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Where do you start supply chain cost optimization? Reserve your spot today in the 4flow webinar series and see four real-world case studies.
Increase planning efficiency, save transportation costs and reduce carbon emissions
Planners who use the Kinaxis RapidResponse® platform know the benefits of concurrent planning. Now they can use the platform to optimize transportation loads, as well.
The Kinaxis Transportation Load Optimizer by 4flow (TLO) is an embedded certified RapidResponse® application that enables Kinaxis customers to integrate transportation constraints earlier into S&OP processes.
Until now, transportation has been part of operational execution planning, and important transportation factors from other planning stages were not considered. Accounting for transportation factors at an earlier stage is critical to agile and more profitable supply chain planning processes.
The Transportation Load Optimizer automatically runs an additional optimization in the demand planning calculation. It prepones and postpones orders to consolidate demand and create fuller, more efficient loads.
Transportation and S&OP constraints are considered simultaneously, ensuring optimal planning: the results are feasible and cost-efficient, and material arrives on time.
Planners can make confident, profitable supply chain decisions, knowing the TLO improves efficiency and significantly reduces freight spend and carbon emissions.
Reliably create executable shipments with the TLO’s optimization algorithms. The applied algorithms are based on real-world constraints, including freight rates and current transportation capacities, providing users with actionable planning results. This drastically reduces the need for manual adjustments when creating shipments.
3. Plan orders with concurrent transportation optimization
Assure on-time delivery at minimum cost
The TLO reduces transportation costs up to 10% while maximizing asset utilization. Thanks to the seamless integration of transportation optimization into material planning, users can forecast transportation execution and plan more efficiently. Silos are eliminated, making way for greater end-to-end visibility. This ensures fewer last-minute exception costs, more flexibility, and higher planning efficiency.
Automate and optimize supply chain planning processes
In just one click, the TLO optimizes big data in complex transportation network scenarios.
The TLO ensures execution feasibility in the transportation planning phase. Critical transportation constraints like capacity, plant schedules, material availability and inventory levels are considered simultaneously.
Assure on-time delivery, reduce manual effort and streamline communication.
Build a sustainable supply chain
Track and review carbon emissions with the TLO’s automatic calculations and models.
To reduce carbon emissions, the TLO automatically bundles shipments together, requiring fewer trucks. Users maximize asset utilization and reduce carbon emissions by more than 20%.
Where do you start supply chain cost optimization? Reserve your spot today in the 4flow webinar series and see four real-world case studies.