- Transportation Planning
Overview
Multi-Mode Transportation Planning
Respond to changing needs with rapid modeling and on-going transportation analysis to eliminate unnecessary miles driven. Savings across the entire Blue Yonder Transportation Management System.
Reduction of Transportation Cost
Decrease in Empty Miles
Features & Capabilities
Integrated and Granular Transportation Planning
Automated Planning & Cost Reduction
Maximize efficiency with our proven planning and optimization solution with street-level routing from first to last mile. Seamlessly integrate fleet and common carrier planning even in intercontinental workflows with integrated appointment scheduling.
Transportation Optimization
Efficiently reduce freight costs with our optimization microservice. Regardless of your current TMS, leverage cost-based route optimization. Available as a standalone, API-based tool, it empowers you to compete with and validate existing solutions.
Mobile Transportation Communications
Empower drivers with mobile communications such as tender acceptance, pickup and delivery management, signature on glass for proof of delivery and document upload.
Connecting Planning and Carrier Networks
Ensure seamless optimization of both private and contract carriers while streamlining processes such as booking, dispatching, tracking and invoicing to improve visibility, efficiency, and accuracy throughout the transportation lifecycle.
Key Benefits
What’s Possible with Blue Yonder
Automate Vehicle Load Management
Blue Yonder software automatically transfers recommended shipments, loads and updates from transportation to planning, including shipment ID and other attributes to understand relationships in both systems.
Multi-Modal Networks
Evaluate execution-level network performance to drive reliability and savings. Through data-rich what-if scenarios, Blue Yonder simulates the changing needs and facilitates planning of capacity through rapid modeling of requirements and on-going transportation analysis.
Work smarter with Blue Yonder
Transportation Planner
Enable seamless mode shifting to rapidly adapt to dynamic business requirements and optimize your transportation costs effectively.
Reliability and Timeliness
Ensure consistent and punctual delivery of goods by minimizing disruptions and enhancing reliability in operations through meticulous route planning and real-time tracking features.
Inventory Management
Optimize inventory turnover by ensuring the right quantity of goods is transported at the precise moment to meet demand, thereby minimizing the costs of excess inventory.
Case Studies
Success stories in Transportation Planning
Explore the enduring 17-year partnership between Kimberly-Clark, a global consumer packaged goods leader, and Blue Yonder, focusing on the evolution of their collaboration in optimizing Kimberly-Clark's vast and complex global transportation network.
With revenues exceeding $23 billion, Bayer Crop Science provides agricultural products to customers in more than 70 countries. With Blue Yonder’s help, Bayer is implementing a single logistics platform — with shared data, metrics, workflows and best practices ― across more than 350 locations, supporting the company’s goal for global standardization. While the implementation is ongoing, Bayer Crop Science has already achieved impressive results, including reductions in both transportation costs and environmental impacts.
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