International Freight Consolidators

Freight Supply Chain (FSC)

Presentation to:

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1. Web-based Value Chain System Accessible by all stakeholders, anytime, anywhere,

including Buyers, Interstate Warehouses and Cartage Contractors

2. Collaborative Configurations Configured to support Mitre 10’s flow of Suppliers,

buyers, order processes, deliveries, and monitoring and reporting requirements

3. Real-time Information Leveraging Demonstrated bottom-line benefits to Mitre 10 due

to dynamic collaboration with others Improved decision making capabilities as a result of

order, product, documentation and shipment visibility

Status alerts and arrival forecast delivered to key Mitre 10 personnel

Demonstrated collaborative management of container movements and container costs

Early access to critical performance indicators, and costing

4. Zero Implementation and Support Cost

Key FSC Benefits Currently Enjoyed By Mitre 10

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Secure log-on with high-level data encryption

Restricted user views and page access privileges

Pre-set defaults to optimize productivity and accuracy when ordering - maintain discretional mark-ups and landed costing estimates for analysis against actuals

Value Chain Tracking System

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Cargo

Commercial Invoices

Ocean Bill of Lading /

Sea Waybill

Supplier Name

Shipping Line

Vessel Name

Voyage Number

Value Chain Tracking System

FSC tracks all of the following in real-time:

Purchase Order

Number

SKU / Product Number

/ Catalogue Number –

by Department

Container Number

Container Contents

Part-shipments

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Java scripted on-line Help Manual

Modify own password anduser details

User Features

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Supplier restricted to specific orders and specific fields within order – confirm and finalise order on line

User-defined order header parameters – e.g. to match consignments back to source documents, or track events to meet promotional deadlines

Optimise cost containment before finalising Order

Supplier Orders

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Manufacturer details maintained against Supplier

Key stakeholders brought up to date with changes in procurement activities

Supplier Orders

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Purpose-built for Mitre 10 to receive, via electronic transfer, direct container ordering from buyers on suppliers

Programmed and configured for:

M10 Direct Container Buy (DCB) Program

Direct transfer via FTP of approved orders from

MITRECOM

Validation of orders, error detection and error

processing

Receipt at IFC on dedicated FTP Server

Automatic generation of Supplier Order

Automated email notification of successful

order creation

Efficiency gains at M10

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Full-scale web tracking of products

View product receipts against order, including part-shipments

Product Tracking

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Shipment Tracking FSC’s real-time monitoring technology draws together events for

single-point shipment visibility

Query utilities

KPI’s

Track date milestones

Consolidationpoint

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Uses pre-set business rules to trigger user alerts for effective management of container movement costs

Tracking includes:

Container Tracking

Demurrage start date

First day of

availability

Pick up from port

Notification to DC

Delivery to DC

Received by DC

Empty container

returns

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Proactive notification of recent supply-chain events & changes – configure to retrieve key or critical information on-line, on each login:

Information Management Manual

View departure dates

not met

Shipping dates

confirmed

Shipping documents

uploaded

Deliveries due today

Landed costing

finalised

Full activities log

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Complex behind-the-scene alerts and reminders triggered for important events or when priorities are raised

System and exception reporting via e-mail and includes:

Information Management Automated

Notification to Supplier for new orders

Notification to Forwarding Agents to commence tracking order

Supplier reminder to ship goods

Declaration/Routing Orders are out-of-date

Requests for missing documentation from Supplier or Agent

Daily track dates exception report

FTP Orders successfully received via M10 Direct Container Buy

Program (DCB)

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Calculated at product level, based on customer exchange and cross-border customs exchange rates

Facilitates evaluation of actuals against targets and analysis of supply chain metrics… all before cargo delivery

Landed Costing

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Export data to other business applications for further analysis – data available for exporting include in-transit data, demurrage status, lead times, KPI dates, future debits, etc., current & past 5 years

Export to File

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Import data from most business systems via e.g. MSExcel Create Purchase Orders and update stock lists in single step

Import from File

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A powerful tool to mine your own business data & export for further analysis and data presentation

Build unlimited number of customised query templates and save them for reuse

CSV Report Builder

e.g. forecast container arrivals for next 6 months

Product

details and

frequencies

shipped

from port

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List of purpose-built reports and functionalities to Mitre 10’s requirements and specifications

Value-added collaboration

Promotional Start Date target monitoring

Identify all known Transhipment Ports

Order Track Dates Exception Report – details late

departures and warehouse receipts – emailed by system

daily to M10

Date of Departure Tracking Report

Import Shipment Summary Report – in csv format

Calculation of lead time by supplier by product

Outstanding Orders Into Warehouse Report

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The introduction of an efficient and modern on-line purchasing, monitoring and tracking system at Mitre 10 has assisted with the following demonstrated efficiencies:

Efficiencies Secured

All State Import Departments now use a common product

code (APN) for ordering

Ordering on Suppliers, Forwarder instructions, periodic

Interstate Departments document interchange, and

monitoring of shipments now done in real time, on line

Consolidation from multiple suppliers to single discharge

port is completed on line

Co-ordination of deliveries, landed costing, exception

reporting and monitoring of containers available on line

Manage track and trace by exception via exception

reporting, automated alerts and reminders

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Full data backup regime includes:

Data Security

Application and data replication maintained on secondary (backup) server

Secondary server is promoted to production server within minutes of failure of primary server

Authorised Importer User can download all product masterfile data for local backup, at any time

Performance and shipment data retained for statutory 5 year period

Hourly backups of current and historical data

Overnight tape backup

Backups retained on site and off site

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Product Road map

Additional electronic

feeds from WMS, stock

planning & control,

RFID, trucking co.,

shipping lines, customs

Single stop web portal

for rates, quotes, route

planning & bookings

Comprehensive

container monitoring

Automated data feeds

via email responses

Short to medium road map for FSC:

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Zero Cost

No implementation cost

No software cost

No training cost

No licence fee

No maintenance and support fee

Australian made - with local (Melbourne) support

Minimal client hardware system:

Users – basic entry level business desktop

computer with Internet browser ( MSIE 6 )

Site - Broadband connection