Transportation Planning

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Transportation Planning

Unlock efficiency and attain end-to-end control with Blue Yonder’s transportation planning capabilities including street-level routing, fleet integration, dynamic intercontinental planning, dock management, and precise driver assignment.

Overview

Multi-Mode Transportation Planning

Respond to changing needs with rapid modeling and on-going transportation analysis to eliminate unnecessary miles driven. Savings across the entire Blue Yonder Transportation Management System.

Features & Capabilities

Integrated and Granular Transportation Planning

Automated Planning & Cost Reduction

Maximize efficiency with our proven planning and optimization solution with street-level routing from first to last mile. Seamlessly integrate fleet and common carrier planning even in intercontinental workflows with integrated appointment scheduling. 

Transportation Optimization

Efficiently reduce freight costs with our optimization microservice. Regardless of your current TMS, leverage cost-based route optimization. Available as a standalone, API-based tool, it empowers you to compete with and validate existing solutions. 

Mobile Transportation Communications

Empower drivers with mobile communications such as tender acceptance, pickup and delivery management, signature on glass for proof of delivery and document upload. 

Connecting Planning and Carrier Networks

Ensure seamless optimization of  both private and contract carriers while streamlining processes such as booking, dispatching, tracking and invoicing to improve visibility, efficiency, and accuracy throughout the transportation lifecycle. 

Key Benefits

What’s Possible with Blue Yonder

Automate Vehicle Load Management

Blue Yonder software automatically transfers recommended shipments, loads and updates from transportation to planning, including shipment ID and other attributes to understand relationships in both systems. 

Multi-Modal Networks

Evaluate execution-level network performance to drive reliability and savings. Through data-rich what-if scenarios, Blue Yonder simulates the changing needs and facilitates planning of capacity through rapid modeling of requirements and on-going transportation analysis. 

Work smarter with Blue Yonder

Transportation Planner

Optimizing route efficiency, reducing transportation costs, and improving delivery reliability through advanced analytics and real-time data integration.

Cost Efficiency

Enable seamless mode shifting to rapidly adapt to dynamic business requirements and optimize your transportation costs effectively.

Reliability and Timeliness

Ensure consistent and punctual delivery of goods by minimizing disruptions and enhancing reliability in operations through meticulous route planning and real-time tracking features.

Inventory Management

Optimize inventory turnover by ensuring the right quantity of goods is transported at the precise moment to meet demand, thereby minimizing the costs of excess inventory.
Case Studies

Success stories in Transportation Planning

  • Explore the enduring 17-year partnership between Kimberly-Clark, a global consumer packaged goods leader, and Blue Yonder, focusing on the evolution of their collaboration in optimizing Kimberly-Clark's vast and complex global transportation network.

  • Bayer's Crop Science division is a leader in agricultural innovation, ensuring sustainable farming through advanced logistics and supply chain solutions. With Blue Yonder Transportation Management solutions, Bayer has ensured its employees across 50 facilities in over 70 countries share consistent transportation practices and business rules. With the addition of Blue Yonder Network, Bayer has gained end-to-end visibility for improved data-driven decision making across its network, leading to reductions in both transportation costs and environmental impacts.

    Adored by brands, recognized by analysts

    Blue Yonder named Leader in in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Transportation Management Systems
    Blue Yonder named a leader in 2024 Nucleus Research Value Matrix for Transportation Management Technology

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