system integrates fourth-party logistics activities with predictive and analytical techniques, allowing users to detect and respond to events before they affect performance. The tool is based on a three-step approach, so that companies can move from achieving end-to-end visibility to enhancing day-to-day supplier performance and optimizing the entire supply chain across all providers. The dashboard makes instantly available shipment-related key performance indicators and other metrics, with automated exception alerts highlighting issues that could affect the business.

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