Oracle Transportation

Operational Planning
Cloud
Oracle Transportation Operational Planning Cloud
optimizes all transportation moves, including
inbound, outbound, and inter-facility, from simple
point-to-point to complex multi-modal, multi-leg and
cross-dock operations. We apply your specific
business rules and logic in conjunction with powerful
algorithms and optimization engines to determine the
right course of action for all orders and shipments
based on cost, service level and asset availability.
A COMPLETE & FLEXIBLE APPROACH TO OPTIMIZING TRANSPORTATION Key Business Benefits
• Reduce transportation costs
Oracle Transportation Operational Planning Cloud uses state-of-the-art optimization techniques
to determine the best way to fulfill your transportation needs. Simultaneously optimize mode • Maximize equipment utilization
selection, carrier, equipment and rate selection, itinerary selection, order consolidation, and • Increase supply chain reliability
multi-stop shipment planning – all while adhering to business constraints such as pickup and • Increase customer service
delivery times, location calendars, compatibilities and incompatibilities. Oracle Transportation levels
Operational Planning Cloud is built to handle complex, multi-tier networks that span modes and
• Improve carrier relations
geographies enabling you to plan and execute your global supply chain in a single platform.
• Improve process efficiency
• Drive continuous improvement

Figure 1: Utilize sophisticated

algorithms and business rules to
determine optimal results.

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 Key Features
• Plan and execute domestic and
international movements in one
system
• Plans all modes of transportation
• Dynamic load building
• Ship unit optimization
• Route optimization
• Cross-docking and pooling
• Carrier selection
• Mode selection
• Multi-leg routing
• Optimize fleet and service
provider resources in single
solution
• Round trip and backhaul
Figure 2: Optimize all modes and across all geographies, determining the right course of action for all orders
planning
and shipments based on cost, service level and asset availability.
• Bulk product considerations
• Include constraints such as
equipment, order, location,
IMPROVE AND ENHANCE PLANNING PROCESSES, REDUCE commodity, and carrier
TRANSPORTATION COSTS incompatibilities
• Automate and manage
Oracle Transportation Operational Planning Cloud empowers shippers and logistics service appointment scheduling
providers to streamline transportation processes and meet customer commitments. It lowers
• Buy (shipper) and sell (3PL) side
transportation costs, improves customer service and provides flexible, global fulfillment options.
considerations
As an integrated component within Oracle Transportation Management Cloud, Oracle
Transportation Operational Planning Cloud automatically selects carriers, rates shipments,
generates routing, and tracks deliveries from departure to receipt. The solution produces
savings by determining the lowest-cost carrier and route for every shipment, across every mode,
all over the globe. Oracle Transportation Operational Planning Cloud enables your logistics
enterprise to:

• Efficiently plan inbound, outbound, and inter-facility orders by collaborating with your
logistics service providers and your internal fleet, if applicable.

• Optimize all shipping decisions. Combine small shipments into full truckloads. Create
multi-stop trips and pooling solutions via consolidation, deconsolidation, and cross-
docking points. Consider small parcels that may be shipped more optimally via Less
Than Truckload (LTL), and plan air and vessel moves according to schedules.

• The unique architecture enables hybrid costing capabilities to evaluate freight based on
your unique rate requirements, so you can take advantage of the industry’s most
flexible rating engine that manages the complexities associated with rates of all modes
and structures.

• Ensure compliance with customer-provided routing guides, including your own internal
carrier policies. Manage constraint-based rules such as compatibility, location calendars
and capacity, and equipment availability.

• Automatically assign carriers to shipments based on optimal cost or specified routing

instructions.

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 • Proactively plan at any stage of the order/shipment lifecycle. If a delivery is late,
Related Data Sheets
determine the downstream impact to other stops or legs and notify involved parties as
required. Transportation Operational Planning
Cloud is part of Oracle Transportation
• Invoke the powerful optimization capabilities in the context of Oracle Transportation Management Cloud and the Oracle
Management’s workflow engine and create sophisticated workflow rules to sense and suite of Logistics Cloud solutions.
respond to exceptions. Related data sheets include:
• Oracle Transportation
• Account for common carrier rates, costs and constraints while weighing decisions Management Cloud
against the costs and capabilities of your fleet. Determine where and how to deploy • Freight Payment, Billing, and
your fleet resources to improve customer satisfaction and service levels while Claims
maintaining low operating costs. • Transportation Sourcing
• Transportation Cooperative
• 3D Load Configuration: Utilize advanced trailer and container loading algorithms
Routing
(Figure 3) as part of the shipment- building engines to ensure that equipment selection
is based on accurate utilization measurements and not on simple weight and cube • Transportation Intelligence
summation estimates. Take into account item shape, size, stack-ability and other • Oracle Fleet Management
constraints to build efficient and high-utilization shipments. Cloud
• Oracle Logistics Network
Modeling Cloud

Figure 3: Oracle Transportation Operational Planning Cloud provides advanced trailer and container loading
algorithms, helping customers maximize equipment utilization

• Appointment Scheduling: Improve the appointment scheduling process throughout

your network with access for internals and logistics service providers. Globally or
regionally, view, manage and schedule pick-up and delivery appointments for
shipments and orders. Model and consider location and dock-door level constraints
when planning and executing shipments. Dictate available options to involved parties
for shipping and receiving.

• Transportation Sourcing: Utilize sophisticated optimization algorithms to model

sourcing rules and constraints to minimize costs while streamlining the procurement
process for transportation services. The Transportation Sourcing capability of Oracle
Transportation Operational Planning Cloud utilizes historical shipment data to build bid
projects and then seamlessly turns awarded bids into executable rates. It also provides
functionality to support the task of rate maintenance. Together these capabilities serve
to greatly enhance the accuracy of a bid project as well as reduce the time and
overhead it takes to manage the procurement cycle. For more information, refer to the
Transportation Sourcing data sheet.

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 • Cooperative Routing: Strategically examine and optimize the use of third party carrier
and internal fleet resources in the supply chain. Identify historical shipping patterns and
determining optimal asset utilization via efficient lane combinations of freight (i.e.,
cooperative routes). This strategic plan is utilized within Oracle Transportation
Management's operational planning process, ensuring that the fleet and carrier
resources are deployed properly and the benefits are realized. For more information,
refer to the Transportation Cooperative Routing data sheet.

• Support all currency, language, and localization requirements.

A SINGLE TRANSPORTATION SOLUTION PROVIDES THE OPTIMAL

SOLUTION
Oracle Transportation Operational Planning Cloud enables you to plan all your transportation
requirements in one place – that is, all supply chain flows (outbound finished goods, inbound
supplies, inter-facility shipments, and returns), all modes of transport (over the road, air, ocean
and rail) and all geographic areas (domestic and international). Additionally, plan fleet and
external service provider resources in one place. As a result, you can support the nuances of
your regional and global logistics operations while reaping the benefits and efficiencies provided
by a single transportation management solution.

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