Transportation Procurement

Be Prepared: Changes Ahead

Selecting the right couriers for your business has a direct impact on profitability and customer satisfaction. But with the dynamic nature of supply chains, the best combination of couriers for today may be different tomorrow. Manhattan’s Transportation Procurement allows you to determine the ideal combination of couriers, and balance price against other factors, such as capacity, service and quality.

Dynamic supply chains require a powerful and reliable solution that will streamline the sourcing process, and that can respond to changes, such as

New vendors, DCs, stores and customers
Customer demands and service requirements
Varying shipment volumes
Courier mergers and acquisitions
New regulations
Contract expiry
Fuel prices

Transportation costs are the largest element of total logistics costs, so transportation professionals must have clear visibility of transportation spend. The ability to evaluate cost, service and other factors when selecting couriers is vital, especially since the best courier isn’t always the least expensive one. And shippers simply can’t afford to run operations with stale rates. Transportation Procurement provides the power to respond quickly to change while minimising costs.

Better Visibility, Optimal Results

Widely recognised as one of the most powerful logistics procurement systems available for managing transportation bids and contract sourcing, our Transportation Procurement solution automates best practices and standardises the entire bid process, from RFP to final contract.

We can help you

Standardise and simplify the bid collection and optimisation process
Improve courier communication and collaboration
Utilise historic and forecast data to better prepare couriers for bidding
Benchmark and track rates and service over time
Determine multiple awarding scenarios based on cost, service and other rules
Understand the true cost impact of sourcing decisions
Improve spend visibility
Increase accountability
Create a repeatable and automated bid and award process

By optimising the strategic sourcing process across modes, Transportation Procurement lets you match your lanes and demand with courier offerings to ensure you contract the best rates and capacity available.

Features + Functions

Automate contract sourcing and reduce transportation costs for all modes of transportation
Allow alternative pricing using ad hoc or prescribed bundles
Evaluate bid responses using benchmark data
Optimise contract award combinations with scenario management
Accommodate incremental bids to secure capacity outside existing contracts due to dynamic network changes
Integrate contract awards seamlessly with Transportation Planning & Execution