JDAS v7.5 improves ability to combat rising fuel & logistics costs

06 Oct '08

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Powerful, task-driven workflows allow planners to define the scope of their daily job responsibility by a particular geographic area, transportation mode, customer group and operations type. And, automated exception management capabilities monitor real-time events, proactively generating user alerts to 'hot issues' in time to avert process breakdowns or the escalation of problems.

“This new release meets a critical marketplace demand, providing robust usability and accessibility that transportation managers and planners need in conjunction with the best-of-breed planning, optimization, execution and analysis capabilities. These capabilities are included with JDA Transportation & Logistics solutions which Manugistics, now JDA, has delivered for more than 23 years.

We have synchronized all logistics functions under one umbrella, keeping our commitment to integrate our solutions onto a single proven supply chain planning and execution platform,” said Namita Dhallan, group vice president, product management at JDA Software. “It will enable our customers to implement world-class transportation and logistics processes across globally distributed networks, with high performance and rich user interactivity at a low cost of deployment and ownership.”

Dwight Klappich, research VP at Gartner, commented, “User productivity and a user's ability to personalize and easily exploit the often hidden power of business applications are increasingly important to enterprises. Because of this, we find that user interfaces are now a more important consideration when evaluating business applications.”

Solution Upgrade Delivers Real-World Business Benefits
JDA's Business Requirements Group (BRG), comprised of customers who collaborated throughout the v7.5 development process including requirements definition, design reviews, site visits, usability workshops and beta testing, provided valuable insights into how real end users would benefit from the upgraded software solutions.

As a result, this upgrade includes key user benefits such as:
• Synchronizes the global movement of goods and information, driving smarter decisions faster
• Optimizes supply chain execution by managing complex, dynamic demand-driven logistics networks
• Automates transportation and logistics processes to help lower freight costs, increase productivity, and maximize asset utilization, while maintaining delivery schedules and high levels of customer service
• Proactively manages supplier and carrier relationships, helping to reduce carrier turn-down rates, decrease expediting costs, and improve customer fill rates and service levels
• Generates optimized plans based on real business constraints, to help reduce freight expense and aid in improving inventory turns and sales
• Rapid implementation and deployment allows users to respond faster and more efficiently to changes in their business and distribution network
• Provides a robust platform with 360 degree visibility and 24/7 accessibility for effective execution and monitoring of the transportation and logistics network

One of JDA's BRG customers commented, “The newly enhanced functionalities of JDA's Transportation & Logistics Management (v7.5) really reflect the user community input,” said Frederick Hammer, corporate traffic manager, Shopko Stores Operating Co., LLC.

“The solution's navigation is much more intuitive for our planners and how they actually work. This enables Shopko Stores to have the visibility and scalability needed to optimize shipment planning and execution to deliver the right product to the right place at the right time. As a result, we expect to realize reduced transportation and freight costs and improved customer service levels, all of which help position Shopko Stores for profitable growth.”

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