Transportation Forecasting
Forecast your logistics needs with greater accuracy by incorporating sales and demand data to see the complete picture.
Lower Freight Costs with Transportation Forecasting
Plan transportation by lane, mode and class with the same sophistication as finished goods. e2open’s Transportation Forecasting application takes promotional and seasonal sales surges into account to help you more accurately predict your logistics needs.
Go from reactive to proactive with improved forecast accuracy:
Know Your True Transportation Needs
Translating product demand forecasts—including promotional activities and seasonality—into precise transportation capacity requirements helps you understand your real needs.Reduce Freight Costs
Better planning accuracy and increased productivity means fewer expedited and spot shipments, improving on-time delivery rates and lowering freight costs.Improve Carrier Collaboration
Identifying gaps and proactively securing capacity fosters strategic relationships, helping your preferred carriers give you the best service at the lowest cost.Increase Customer Satisfaction
By delivering orders on time more often with fewer changes to planned delivery schedules, you develop better relationships with your customers.
Forecast Any Shipment
A single application enables you to engage with multimode carriers around the world to reserve capacity and book or tender by lane, class or day.Plan Downstream Resource Needs
More efficient planning and staffing processes—complete with warehouse throughput projections—help you avoid last-minute changes to your established logistics network design.Create Daily and Advance Forecasts
Daily inbound and outbound plans that use the most up-to-date information improve your short-term projections. Mid-term forecasts help you plan transportation needs in advance.Leverage Scenario Modeling
”What-if” scenario modeling lets you examine a range of potential futures to evaluate the viability of alternative plans.
Go from reactive to proactive with improved forecast accuracy:
Know Your True Transportation Needs
Translating product demand forecasts—including promotional activities and seasonality—into precise transportation capacity requirements helps you understand your real needs.Reduce Freight Costs
Better planning accuracy and increased productivity means fewer expedited and spot shipments, improving on-time delivery rates and lowering freight costs.Improve Carrier Collaboration
Identifying gaps and proactively securing capacity fosters strategic relationships, helping your preferred carriers give you the best service at the lowest cost.Increase Customer Satisfaction
By delivering orders on time more often with fewer changes to planned delivery schedules, you develop better relationships with your customers.Forecast Any Shipment
A single application enables you to engage with multimode carriers around the world to reserve capacity and book or tender by lane, class or day.Plan Downstream Resource Needs
More efficient planning and staffing processes—complete with warehouse throughput projections—help you avoid last-minute changes to your established logistics network design.Create Daily and Advance Forecasts
Daily inbound and outbound plans that use the most up-to-date information improve your short-term projections. Mid-term forecasts help you plan transportation needs in advance.Leverage Scenario Modeling
”What-if” scenario modeling lets you examine a range of potential futures to evaluate the viability of alternative plans.
20-30%
Improvement in Capacity Forecasting
50%
Reduction of Unplanned Transportation Costs
15-25%
Increase in On-Time Deliveries
Each statistic above is representative of an actual e2open customer experience. Results will vary.
20-30%
Improvement in Capacity Forecasting
50%
Reduction of Unplanned Transportation Costs
15-25%
Increase in On-Time Deliveries
Each statistic above is representative of an actual e2open customer experience. Results will vary.
Business Scenarios
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Relevant Resources
Data Sheet
e2open Transportation Forecasting
Empower your logistics teams with advanced forecasting capabilities previously available only to demand planners to improve productivity and…
Case Study
Major CPG Company Finds Success With End-To-End Digital Transformation
A leading consumer packaged goods (CPG) company leverages e2open to help facilitate faster, more thoughtful…
Podcast
The What, Why, and How of Transportation Forecasting
Gary Barraco, an Assistant Vice President of Product Marketing at e2open, speaks with Adrian Gonzalez of Talking Logistics about…
Report
The 2021 e2open Forecasting and Inventory Benchmark Study
In 2020, everything changed. Understand the pandemic’s effect on business and supply chain…
Relevant Resources
Data Sheet
e2open Transportation Forecasting
Empower your logistics teams with advanced forecasting capabilities previously available only to demand planners to improve productivity and…
Case Study
Major CPG Company Finds Success With End-To-End Digital Transformation
A leading consumer packaged goods (CPG) company leverages e2open to help facilitate faster, more thoughtful…
Podcast
The What, Why, and How of Transportation Forecasting
Gary Barraco, an Assistant Vice President of Product Marketing at e2open, speaks with Adrian Gonzalez of Talking Logistics about…
Report
The 2021 e2open Forecasting and Inventory Benchmark Study
In 2020, everything changed. Understand the pandemic’s effect on business and supply chain…
More from the Transportation and Logistics Suite
Expand your benefits and see even better results. Once you implement an e2open application, it’s easy to add more capabilities through integration with one or more additional applications from our unified platform.
Rates and Schedules Management
Compare multimode rates and schedules to optimize your shipments. Get the complete picture with accurate contract data, preferred shipping schedules and spot rates.
Shipment Booking and Instructions
Book directly with carriers based on routing, service and transit times. Prepopulate booking requests with instructions and service details to simplify operations.
Transportation Management for Shippers
Shippers can simplify and optimize logistics activities with a single application for planning, carrier procurement, execution and settlement—across all modes and regions.
In-Transit Visibility
Visibility for All™ covers all modes, all legs and all regions. All companies gain access to real-time data and dashboards to identify the location of shipments.
Predictive ETA
Proactively mitigate disruptions and make better decisions with predictive estimated times of arrival (ETAs) based on real-time data from a wide array of sources.
Global Logistics Orchestration
Take control with real-time visibility into all shipments. Know the business impact of deviations, select the best options and directly orchestrate corrective actions.
Audit and Settlement
Reduce the time required for freight bill audits and save 1 to 4% of total freight spend with a smooth, automated process to verify accuracy before paying.
Container Management
Minimize container handling and equipment costs. Improve efficiency by eliminating empty runs and port wait times as you lower your carbon footprint.
More from the Transportation and Logistics Suite
Expand your benefits and see even better results. Once you implement an e2open application, it’s easy to add more capabilities through integration with one or more additional applications from our unified platform.
Rates and Schedules Management
Compare multimode rates and schedules to optimize your shipments. Get the complete picture with accurate contract data, preferred shipping schedules and spot rates.
Shipment Booking and Instructions
Book directly with carriers based on routing, service and transit times. Prepopulate booking requests with instructions and service details to simplify operations.
Transportation Management for Shippers
Shippers can simplify and optimize logistics activities with a single application for planning, carrier procurement, execution and settlement—across all modes and regions.
In-Transit Visibility
Visibility for All™ covers all modes, all legs and all regions. All companies gain access to real-time data and dashboards to identify the location of shipments.
Predictive ETA
Proactively mitigate disruptions and make better decisions with predictive estimated times of arrival (ETAs) based on real-time data from a wide array of sources.
Global Logistics Orchestration
Take control with real-time visibility into all shipments. Know the business impact of deviations, select the best options and directly orchestrate corrective actions.
Audit and Settlement
Reduce the time required for freight bill audits and save 1 to 4% of total freight spend with a smooth, automated process to verify accuracy before paying.
Container Management
Minimize container handling and equipment costs. Improve efficiency by eliminating empty runs and port wait times as you lower your carbon footprint.