| Solution Components | Capabilities |
|---|---|
| Shipment planning workbench | Display current shipment plans. Drag-and-drop loads to easily modify plans in response to operational changes at time of dispatch. |
| Contract management workbench | Maintain contracts collaboratively and view expected shipment costs and routing guides. Use it to plan real shipments or to compare carriers by running what-if scenarios. |
| Shipment optimization | Create highly efficient shipment plans across all modes of transportation with optimal routing and load consolidation. Powered by the ILOG Optimization engine. |
| Inbound transportation planning | Collaborate with suppliers in the planning and execution of inbound shipments and provide supply chain personnel with enhanced visibility into inbound planning activities. |
| Dedicated fleet management | Incorporate dedicated/private fleets into shipment planning and execution processes and evaluate delivery costs for this option against common carriers. |
| Vendor and carrier portals | Collaborate with key partners throughout the fulfillment and transportation process. |
| Freight audit and payment | Streamline freight settlement processes to ensure invoice accuracy, shorten payment cycles, and lower administrative costs |
| Network benchmarks | Accurately compare and measure cost and execution performance against a network of nearly 150 shippers. |
| Capacity center | Tap into network data to improve forward planning of capacity to match supply and demand between shippers and carriers. |
Sterling Transportation Management System
Features & Benefits
