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FreightMatrix Transportation Planning

Managing today's lengthing transportation networks requires the ability to quickly make optimal cost vs. service decisions across the many decisionon points along the distribution lifecycle. Asset optimization cannot come at the expense of performance and vice versa, as they both are the core elements in cost control and customer satisfaction.

FreightMatrix Transportation Planning provides the capabilities to optimally plan the best way to ship high volumes of goods from one point to another with a constant focus on achieving this optimal balance of cost and service. It does this by considering real-world constraints, sophisticated business rules, and advanced transportation strategies such as inventory-constrained shipment scheduling, dynamic multi-leg routing, and three-dimensional load building.

FreightMatrix Transportation Planning transforms order fulfillment, procurement, and replenishment plans into cost optimized transportation plans using configurable business rules that adhere to facility inventory and transportation network constraints. Plans generated are physically executable and operationally viable by considering customer delivery commitments, product availability and other real-world constraints while reducing the need for human intervention and review, thereby increasing labor productivity.

FreightMatrix Transportation Planning provides modular features and functionality that contribute to a best of breed operational planning capability for shipments of all types. The result of this is real benefits that directly improve the bottom line margin for companies that take advantage of i2 capabilities.

Direct Cost savings   

  • An average 8 percent to 12 percent reduction in overall freight costs created through automatically selecting the most efficient combination of modes, carriers, shipment schedules and routes.
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  • Rapid time to value measured in months rather than years.


  • Increased Asset Utilization
  • i2 Transportation Planner can maximize the utilization of a private fleets and shipping containers leveraging automated scheduling and 3-D load building capabilities.


  • Improved Customer Satisfaction
  • Create an operationally feasible plan that meets real-world conditions to be assured of a reliable distribution network with highly competitive lead times and shipping costs. The end result is satisfied customers and more repeat orders.