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In order to improve transportation performance and efficiency, it is essential to understand the complexities that businesses face today. A system capable of monitoring, analyzing, and reporting on important transport activities must be available. Unfortunately, few companies have the specialized systems needed to model and evaluate transportation network strategies, modes, carriers, and other transport variables on a periodic basis.
The i2 Solution: i2 Transportation Modeler
i2 Transportation Modeler is part of an end-to-end solution for the planning, execution, and management of the entire transportation life cycle. This solution is designed to enable an organization to better utilize and manage an entire transportation network, as well as reduce costs while improving transport performance.
i2 Transportation Modeler is designed to employ sophisticated optimization and data techniques to define and evaluate alternative transportation strategies.
Managers create “what-if” scenarios to analyze virtually any aspect of the transportation environment, including: the use of cross-docks, the comparative advantages of various transport modes, merge-in-transit, co-mingling, and multi-drop direct shipment strategies.
Since i2 Transportation Modeler can leverage the same core optimization engine of other i2 transportation solutions, solution models can be operationally executed.
i2 Transportation Modeler is designed to provide comprehensive data management, analytics, and reporting of key transportation cost and service trade-offs.
Capabilities of i2 Transportation Modeler can include:
- Flexible importing/entering/editing of data from virtually any source
- Modeling of complex real-world constraints and scenarios
- Powerful problem-solving engine to consolidate shipments, optimize delivery routes, and accommodate service requirements, as well as evaluate carriers and modes
- Sophisticated multi-leg and dynamic hub selection strategies
- Intuitive user interface with flexible reporting and graphical visualization
- Desktop PC and laptop enabled
- Optimization engine and tariffs are shared with i2 Transportation Manager
Benefits of i2 Transportation Modeler can include:
- Reduce costs through efficient consolidation of freight onto fewer trucks
- Improve utilization of shipping-related assets such as warehouses, trucks, and containers
- Optimize transportation strategies and modes
- Improve on-time deliveries, product availability, and customer satisfaction
- Evaluate changes to the network that are driven by new distribution channels, suppliers, or customers
- Develop new revenue channels and increase profits
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