SupplyChain Magazine November 2015 | Page 67

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bringing direct benefits to customers .
The control tower facilitates an on-line portal through which all freight movements are booked and monitored irrespective of where they are in the world , enabling a much better control and proactive alert management .
“ We have around 40 sites and 200 third-party manufacturers and all of their shipments get booked in the same way . On top of the cost visibility , we now have high level and low level visibility on service performances of all our carriers , in to all markets , as well as container and truck utilization . We are able to send push alerts to all of our markets in case of delays or other problems . It furthermore enables us to bring better strategic solutions to the table for our customers in terms of service or cost improvements said Pétursson .
Allergan is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world
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