Automated Transportation Optimization & Management
AtomTools™ is our break-through Business Process Automation tool that streamlines the planning and execution of your transportation management operations. It builds on our state of the art PlanTools™ components which optimize your modal selection and routing. AtomTools™ monitors the flow of orders into optimization, evaluates the results and releases the best loads for shipment – at the optimal time for the best possible customer service balanced against freight cost. And it spots the exceptions where your planning staff needs to intervene.
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Integration with our existing TMS
AtomTools™ uses PlanTools™ to optimize the full range of transportation modes based on cost and service, including:
- LTL
- Full Truckload and Multi-Stop Truckload
- Parcel
- Air
- Intermodal
- Expedited Ground
- Pool Distribution/Consolidation at origin and/or destination
- Dedicated Fleet alone or optimized against Common Carrier
AtomTools™ automates these functions:
- Monitors open orders to decide when to release them into the transportation planning cycle
- Rate shops and selects carriers, using cascading tenders where appropriate
- Responds to order changes in due dates, quantities, and urgency – triggering exceptions for manual intervention when necessary
- Reviews optimized loads to determine which are ready for dispatch and which might be held pending additional orders to similar locations
- Dispatches and confirms booking of shipments to selected carriers
- Alerts planners to service or performance exceptions as soon as detected
- Optionally automates appointment scheduling
Benefits
- Reduced total transportation cost
- Measureable improvements to customer service
- Reduced Headcount
- More disciplined transportation management process
- 24/7 operations, without 24/7 staffing
- Accelerated order cycle times