i2 Transportation Planner

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i2 Transportation Planner

The transportation and distribution world is a rapidly changing landscape marked by unprecedented complexity. Increased global trade makes logistics supply chains even longer and more dynamic, and customer expectations continue to rise. Whether shipping from Chicago or Shanghai, companies must be able to collaborate more effectively with their key trading partners—carriers, suppliers, or customers—to drive maximum efficiencies while delivering world-class service. Consequently, organizations must consider these business processes more strategically and look for more refined and adaptable closed-loop solutions.

i2 solutions for transportation and distribution have been designed and proven to empower transportation as a strategic enterprise by enabling industry best practices in the areas of design, procurement, planning, execution, and visibility. These solutions consistently create quantifiable value by synchronizing those critical transportation and distribution processes across multiple modes, enterprises, and borders, while driving optimal operating efficiencies and greater service performance.

The i2 Solution: i2 Transportation Planner

i2 Transportation Planner is a solution designed to provide planning, execution, management, and monitoring of a complex transportation life cycle.

This solution can offer the tools needed to optimize and execute shipments, proactively monitor exceptions, manage match-pay and auto-pay settlements, as well as provide analytical performance management for transport activities.

i2 Transportation Planner uses configurable business rules and appropriate constraints to transform order fulfillment, procurement, and replenishment plans into cost optimized and executable transportation plans that adhere to facility inventory and transportation network constraints. By managing the entire transportation life cycle, this solution can help reduce costs, improve transport efficiency, and enhance customer satisfaction.

Capabilities of the i2 Transportation Planner solution can include: