SAP Transportation Resource Planning

Get real-time visibility into your transportation resources and fulfill your customer demands at minimal cost.

Enhance transportation resource planning – and dramatically cut costs

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SAP Transportation Resource Planning integrates advanced analytics on historic data with forecasting capabilities to accurately forecast and monitor resource supply and demand.

Optimize the locations and dates for resource pick-up and return
Avoid or optimize the repositioning of empty resources
Integrate with a central logistics system, such as SAP Transportation Management
Access detailed data and KPIs about shipping containers and other resources

Key Capabilities

Track and monitor transportation resources

Keep track of the current stock and status of your transportation resources according to type and location. And monitor resource-relevant key performance indicators.

Forecast supply and demand

Use enhanced computation models to generate accurate forecasts of your resource supply and demand situation.

Improve transportation resource planning

Simulate scenarios to correct and prevent imbalances in the supply and demand of transportation resources – and help your planners make more informed decisions.

Optimize empty resource movement

Find the optimal locations and dates for the pick-up and return of your transportation resources.

Set up event-triggered alerts

Receive detailed alert information and timely warnings about critical resource situations.

Build a business case

Avoid shortages and meet SLAs

Plan the supply of empty rail tank cars at a very early stage and intelligently
connect cars with demand to cut costs.

Increase container use and reduce fleet size

Reposition empty containers proactively and allocate the right resources to meet customer demand while maximizing efficiency.

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