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RedPrairie Transportation Management

by RedPrairie Corp. :: Last updated on September 24, 2007

RedPrairie's DLx Transportation powers some of the highest volume, high-performance corporate transportation departments in North America. It enables companies with thousands of shipments per day across extensive distribution networks to increase control over operations, enhance customer service, and improve transportation efficiency, and can reduce overall transportation costs by 10-40%.

DLx Transportation manages all aspects of the transportation cycle, including planning, optimization, execution and payment, serving as a computerized operating system for the transportation department. The system provides the real-time tools needed to accurately build, route, tender, assign and track shipments in collaboration with carriers, customers, suppliers, 3PLs, and exchanges.

Key Features

  • Real-time planning, optimization and execution to maximize cost savings and customer service
  • Full carrier contract management and assignment optimization based on carrier commitments, capacities, and performance
  • Dynamic consideration of continuous-move possibilities within automated carrier assignment
  • Automatic tendering (accept/decline) to prioritized carrier lists via EDI and Internet portal
  • EDI, Internet portal, and direct interfacing with shipping and receiving facilities
  • Very flexible, late-stage order and shipment change management
  • EDI and Internet carrier portals for capturing appointments, gathering shipment status and proof of delivery
  • Customer and customer service Internet portals for shipment tracking
  • Robust freight rating, payment and allocation capabilities
  • Complete shipment history for analytic analysis of performance and costs

Contact Information

Corporate
RedPrairie Corp.
20700 Swenson Drive
Waukesha, WI 53186
USA
Main: 262-317-2000
Toll-free: 877-733-7724
Fax: 262-317-2624
http://www.redprairie.com

Core Capabilities

Industries

  • Automotive OEM
  • Automotive Supplier
  • Chemicals
  • Consumer Packaged Goods - Beverage, Tobacco
  • Consumer Packaged Goods - Food Products
  • Consumer Packaged Goods - House, Health, Beauty Products
  • Electrical Equipment
  • Electronics and Semiconductors
  • Hi-Tech (Computers, Communications, Office)
  • Industrial/Heavy Equipment and Machinery
  • Instruments and Controls
  • Medical Devices
  • Metals - Fabrication and Assembly
  • Metals - Primary (Mills, Foundries)
  • Miscellaneous Manufacturing
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Plastics and Rubber Products
  • Pulp and Paper
  • Textiles and Apparel

Platforms

  • HP/UX
  • Linux
  • Microsoft Windows NT/2000/XP
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003

Databases supported

  • IBM DB2
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • Oracle

Target Business Size(s)

  • Large (501+ users)
  • Mid-Size (101-500 users)
  • Small (1-100 users)

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