Logistics & Transportation Operations
Implico's Integrated Dispatch Management (IDM)
Dispatch Management the Implico Way.
As industries worldwide prioritize sustainability and environmental responsibility, the ability to manage and reduce carbon emissions has become an integral component of logistics and transportation operations. This field combines both sustainability-related matters with cost reduction and operational effectiveness. Integrated Dispatch Management (IDM) by Implico is a robust solution designed to enhance these capabilities within SAP S4SCSD. This advanced functionality is tailored for industries such as oil, gas and chemicals, where efficient logistics and environmental compliance are of paramount importance.
Added Value: Supporting Sustainability Goals
Aligning logistics operations with broader corporate sustainability goals is a key aspect of IDM. By providing actionable insights and recommendations, the module can help companies significantly reduce their carbon emissions. This alignment with a company’s wider sustainability objectives underscores the importance of integrating environmental considerations into logistics management within SAP S4SCSD.
*Implico’s Integrated Dispatch Management (IDM), seamlessly integrated with SDM and part of SAP S4SCSD, is based on native integration into SDM and closes the gap between sales and returns.
One of the key features of IDM is its ability to optimize routes and loads, thereby minimizing travel distances and fuel consumption. By suggesting the shortest routes, the module helps to save time and money while reducing the carbon footprint of a company’s logistics operations. This functionality – which is integrated within SAP S4SCSD – ensures that logistics processes are both operationally efficient and environmentally sustainable.
IDM has the ability to collect data (e.g. telematics, GPS, fleet management) and seamlessly integrate it with SAP S4SCSD. This integration provides valuable insights, paving the way for better decision making and strategic planning. It can also be used, for example, for the historical analysis of carbon emissions. The ability to analyze data from multiple sources within a cohesive system is a significant advantage for companies aiming to optimize their operations.
By providing important data that can be used for documentation, audits and certifications, IDM supports SAP S4SCSD from the inside with its detailed reporting capability. This ensures transparency and accountability, including in environmental performance, and helps companies meet regulations and standards.
IDM comes equipped with a visual, highly intuitive, user-friendly interface. It simplifies data entry, reporting and insights, and is seamlessly integrated with SAP S4SCSD for a consistent and efficient user experience.
This intuitive design minimizes the learning curve for operators, allowing for significantly higher productivity.
By using available data such as fuel consumption, fuel type and/or distances traveled, IDM enhances CO2 emission calculations for each trip or delivery within the SAP S4SCSD framework. In a highly competitive environment where companies are all working to better understand and mitigate their environmental impact, the level of accuracy provided by IDM is essential.
7 Key Benefits of Implico's IDM:
By optimizing routes and accurately calculating CO2 emissions, IDM helps companies reduce their carbon footprint, thereby supporting corporate sustainability goals and contributing to a greener supply chain.
The automation and optimization features of IDM result in long-term savings by minimizing fuel usage, reducing manual processes, and lowering the costs associated with regulatory compliance and environmental reporting.
With automated trip and route planning, IDM streamlines logistics operations, leading to faster deliveries, reduced fuel consumption, and lower operational costs.
The ability to generate detailed reports and maintain comprehensive environmental documentation ensures that companies meet stringent environmental regulations, thus reducing the risk of penalties and enhancing public trust.
The integration of diverse data sources within SAP S4SCSD provides actionable insights that enable better strategic planning. This leads to more informed decisions, improving overall operational performance and sustainability efforts.
By improving logistics efficiency and reducing environmental impact, IDM helps companies deliver products more reliably and sustainably, enhancing their reputation and customer satisfaction.
Implico integrates bulk and bottled gas management into its SDM system within S4SCSD, streamlining operations with tools for replenishment (CPR), logistics planning (IDM), and process automation (PAT), while addressing bottled gas needs like return trips and bottle management, offering cost-effective, fully integrated solutions for gas distribution.
From Manual to Automated
With IDM, Implico has developed a product that is natively integrated into SAP S4SCSD and closes the gap between sales and returns. Most processes in reconciliation that were previously manual are now automated, allowing back-office operations to shift gradually from manual to automated processes.
IDM not only improves logistics management but also enables companies to take significant steps to reduce their environmental impact. This makes it an invaluable tool kit for all organizations, especially those that are seriously committed to sustainability and responsible logistics operations.
With IDM having been used successfully for years, Implico is currently working hard on the development of a new, fully automated version that will be ready to ship in 2024. The new version is scalable for every organization size and provides fully automated trip and route planning.
Automate the right way
As an official SAP standard solution, S/4 HANA SDM and RFNO are developed and maintained exclusively by Implico, the only SAP development partner and workbench for secondary distribution and fuels retailing. Explore their potential and take the first step towards a more automated and efficient future.
