When it comes to managing your transportation operations, every decision counts. 3G’s Transportation Management’s planning algorithm is designed to help you make the smartest decisions for your supply chain. Gone are the days of empty trucks, or empty miles.
What Is the Planning Algorithm, and How Does It Enhance Efficiency?
The 3G TMS planning algorithm is at the heart of optimizing your logistics. With over 300 customizable parameters, it determines the most efficient shipment consolidations, routes, carrier selections, and cost options—all within the rules and constraints of your supply chain. By connecting to real-time rates and carrier service levels, the algorithm continuously adapts to changes and ensures compliance with delivery windows, hazardous material regulations, and other critical requirements.
Benefits to your Business:
- Lower Transportation Costs: Optimize mode selection, reduce miles, and minimize inefficiencies.
- Enhanced Service Levels: Improve delivery times and reliability.
- Mode Optimization: Choose the right transportation mode for the right shipment.
- Carrier Selection: Identify the best carrier based on cost, service level, and reliability.
- Real-time adaptability: Stay ahead of disruptions with real-time insights and updates.
Real-World Success: AmerCareRoyal
A perfect example of leveraging the planning module is AmerCareRoyal, a leading manufacturer and distributor of disposable food packaging products.
Using 3G’s planning AmerCareRoyal achieved:
- Faster Rate Shopping: AmerCareRoyal eliminated manual carrier communications, saving hours daily and letting the system handle quotes and bookings automatically.
- Optimized Capacity: The algorithm enabled AmerCareRoyal to consolidate up to 800 multi-stop shipments per month, compared to just 150-200 previously.
- LTL Reduction: Monthly LTL shipments decreased by 400 without cutting the amount of product shipped.
- Reduced Carbon Footprint: Route optimization cut 1.5 million miles driven per month, reducing diesel consumption by 200,000 gallons and CO2 emissions by 22 million KG annually—the equivalent of taking 110 trucks off the road.
Are You Using It to Its Full Potential?
If you’re not leveraging the planning algorithm to its full potential, you could be leaving significant cost savings and efficiency gains on the table. Whether it’s consolidating shipments, reducing transit times, or optimizing carrier selection, the planning module is a proven way to maximize your logistics strategy.
Want to learn more? Getting started is simple. Contact your 3G account manager today!
