Plan

Agile planning is the bridge from insight to execution.  In the planning phase, we help you develop business rules to control all transportation activity.  We look at the measurements, at what your competition is doing, and what your overall business objectives are.  The outcome of this phase is a set of business rules which govern the way your employees execute transportation management.

Business rules are the key to Agile planning.  They provide the parameters for intelligent routing, load consolidations, and route selections.  The rules include consideration of customer, product type, delivery requirements, cost, and any other indicators important to you.  The business rules provide a clear model for successfully executing your transportation management cost reductions.

Rate Management

Many companies leave rating to a variety of carrier-provided systems which don’t communicate with one another and don’t provide a consolidated view.  Agile centrally controls all rating for all your transportation needs, giving you control over your costs and the ability to reduce them from a single application. Tools enable you to configure buy/sell rates, flag interline shipments, manage fuel surcharges, and manage carrier contracts.

Route Optimization

We provide planning tools to automate intelligent routing for both inbound and outbound shipments.  Agile provides your employees with routing options based on customer needs, your internal policies, and cost.  The business rules we develop with you also control who can authorize premium services and when.

Order Consolidation

Agile aggregates information from across your enterprise and suggests ways to consolidate shipments based on your business needs.  Employees who have no information about one another’s shipments are made aware of consolidation opportunities which save you money.

Modeling Tools

Agile consultants are available to help analyze data and formulate the impact of “what if” scenarios.  Modeling enables you to see the real outcome of potential decisions.  The models are based on hard data collected by Agile, so they accurately reflect reality, giving you confidence in your shipping decisions.

Agile planning is not an academic exercise.  We have expertise in data collection.  We have years of experience in the execution of transportation management solutions.  Our plans are thoroughly grounded in reality—your reality.  We deliver executable business rules to reduce transportation cost.