Infor today announced that Sri Lankan logistics giant John Keells Logistics will leverage Infor WMS warehouse management system and Infor Birst to digitize and optimize its logistics value chain, enhancing the visibility of its logistics operations, optimizing costs and increasing productivity.
The collaboration will see John Keells Logistics utilize Infor WMS and Infor Birst intelligence and analytics solutions to automate most of its business functions. This will enable the company to enhance business efficiencies and productivity and thus improve its bottom line.
John Keells Logistics (Pvt) Ltd. is a fully-owned subsidiary of John Keells Holdings PLC, Sri Lanka’s largest listed conglomerate and a provider of supply chain solutions. The company services a wide array of industry segments, including modern trade retail, FMCG, paints, lubricants, confectionaries, automobile, ports and shipping. With state-of-the-art logistics centers near city centers and ports, as well as a multi-configured transport fleet, John Keells Logistics provides expertise across the entire logistics value chain, from warehousing, transport services and supply chain consultancy to value-added services.
JKLL’s Chief Executive Officer Randula Chandrarathne said, “What sets Infor’s solution apart from other competing offerings is the company’s deep logistics expertise and industry-specific capabilities. These equip us to synergize 3PL-specific business functions with fully-fledged business intelligence platforms, all of which integrate seamlessly with our existing processes. With this solution, we can now automate previously labor-intensive and time-consuming processes, thereby improving productivity and optimizing costs. At the same time, this further strengthens visibility and control over our operations and service delivery as well.”
Mitigating risks with operational visibility
Infor WMS solution is purpose-built for industry, and combines advanced warehousing with highly configurable rules, built-in labour and inventory management, automated 3PL billing and warehouse planning within a single, synchronized solution. This equips logistics players with enhanced operational visibility across their entire value chain, empowering them to better anticipate change and disruption, and mitigate risks where necessary.
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First Published: IST
