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Managing all aspects of your transportation network can be a juggling act—with dynamic distribution channels, multi-modal needs and high service requirements. To make it work, you need greater visibility and control than ever before so your customers are assured you’ll deliver the right products, at the right time, exactly where they need to be. But managing deliveries is only part of the equation.

With transportation costs amounting to about 50% of total logistics expenditures, optimising this piece of your supply chain is vital. Driver shortages, changing regulations, fuel costs, global security concerns and green initiatives only intensify the pressure.

At Manhattan Associates, we view transportation management as two lifecycles. The financial cycle begins with procurement and flows through claims settlement, to audit and payment. The execution cycle is all about efficiency in transportation management and optimising outcomes. The integration of these components—“dynamic logistics optimisation”—offers greater control of transportation processes and decreases freight spend. Your network becomes transparent so you can optimise all modes of transportation, leverage all available assets and better manage domestic and international operations with visibility across all channels.

Manhattan’s Transportation Lifecycle Management can be deployed as individual point applications or as an integrated suite, and includes:

• Transportation Procurement
• Transportation Planning and Execution
• Logistics Gateway
• Fleet Management
• Audit, Payment and Claims
• Appointment Scheduling
• Yard Management
• Carrier Management

As part of Manhattan’s SCOPE: Supply Chain Optimisation—Planning through Execution, Transportation Lifecycle Management offers a truly holistic approach—from beginning to end—to give you complete control of your network so you can confidently make the right decisions based on costs, service needs, locations and carrier commitments.