by Phillip Avelar | May 18, 2021 | eBOL
With the pandemic limiting our travel, I have had a more significant opportunity to give remote talks or be included in conversations on the dramatic changes we see in the logistics supply chain. On a recent Clubhouse Supply Chain panel, a panelist commented that he...
by Phillip Avelar | Feb 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
Advanced Solutions enhances eBOL technology across digital supply chain platform FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 23, 2021 (Chicago, Ill.) Advanced Solutions, today launched enhanced support for hazardous...
by Phillip Avelar | Apr 1, 2020 | AdvancedBOL, AdvanceShip for SAP, Logistics Execution, Transportation Planning
When talking about ways to use and optimize transportation processes our conversations regularly move to talking about what Amazon does. Amazon and their logistics operations are held in high regard by logistics professionals the world over. Interestingly enough...
by Phillip Avelar | Mar 6, 2020 | AdvancedBOL, AdvanceShip for SAP, BOL2 Bill of Lading, Logistics Execution, Transportation Planning
In a previous post I talked about the various freight optimization techniques available in logistics to optimize freight costs. We received some good feedback and want to expand the conversation to discuss bill of lading documents and the leading practice for the...
by Phillip Avelar | Mar 3, 2020 | AdvancedBOL, AdvancedDock, AdvanceShip for SAP, Logistics Execution, Transportation Planning
As shippers we are always looking for opportunities to optimize our freight costs. The transportation environment has changed dramatically since 2018, first with the capacity crunch and now increased market demands to deliver smaller more frequent orders with less...
by Phillip Avelar | Feb 22, 2020 | AdvancedBOL, AdvancedDock, AdvancedPOD
Advanced Solutions provides several solutions for managing truck shipments, that include Bill of ladings and proof of delivery. A common question is what is the difference, when is one appropriate over the other etc. In today’s post I’ll describe them and...
by Phillip Avelar | Jan 25, 2020 | AdvancePack, SAP - Sales and Distribution, SAP-Warehouse Management, Warehouse Management
In this article I am going to go through the process of setting up a Packing station in SAP ECC. Typically we find that this functionality is useful and needed in eCommerce fulfillment facilities and is commonly not understood or in use. Before selecting a third party...
by Phillip Avelar | Oct 7, 2019 | Headline
Attached is our Principal Phillip Avelar’s presentation to participants at the Parcel Forum in Chicago related to Industry 4.0 technologies. 304 Blockchain AR&VR - Benefits Drawbacks-SEC Phillip AvelarPhillip Avelar is a Managing partner at Advanced...
by Phillip Avelar | Mar 10, 2019 | SAP EWM (Extended Warehouse Management)
Last year saw the release of EWM 9.5 and we are finally starting to see some actual implementation so I wanted to put together a list of the enhancements and some perspective on each one. Support changes to outbound delivery after sync Supported Changes Batch Dates...
by Phillip Avelar | Oct 31, 2018 | Advanced Support, EAI, EDI
I’ve seen a lot of articles lately about the great coming of Web APIs and how they’ll replace standard EDI communications. In the age of Amazon, we can all agree there is a need to upgrade EDI technology, which has been around since the 1960s. But...
