1. Better strategies to deliver products and utilize transportation assets
IBM ILOG Transportation Analyst
Need for economical solutions Key questions for improving shipping
Highlights To reduce shipping costs and improve Companies that regularly transport
service levels, companies must thor- materials or goods, such as retailers,
■ Analyze different transportation
oughly analyze their transportation net- shippers and manufacturers have sev-
strategies to find the best
work strategies and compare multiple eral key questions they need to answer:
solution
what-if scenarios. Existing transporta- What are the best routes? What are the
tion solutions focus on operational con- opportunities for combining shipments
■ Optimize routing, shipment
straints and are typically too complex and finding continuous moves? Which
consolidation and asset usage
for strategic applications, while spread- shipments should use private fleet,
sheet analysis is too limited to find the commercial truckload or less than
■ Answer strategic transportation
most economical solutions. truckload (LTL)? What size should the
questions
fleet be? What is the impact of back-
hauls? How can running inbound and
■ Cut costs and improve service
outbound transportation together save
levels
additional money? How does a new
network strategy impact the routes,
multi-stops and transportation opera-
tions? How do we take advantage
of hubs?
Determine the best transportation strategy
IBM® ILOG Transportation Analyst
answers these questions by providing
the ability to quickly analyze different
strategies and find the best plan to
deliver products and utilize transporta-
tion assets. Assigns shipments to
2. vehicles and sequence pickups and
deliveries with the objective of minimiz-
ing costs while adhering to business
and regulatory constraints. In short,
companies deliver more reliably and
accurately for less with IBM ILOG
Transportation Analyst.
● Analyze transportation strategies for the
best solutions
● Optimize routing, shipment consolida-
tion and asset usage
● Answer strategic transportation
questions
● Cut costs and improve service levels
Balance costs and service in complex
Manage transportation resources through detailed interactive graphics
shipping networks
IBM ILOG Transportation Analyst deter-
Functionality ● Integration with PC Miler for distances
mines optimal load consolidation, route
IBM ILOG Transportation Analyst offers: and travel times
sequences and shipping schedules.
● Consolidation and deconsolidation hubs
The application lets you set constraints
● Multiple transportation modes for pri- ● Flexible mapping and Gantt charts to
and manage data while visualizing
vate fleets with multi-stops, commercial show vehicle and site schedules
schedules and assets. IBM ILOG
truckload with zone-to-zone rates and ● Detailed reports and scenario compari-
Transportation Analyst creates state-of-
integration with SMC Rateware for son reports
the-art transportation plans for multisite,
LTL tariffs ● Tight integration with Excel and Access
multitier distribution networks, taking full
● Multiple shipment types for forward
advantage of routes, shipment consoli-
shipments in addition to reverse ship-
dation and backhauls to optimally use
ments (backhauls) and cross shipments
available capacity.
from one customer to another
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3. Key business benefits ● Analyze the impact of using consoli- ● IBM Software Consulting Services:
IBM ILOG Transportation Analyst helps dation or deconsolidation hubs: Supply chain consultants with
companies address many key business Determine the advantages of using cen- backgrounds in the transportation
objectives, including: tral distribution centers (DCs) and/or industry and experts in modeling and
satellite DCs to cut costs and increase optimization
● Utilize transportation assets service levels
efficiently: Determine the most efficient About IBM ILOG Supply Chain Applications
use of private fleet to deliver shipments Complete product support Leading ILOG optimization technology
● Determine the correct transporta- IBM ILOG Transportation Analyst is and LogicTools® expertise and experi-
tion mode: Assign shipments to private backed with: ence in supply chain management
fleet, commercial truckload or LTL to come together in this powerful suite of
minimize total cost ● Transportation optimization expert- applications for network design, pro-
● Examine the cost and benefits of ise: Experts in constraint and mathe- duction sourcing, inventory optimization
business rules: Perform what-if scenar- matical programming and experience and transportation planning, in addition
ios to test different rules for pickup and from successful transportation and dis- to production planning and scheduling.
delivery windows, delivery frequency patching products Complement your ERP systems and
and vehicle rules ● Complimentary planning products: make better decisions faster to optimize
● Analyze impact of new network IBM ILOG LogicNet Plus for strategic
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logistics networks and transportation
design: Determine the impact on fleet network planning, IBM ILOG Inventory strategies, set safety stock levels for
size and multi-stop routes for new net- Analyst for multi-echelon inventory sales and operations planning and
work structure optimization and data models that help improve plant operations in fast-
● Explore opportunities for maximiz- users to ramp up quickly paced industries. Learn more at
ing backhauls: Use returning vehicles http://supplychain.ilog.com.
to transport goods
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