Launched globally on 1 September 2004, Spective™ is Maersk Logistics’ new generation supply chain visibility and reporting solution. Spective unites information from every part of the customers’ supply chain, turning a collection of details into real strategic, tactical, and operational knowledge.
A customer driven solution
Several years ago we embarked on an ambitious mission to re-design the future of supply chain visibility. The first step was to conduct a survey of our top 60 global clients to gain an in-depth understanding of their expectations, requirements, and ‘hot buttons’. It became obvious that the existing concept of visibility (i.e. being able to have the information you need to monitor and control your supply chain through one solution) would need to be re-engineered from the ground up, and then managed by an advanced solution based on state-of-the-art technology.
At the top of the list of customer needs were solution scalability, best-in-class integration, security, purchase order visibility and management, event management through alerting, data synchronisation, inventory views, advanced reporting, user-friendly and customizable platform, as well as collaboration and communication through a note (email, SMS or other) facility. So this is exactly what we set out to develop.
In View, In Control
Spective integrates information from all parts of the supply chain to provide the customers with an integrated overview of their operations. This holistic view of the daily processes helps the customers to make critical management decisions and, as a result, improvements to their supply chain, which translate into faster turn-over from purchasing e.g. the raw materials to selling the final product and, ultimately, increased shareholder value. Through Spective, our global supply chain management capabilities add value in the short and long term for the customer, by providing visibility and supply chain optimisation by:
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