The OEM has been able to reduce his dispatch cost significantly by leveraging Enmovil’s optiRun for dispatch scheduling.
A whole team dedicated to processing backlogs and daily re-planning is now assigned to more productive tasks!
A leading OEM manufactures and ships processed steel to various domestic & international customers. These shipments are done through road, rail, and domestic & international sea shipments. Various customers place their order requirements ahead of time. Since the cost of dispatches is quite significant, it is imperative that the OEM defines the most efficient plan for these dispatches to optimize shipping costs.
Challenge
Shipment planning needs to address many parameters:
- Customers have different preferences in acceptable shipping modes.
- Some materials can only be shipped through certain modes.
- The shipment plan has to be dynamically adjusted based on actual dispatches and resource availability.
- Daily Dynamic replanning to accommodate new orders and backlogs.
- Meet contractual requirements of LSP’s commitments.
- Keep operational expenses in control.
Solution
Optirun is designed specifically for manufacturers and distributors to maximize the vehicle utilization and minimize the total cost of shipping. Some key features of this module are:
Multimodal Logistics Planning:
Optirun can seamlessly plan dispatches across Ocean, Rail & Road logistics to meet target delivery schedules.
Optimum Shipment Cost:
Optirun considers cost of shipment and transit constraints across multiple modes of shipment to identify the best combination.
Backlog management:
Unexecuted orders on a given day are automatically replanned in Optirun during next scheduled run. It plans new loads based on pre-assigned loads and new vehicle availability.
Auto-adaptation from Real-Time Data:
Optirun adjusts its planning process by learning from “field reality”. It can understand the issues with field execution and automatically improve its planning process in future runs.
Sustainable Planning:
Optirun can be configured towards sustainability. For example, it can be configured to prioritize material movement over Rail over Road to minimize carbon footprint.
Result
The OEM has been able to reduce his dispatch cost significantly by leveraging Enmovil’s optiRun for dispatch scheduling.
A whole team dedicated to processing backlogs and daily re-planning is now assigned to more productive tasks!
