Once carriers have been selected, Manhattan Associates' Transportation Planning & Execution supports the dynamic optimization and execution of shipments. For organizations of any size, this solution provides advanced logistics with end-to-end visibility into all shipping activities.

From strategic capacity planning to managing day-to-day operations, this Web-based solution links your carriers' capacity and capabilities to actual shipments. Transportation Planning & Execution facilitates coordination with your transportation partners. This means traffic managers can quickly secure capacity across multiple transportation modes that best meet your specific requirements for quality and cost. Now you can optimize the full range of transportation events—domestic or international; inbound or outbound; single carrier or multi-modal; common carrier or private, dedicated fleet. Transportation Planning & Execution drives results for you in these critical areas:

- Shipment planning. Create the best routes based on the order pool, origin, destination and service requirements - Resource assignment. After creating the best routes, determine the best carrier to move freight - Track and trace. Provide visibility and event management into all aspects of the transportation supply chain Financial management. Maintain end-to-end financial control of the transportation lifecycle by integrating Transportation Planning & Execution with Audit, Payment & Claims

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• Functional details

  Transportation Planning & Execution drives results for you in these critical areas: * Shipment planning. Create the best routes based on the order pool, origin, destination and service requirements * Resource assignment. After creating the best routes, determine the best carrier to move freight * Track and trace. Provide visibility and event management into all aspects of the transportation supply chain * Financial management. Maintain end-to-end financial control of the transportation lifecycle by integrating Transportation Planning & Execution with Audit, Payment & Claims.

• Business problem

  Reduce the number of empty miles and trips through visibility and consolidation strategies Identify trends, anomalies and events that may impact the supply chain Gain greater control of transportation spend Achieve better on-time performance Procure transportation dynamically Maximize the value of carriers' contract commitments Manage compliance with suppliers and customer transportation requirements Manage the entire transportation network with a single system

• Competitive advantage

  Once carriers have been selected, Manhattan Associates' Transportation Planning & Execution supports the dynamic optimization and execution of shipments. For organizations of any size, this solution provides advanced logistics with end-to-end visibility into all shipping activities.

  From strategic capacity planning to managing day-to-day operations, this Web-based solution links your carriers' capacity and capabilities to actual shipments. Transportation Planning & Execution facilitates coordination with your transportation partners. This means traffic managers can quickly secure capacity across multiple transportation modes that best meet your specific requirements for quality and cost.

• Industries

  Aerospace & Defense Industry
     Aerospace
     Defense
  Consumer Products Industry
  Electronics Industry
  Government Central/Federal industry
     Defense and National Security
  Government, State/Provincial/Local Industry
     Other Government
  Life Sciences Industry
  Media & Entertainment Industry
     Entertainment
  Retail Industry
     Retail - Apparel Manufacturing
     Retail - Department Stores
     Retail - Direct Marketing
     Retail - Retail Food
     Retail - Food Services
     Retail - Hard Goods
     Retail - Mass Merchants
     Retail - Pharmacy/Drug
     Retail - Specialty
  Travel & Transportation Industry
     Freight Forwarders & Arrangers
     Freight Services
     Global Dist. Systems / CRS
     Rail
     Shipping
     Trucking
  Wholesale Distribution & Services Industry
  

• Solution areas

  Aerospace & Defense
     Integrated Production and Supply
  Consumer Products
     Merchandise management and inventory control
  Electronics
     Production Management
     Value Chain Management
  Government
     Multichannel Distribution
     Tracking Management
     Transportation Management
  Life Sciences
     Life Sciences Research and Development
  Media and Entertainment
     Infrastructure Systems and Management
  Retail
     Customer Service
     Logistics
     Merchandising
     Retail Sell-thru Bundles
     Sales Management
  Travel and Transportation
     Demand Management
     Sell-thru Bundles
        Track and Trace
  Wholesale Distribution
     Business management systems
  Cross industry
     Business Intelligence
     Business Process Management and Integration
        Inventory/Warehouse and Shipping Mgmt
     Enterprise Resource Planning (a.k.a. Enterprise Application Systems (EAS)
        Supply Chain Management Extensions
     Supply Chain Management
        Asset Management
        Business -to- Business Buy Side
        Business -to- Business Sell Side
        Supply Chain Execution
        Supply Chain Management Services
        Supply Chain Planning
        Trader partner collaboration
        Value Chain management
        Warehouse management
  

• Customer size

  Midmarket Business (100 to 499 employees)
  Midmarket Business (500 to 1000 employees)
  Large Business (greater than 1000 employees)
  

• Languages supported

  Dutch
  English
  French
  German
  Japanese
  Russian
  Spanish; Castilian
  

• Countries/regions available for distribution

  Africa

  Americas

  Asia Pacific

  Europe

  Middle East

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• Hardware/OS platforms

  AIX 5.1
     IBM System p (pSeries)
  AIX 5.3
     IBM BladeCenter JSxx (POWER processor-based)
     IBM System p (pSeries)
  AIX 7.1
     IBM System p (pSeries)
     IBM Power Systems
     IBM PureFlex System
  

• Services

  Business Solutions: Supply Chain Management
  Managed Services: Application Hosting
  

• Software

  Cognos
     IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence
  Information Management
     IBM DB2 Universal Database for Linux, UNIX and Windows
  WebSphere
     IBM WebSphere Application Server
     IBM WebSphere MQ
     IBM WebSphere Transformation Extender
  

• Storage devices

  Disk Storage Systems
     IBM System Storage DS4000 family (formerly FAStT)