Industry solutions – Transport and Logistics

IBM® and Collective Intelligence Group provide off-the-shelf or custom solutions to suit any fleet management or fleet tracking requirement. They have decades of proven experience in delivering solutions for a wide range of purposes in different industries and operating environments.

The solution can remotely monitor anything, in any way, including plant and equipment, trucks and trailers, forklifts and store rooms. Their range of INCIGHT products will track, monitor, manage and report based on your key performance indicators while the flexibility of the INCIGHT equipment means they can easily tailor a solution to fit any business need with absolute flexibility.

IBM and Manhattan Associates' Transportation Management solutions provide the tools you need to create an optimal long-term transportation strategy and to execute that through swift (and efficient) day-to-day operational tactics; by integrating transportation procurement, planning and execution.

'Transportation Planning and Execution' automates shipping, planning and resource assignment; 'Transportation Procurement' automates the transportation contract sourcing process; 'Load Management' can increase yard through-put and efficiency; and, Performance Management' tracks and disseminates Key Performance Indicators (KPI).

Our applications can also help you: construct optimal schedules, enable compliance with Hours of Service regulations (driver and load); match drivers to the best possible loads; intelligently respond to load requests; assess the long term value of each lane and shipper; and, achieve maximum fuel-related savings.

Mid-Comp International Pty Ltd (founded in 1989) is a developer and supplier of Supply Chain Management (Odyssey), High Availability (Orion) and Systems Management (Snapshot/TSC) solutions to a client list containing the dominant Australian commercial enterprises as well as an impressive portfolio of major companies in over 26 countries. IBM and Odyssey offer the Transport industry the opportunity to embrace technology to drive more efficient processing and reduce costs throughout the transportation and distribution industry. Odyssey has been built from the ground up since the year 2000 utilising the latest in systems design and technology to deliver a transportation, service, warehousing, distribution and financials (accounting) solution encompassing the latest in EANway Scan Pack, EPC Global RFID, intranet and internet technologies. With an unlimited user license allowing integration and collaboration with business partners and customers worldwide, Odyssey extends your business anywhere in the world in real-time, to anyone who has an internet connection and a browser.

Whether a Third Party Logistics Provider (3PL), Retailer, Distributor/Wholesaler or Transport Provider, SSA Global provides advanced e-business solutions in the supply chain from warehouse management, labour management, transportation management, yard management, and logistics integrated with core financial and operational systems that help you perform complex, business-critical operations. For 3PL's in particular, SSA Global solutions allow you to respond to the requirements of multiple customers with support for multiple inventory ownership, multi-channel supply chains, multiple billing, and value-added services. With over 25 years of experience as a strategic partner to our Transport & Logistics customers, SSA Global delivers information system solutions to meet the specific industry requirements and for 3PL's in particular for Voice-directed Distribution, RFID, yard management, global transportation and trade compliance.

IBM and Viewlocity can help eliminate supply chain and operations waste while enhancing business partner relationships. Viewlocity is a strong, private software company providing supply chain management solutions that help enterprises execute operations more effectively.

Our software suite is comprised of visibility, event management and optimisation components that enable companies to optimise their use of assets and monitor supply chain processes for exceptions. When exceptions occur the optimal response can be determined, minimising disruption to the business. As a result, customers can run their businesses with significantly smaller reserves of inventory, capacity and people, while improving service levels.