Kinaxis Inc. and 4flow, a leading provider of supply chain optimization services, announced the availability of a new Kinaxis RapidResponse application designed to drive efficiency and significantly reduce freight spend and CO2 emissions for greater sustainability.
Kinaxis Transportation Load Optimizer by 4flow gives Kinaxis customers an accurate view of their rail, ocean, air, and truckload transportation costs by considering transportation variables such as carrier rates and inventory costs to create optimal loads based on supply, demand, and market indicators. It supports improved material handling processes with seamless integration into RapidResponse sales and operations planning (S&OP) workflows and what-next scenarios. Using optimization algorithms based on real-world constraints, including freight rates and actual transportation capacities, users are provided with actionable planning results. The application reduces transportation spend and increases capacity utilization by optimizing shipment scheduling to consolidate orders and create fuller, more efficient loads, all while meeting customer delivery commitments.
Kinaxis RapidResponse is a cloud-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform purpose-built for planning and leverages patented in-memory database technology and always-on algorithms. Combined with Kinaxis' unique concurrent planning technique, RapidResponse helps global manufacturers build agile and resilient supply chains. It is the first and only concurrent planning platform that allows third parties to develop custom, interconnected applications, and algorithms to increase the value customers gain from Kinaxis. For Kinaxis development partners, it creates the opportunity for new revenue streams and extends the reach into other markets.
Kinaxis Transportation Load Optimizer by 4flow has been certified by Kinaxis, ensuring it meets the company’s high standards of security and excellence and is now generally available.
- Create efficient transportation loads
- Adjust orders into physical and shippable loads considering real-world logistics network characteristics.
- Increase agility
- Optimize and maximize transportation capacities from a strategic level down to the operational level.
- Take control
- Schedule transportation right down to the part number level.
- Empower planners
- Forecast full transportation loads (FTL) and less-than-full transportation loads (LTL) in the short and medium-term.
- Reduce risk
- Anticipate freight costs when calculating what-next scenarios in the S&OP process.
