Every handoff is a chance to lose hours, units, or trust.
Supply chains are chains of handoffs, between systems, partners, sites, and shifts. Each handoff is small, but the compound effect across the network is where most lost time and money lives.
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Overview
Logistics teams instinctively know where their pain is, typically at a node level. The carrier was late. The warehouse missed a wave. The supplier didn't ship on time. What's almost always missing is a network-level view of how those local issues compound, where they originate, and which ones are actually worth fixing first.
Alkhai stitches together event data from your WMS, TMS, ERP, and carrier feeds to reconstruct shipments and order flows end-to-end. We surface the network-level constraints, not just the local slips, and rank them by total cost-of-delay across customers, products, and lanes.
The result: a clear, defendable view of which fixes will move the network the most, presented in language an operations VP can use in a steering meeting tomorrow.
/ 02 · Coverage
Processes & operations we analyze.
Across logistics & supply chain, these are the flows Alkhai reconstructs from your event data and ranks for hidden delay, cost, and lost throughput, end to end.
Inbound & receiving
- Dock-to-stock cycle time
- Receiving and putaway throughput
- ASN-to-putaway accuracy and delay
- Yard and gate dwell
Warehouse operations
- Pick, pack, and ship cycle time
- Wave planning and release
- Slotting and travel-time loss
- Replenishment timing and stockouts
Outbound & shipping
- Order-to-dispatch cycle time
- Carrier handoff and tendering delay
- Load consolidation efficiency
- Ship-by SLA adherence
Transportation
- Lane transit-time variability
- Dwell at hubs and cross-docks
- Detention and demurrage exposure
- Carrier SLA performance by lane
Inventory & returns
- Inventory positioning across nodes
- Cycle-count and adjustment flow
- Backorder and allocation handling
- Returns and reverse logistics
Network handoffs
- Multi-node transfer delays
- 3PL and partner handoffs
- Cross-dock throughput
- System-of-record breaks (WMS / TMS / ERP)
Hidden in your operation
Where the inefficiencies are probably hiding right now.
Most leaders we speak to assume their operation is "running fine" because nothing is on fire. These are the patterns we see in nearly every logistics & supply chain engagement, quietly costing real money.
Late shipments with no clear root cause
Late shipment reports usually attribute delay to the last touch. The real root cause is often two or three handoffs upstream.
Typical cost: $2-8 / late order
'Busy' warehouses that ship slowly
High labor utilization can mask poor task sequencing. We measure dwell time per order, not picks per hour.
Typical cost: 10-22% throughput loss
Inventory that's everywhere except where it's needed
Network-level inventory imbalance is invisible in node-level reporting. We show it at the SKU-by-DC level.
Typical cost: 8-14% of working capital
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Where flow breaks
The specific patterns in logistics & supply chain that quietly drain throughput, margin, and customer satisfaction.
Shipment delay root-cause analysis
We attribute every late shipment to the actual originating step, not the last touch. The pattern of root causes typically points to a small number of fixable upstream issues.
Warehouse throughput bottleneck identification
Pick-pack-ship dwell time, broken down by zone, wave, and SKU velocity. We separate true labor constraints from sequencing problems.
Supply chain handoff mapping
End-to-end visibility into where work, units, and information transfer between teams, systems, and partners, showing where each handoff is dropping value.
Inventory flow inefficiency detection
Where inventory is sitting, how long, and what it's costing, by SKU, location, and lane. We expose the slow-movers and silent overstocks.
Constraint ranking across logistics networks
We score every network-level constraint on impact, fix complexity, and downstream effect, so you can sequence fixes for compounding lift.
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Key use cases
The questions Alkhai is most often brought in to answer for logistics & supply chain leaders.
Reducing late-shipment rate without adding carrier capacity
Improving warehouse pick-pack-ship throughput on a constrained DC
Quantifying the cost of a single weak supplier in a multi-tier network
Optimizing wave-planning to match true downstream demand
Finding the inventory positions that are quietly tying up working capital
Preparing a network-level investment case for new DCs or carriers
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Constraints
The structural realities that any logistics & supply chain solution has to respect, not pretend away.
Carrier SLA variability and capacity constraints
Warehouse footprint, equipment, and labor availability
Demand variability and seasonality
Lead-time variability across suppliers
System fragmentation between WMS, TMS, ERP, and OMS
Customer-level commit terms and service-level obligations
/ 06 · Outcomes
Measured results, not promises.
What logistics & supply chain leadership teams typically see after an Alkhai engagement, measured and delivered.
↓ 18-32%
Reduction in late shipment rate
↑ 12-22%
Throughput lift in constrained DCs
↓ 8-14%
Working capital tied up in inventory
↓ 25%
Fewer expedited shipments after constraint fixes
Network-level
Visibility, not just node-level
60d
From data connection to ranked findings
The Alkhai engagement
Find the bottlenecks your dashboards can't see.
Connect your event data. Within 30 days we deliver your top 5 bottlenecks with ROI attached to every fix. From there it becomes your standing monthly operational intelligence review.
By day 30
- Top 5 bottlenecks ranked by financial impact
- Root cause for each
- ROI estimate per fix
- A 30 / 90 / 180-day roadmap
Every month after
- Full pipeline run against previous month baseline
- What improved and by how much
- What didn't move and why
- Emerging constraints before they become expensive
- Monthly leadership presentation ready for standup or steering meeting
- Direct platform access for your team at all times