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The Solution
Agile transport planning built for today's complexity
The survey reveals a fundamental shift in transportation planning: it is becoming a continuous decision-making process rather than a one-time exercise.
Customer requirements, operational constraints and execution conditions are constantly changing, yet many planning teams remain constrained by manual processes, disconnected data and tools that lack the flexibility and decision support needed to respond quickly.
The takeaway is clear, transportation planning teams need technology that:
Reduces manual effort
Supports the realities of their operations
Helps them respond more effectively as conditions change
The takeaway is clear, transportation planning teams need technology that:
Reduces manual effort
Supports the realities of their operations
Helps them respond more effectively as conditions change
This means connecting planning with execution data, enabling planners to compare scenarios and understand trade-offs and automating routine activities while keeping people in control of consequential decisions. AI will accelerate this transition, not by replacing planners, but by helping them identify exceptions, evaluate alternatives and focus their expertise where it creates the most value.
This means connecting planning with execution data, enabling planners to compare scenarios and understand trade-offs and automating routine activities while keeping people in control of consequential decisions. AI will accelerate this transition, not by replacing planners, but by helping them identify exceptions, evaluate alternatives and focus their expertise where it creates the most value.
Transporeon Transport Planner is designed around these principles, providing an agile alternative to both manual planning and complex, heavyweight TMS planning solutions. It gives organizations rapid access to cost optimization by automating the creation of transport plans without requiring a lengthy, resource-intensive implementation. At the same time, it reflects the operational reality highlighted by the survey: planners need to balance multiple objectives and respond to changing requirements.
Transport Planner
With Transport Planner organizations can configure planning objectives and constraints (delivery windows, vehicle capacity, driving times, cost, distance and truck utilization) while scenario comparison, performance metrics and manual adjustments help planners evaluate alternatives and retain control. Integration with existing ERP and TMS environments, as well as Transporeon’s execution and visibility capabilities, connects planning decisions with the data and workflows required to put them into action.
The goal is not to remove variability from transportation operations (that is neither possible nor desirable), but to manage it more effectively.
Transport Planner combines rapid cost optimization with the flexibility to accommodate operational constraints and adapt plans as conditions change, turning transportation planning into a source of operational resilience and continuous improvement.
Transporeon Transport Planner is designed around these principles, providing an agile alternative to both manual planning and complex, heavyweight TMS planning solutions. It gives organizations rapid access to cost optimization by automating the creation of transport plans without requiring a lengthy, resource-intensive implementation. At the same time, it reflects the operational reality highlighted by the survey: planners need to balance multiple objectives and respond to changing requirements.
With Transport Planner organizations can configure planning objectives and constraints (delivery windows, vehicle capacity, driving times, cost, distance and truck utilization) while scenario comparison, performance metrics and manual adjustments help planners evaluate alternatives and retain control. Integration with existing ERP and TMS environments, as well as Transporeon’s execution and visibility capabilities, connects planning decisions with the data and workflows required to put them into action.
The goal is not to remove variability from transportation operations (that is neither possible nor desirable), but to manage it more effectively. Transport Planner combines rapid cost optimization with the flexibility to accommodate operational constraints and adapt plans as conditions change, turning transportation planning into a source of operational resilience and continuous improvement.
How Transport Planner works
1. Create deliveries - Manual/TMS/ERP input
2. Select deliveries and configure planning parameters
- Objectives (e.g., minimize distance, costs, number of trucks)
- Constraints (e.g., time windows, vehicle capacity, driving times)
3. Run optimization
Automatically process deliveries and create optimal transport combinations
4. Review plan
Evaluate proposed transport plan. Accept optimal combinations or make manual adjustments if needed before finalizing
5. Automate carrier assignment
System assigns planned transports to carriers via NTO, using predefined rates from Transporeon Rate Management
