Tata Consumer Products: every container in one place.
Tata Consumer Products: every container in one place.
A beverages business replaced carrier-by-carrier status checks with one live view of every container, so the logistics team spends its time on exceptions, not lookups.
Every carrier had its own website.
Every carrier had its own website.
Container status lived on each shipping line's website, so every update meant logging in, searching and copying the result into a tracker.
With several carriers on the same lanes, the picture was out of date as soon as it was built.
The team wanted one place to see where everything was, and to know when something changed.
Real live data on the status of our containers all in one place instead of having to interrogate all of the individual shipping websites.
One live view across every carrier.
One live view across every carrier.
Beacon brings carrier updates into one board that updates itself, and flags the containers that need attention.
- Live Boards: every container across every carrier
- Exceptions flagged as soon as an ETA moves
- Shared views for suppliers and customers
More stories from food and beverage teams like yours.
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From $1.3m in D&D charges to $0
Every container in one place
“Real live data on the status of our containers all in one place instead of having to interrogate all of the individual shipping websites.”
Four teams on one set of numbers
“Beacon is one place, one picture, and it updates itself.”
1-2 hours back every week on invoice checks
“It has helped me speed up authorising invoices immensely.”
Every container confirmed as shipped
“When the container is on the Beacon system, we can be sure it actually shipped.”
Forwarders held to their SLAs
“We now understand our freight spend much better than before.”
See the whole picture. Decide with confidence.
See the whole picture. Decide with confidence.
