Manhattan Active® Transportation Management: Delivering ROI to CPG

With inflation pressures, changing consumer behavior and global disruptions, there are significant challenges consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies face when it comes to transportation. Manhattan Active Transportation Management (TM) is designed specifically for today’s logistics operations with a focus on efficiency, agility and optimization.

In fact, many of your customers are our customers. Manhattan Active TM is used by 23 of the top 30 in the U.S. and Canada. That’s because the capabilities within the solution are ideal for the needs and requirements of those operations – and ones like yours. Manhattan Active TM also enables the ability to connect to your partners within the grocery industry, and unify your supply chain.

Recently, Manhattan was named a Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader for the sixth consecutive year. Equally as important, we were ranked in the top 3 for complex operations. In its report, Gartner said we offer a “differentiated technology platform,” and that, “Manhattan demonstrated strong comprehension of critical trends...the ongoing emphasis on transportation and the convergence of the supply chain as a whole.”

Manhattan Active TM is a complete TMS, offering capabilities in all aspects of logistics. From intelligent optimization and route mapping to procurement, dispatch, fleet, modeling and more, it’s designed to overcome disruption and adapt to your needs. With everything in one app, you have total visibility and control over every shipment in your network.

Manhattan develops capabilities and innovations based on input from industry leaders and supply chain trends. One example is Load Builder technology, which essentially turns trailer cubing into pallet cubing. Here’s how it works:

• Using user defines business requirements, Load Builder intelligently assigns goods to pallets, and pallets to positions.
• Factors such as weight, temperature, stop sequence, bulkheads, and trailer balance are considered to determine positions for pallets and the trailer overall.
• Benefits include maximized trailer utilization, increased safety and reduced labor.
• That means fewer trucks on the road and miles driven, lower costs and higher sustainability.

Business KPIs that Manhattan’s TMS impact include:

• Gross Margin Return on Investment
• Customer Satisfaction
• Truckload Capacity Utilization Rate
• Number/Duration of Temperature Excursions
• Fuel Economy
• Total Miles Driven
• Tender Acceptance Rate

Using the Manhattan vendor network, you can extend the benefits even further by linking with the grocery customers who are also using our TMS. After a one-time setup, you and your partners can share visibility data, view purchase requests, create routing requests and view routing responses. The results are enhanced communication, coordination and of course, customer service.

Finally, if you activate Manhattan Active TM with other solutions on the Manhattan Active Platform, you can achieve the Holy Grail of logistics: unified TMS, WMS and yard. That means no more silos, bottlenecks or blind spots. Just end-to-end efficiency and collaboration.

Manhattan Active TM and CPG are a perfect match, driving streamlined operations and better asset utilization. The combination also offers the potential for better service and visibility with your grocery customers, and even a unified supply chain.

When you consider TMS vendors, trust Manhattan Active TM for the capabilities you need to drive success.