Are you offering your customers the best options and functionality available when it comes to load planning? Some of your competitors may be, are you on the cutting edge? When done right, load planning can be a real remedy for gas price fever and a cost savings tool. By utilizing LoadPlanner our customers cut an average of 15% from their transportation bill.

If you are serious about utilizing the best in logistics optimization, LoadPlanner^TM is the way to do it.

LoadPlanner is available in a wide variety of product configurations; from off-the-shelf standalone applications, to an enterprise-level SOA component and server. Thinking about SaaS? (Software as a Service) MDS and LoadPlanner^TM are the only load optimization software team available as a web service.

     

Whether you are an industrial manufacturer striving to optimize your supply chain, an international or domestic carrier committed to lower your operating costs, or a retailer dedicated to run your distribution network more efficiently. Automated load planning and optimization will significantly improve your business processes.

 

While the concept of computerized simulation of 3D load building is not new, with some companies offering software solutions for "virtual" loading, no one has a single product that is capable to handle complex variety of business rules and constraints of the modern transportation industry.

LoadPlanner is the first system that offers comprehensive load planning and optimization solution. The heart of LoadPlanner is its sophisticated 3D loading algorithm, the result of many years of intensive research and cooperation with leading logistics providers. But what makes it different is that LoadPlanner is an advanced rule-based system. It has unique capabilities to:

Classify business objects (items, orders, containers, etc.) into flexible system of categories. Formulate high-level business rules and constraints, and apply them to selected categories. Use business rules and constraints in the process of load planning and optimization. Solve multi-tier load planning problems (packaging - palletizing - container / trailer loading). Produce results in form of easy-to-analyze interactive 3D graphics.

 Here are just a few of the business cases LoadPlanner addresses:

1. An interactive container capacity tool-  used by importers - which allows a user to dynamically adjust order quantities to achieve better container utilization by loading items in "sections", considerably improving load's structural properties resulting in less damage and a simplified loading process

2. Allows you to maximize container utilization- a continuous process with recurring shipments flowing through the system - as an operations support tool, if something doesn't fit into one container/trailer it will be loaded into the next, This tool allows a warehouse manager to improve overall performance.

3. Allows for shipment scheduling and consolidation - Using the same toolsets as above but subject to availability in time thiss tool will allow you to see a timeline of all shipments.

4. Ability to optimize container selection - as an example a a bulk shipment requires multiple containers, this tool will assist you in choosing the optimum assortment, IE. 2 X 40' std as opposed to 1 X 45' hq and 1 X 20' std.

5. Ability to optimize carton selection for small orders - I.E. parcel shipments given a specific carriers sizing and weight requirements load planner will choose the best packages and configuration.

6. Automated pallet building and configuration - for outbound distribution operations you can send load plans to an automated robotic pallet builder completely automating the shipping and packaging process.

7. Verify your company is tendering legal truckloads - LoadPlanner creates a legal load configuration to satisfy DOT/State regulations including axle balancing and weight restrictions.

For more information about our LoadPlanner Integration Kit

Call The Systems House, Inc. at 1-800- MDS-5556.

Or send a message to sales@tshinc.com

 

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