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1. End-to-end planning cockpit: one screen to rate shop, build loads, optimize routes and tender to carrier in minutes instead of juggling spreadsheets. 2. Native S/4HANA integration: Freight costs flow straight into the order and finance modules no more manual accruals at month-end 3. Powerful optimization engine: We routinely run 3000 shipments per night, the algorithm squeezes in multi-stop milk-runs we never saw before.
Comprehensive customizing and functionalities covering planning, execution, tracking and freight transportation
Deep SAP integration - we run S/4HANA so it all ties in nicely Optimizer engine is insane how well it works once its tuned, it can work across ocean rail and truck without any of us having to maths Carrier collaboration portal - makes tendering loads to carriers so much easier since they can just login see the freight and accept or reject.
1. Steep data requirement: Dirty location or equipment masters cripple the optimizer cleansing is a must do project of its own. 2. User interface inconsistency: the Fiori apps look modern, but power users still need the old school GUI for some functions. 3. Limited out-of-box analytics: basic freight KPI's are there, yet you need embedded SAC or BW for deeper lane and carrier scorecards.
Being on a Trading company which operates with large transaction volumes, we saw potential risks on system performance. Most likely these may be mitigated if properly implemented in a Productive environment.
implementation is a marathon, took almost a year and very expensive consultants to customise to specific flows master data is unforgiving - it needs to be 100% perfect or it'll just throw errors Very steep learning curve, very heavy applications, months to navigate properly