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Transport Execution & Visibility

Transport Planner for shippers

The shortest way to cost optimisation

Tired of complex, costly or manual planning? Transporeon Transport Planner is the agile solution for efficient logistics. Get quick access to the planning power you need, automate operations and see immediate returns at a fraction of the investment.

Swap endless implementations for rapid cost optimisation

Welcome to the world of agile transport planning. Our lightweight planning solution gives you quick access to efficient optimisation, powerful automation and actionable insights without crushing complexity or prohibitive expenses.

Experience agile transport planning!

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Optimal results at a fraction of the cost

Achieve highly optimal transport plans with low fees and cost-effective carrier selection. By optimising routes and increasing capacity utilisation, you can significantly reduce the transport costs and boost your bottom line without the high cost of traditional systems.

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Easier, faster, effortless planning

Automate your planning in minutes with a flexible, easy-to-use solution. Our planning solution seamlessly integrates with your existing ERP or TMS, and of course with the Transporeon transport management system solutions, ensuring smooth data flow and minimal technical effort for rapid deployment and quick time-to-value.

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Complete flexibility & control

Our solution gives you powerful automation while keeping you in control. You can manually override plans to split or rearrange transports and easily adjust rules and constraints to perfectly fit your unique business scenarios.

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Continuous improvement with actionable insights

Get instant visibility into your performance with KPI dashboards that provide real-time metrics on cost, distance and efficiency. Use scenario comparison tools to choose the best solution and continuously drive optimisation for better results.

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Primary features

Optimal balance between cost, simplicity and effectiveness

Obtain optimal results at a fraction of the cost, delivering an unparalleled balance of low fees, simplified implementation and significant savings in labour and transportation costs.

Fast and easy implementation

Deploy and deliver value within just days or weeks, providing immediate efficiency gains.

KPI dashboard

Improve your decision making with instant visibility into cost, distance and efficiency metrics, and scenario comparison tools that enable data-driven decisions.

Multi-objective optimisation

Configure planning to prioritise what matters the most to you, set different objectives for your scheduling units and adjust them based on daily needs.

Complete flexibility & control

Maintain full control over your operations with the ability to manually split or rearrange transports, and easily adjust rules and constraints to fit any business scenario.

Seamless integration with Transporeon ecosystem

Integrated directly with core Transporeon solutions — Transport Assignment, Transport Operations and Rate Management⁠.

Obtain optimal results at a fraction of the cost, delivering an unparalleled balance of low fees, simplified implementation and significant savings in labour and transportation costs.

Deploy and deliver value within just days or weeks, providing immediate efficiency gains.

Improve your decision making with instant visibility into cost, distance and efficiency metrics, and scenario comparison tools that enable data-driven decisions.

Configure planning to prioritise what matters the most to you, set different objectives for your scheduling units and adjust them based on daily needs.

Maintain full control over your operations with the ability to manually split or rearrange transports, and easily adjust rules and constraints to fit any business scenario.

Integrated directly with core Transporeon solutions — Transport Assignment, Transport Operations and Rate Management⁠.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is transport planning software?

Transport planning software helps shippers turn individual delivery orders into efficient, executable transport plans. It evaluates possible combinations of deliveries, routes, vehicles and schedules while respecting operational constraints such as time windows and vehicle capacity. The goal is to reduce transport costs, improve capacity utilisation and decrease the manual effort required to plan daily operations.

What is Transporeon Transport Planner?

Transporeon Transport Planner is an agile transport planning solution for shippers. It automatically combines deliveries into optimised road transports based on objectives such as reducing costs, distance or the number of trucks required. It is designed to provide powerful planning capabilities without the cost, complexity and lengthy implementation associated with heavyweight transportation management systems.⁠⁠⁠⁠

Who is Transporeon Transport Planner designed for?

Transporeon Transport Planner is designed for shippers that want to automate and optimise operational road transport planning. It is particularly relevant for companies still using spreadsheets and manual processes, organisations with limited IT resources, and businesses that need better planning capabilities but cannot justify a large-scale TMS implementation. Operational transport planners can use it without requiring deep technical or optimisation expertise.⁠⁠⁠⁠

How does automated transport planning work?

Automated transport planning evaluates delivery data, planning objectives and business constraints to create efficient transport combinations. With Transport Planner, users select deliveries, configure objectives and constraints, and run the optimisation. The proposed plan can then be reviewed, manually adjusted and finalised before the transports move into carrier assignment and execution.

How can transport planning software reduce freight costs?

Transport planning software can reduce freight costs by finding more efficient ways to combine deliveries, use vehicle capacity and organise routes. It can evaluate many feasible delivery and route combinations that would be difficult to compare manually. Transport Planner also considers relevant cost factors and operational constraints, helping shippers identify cost-efficient plans before transports are assigned to carriers.⁠⁠

How does Transport Planner improve vehicle capacity utilisation?

Transport Planner considers the quantity or volume of each delivery and the available capacity of the selected vehicle when creating transports. It can identify deliveries that can feasibly be consolidated instead of being planned as separate loads. Better consolidation can improve vehicle utilisation, reduce the number of trucks required and avoid unnecessary transport distance, subject to the shipper’s operational constraints.⁠⁠

How is Transport Planner different from planning with spreadsheets?

Spreadsheets rely on planners to compare deliveries, routes, costs and constraints manually. This is time-consuming, difficult to scale and makes it harder to evaluate all feasible combinations consistently. Transport Planner automates this analysis while retaining human oversight, allowing planners to create, review and adjust optimised transport plans instead of building every plan manually.⁠⁠

How is Transport Planner different from a traditional TMS?

Transport Planner focuses on agile, operational transport optimisation rather than providing every function of a heavyweight transportation management system. It is designed for faster implementation, simpler configuration and a lower total cost of ownership. It can complement an existing ERP or TMS by adding advanced planning capabilities without requiring the organisation to replace its established technology landscape.⁠⁠

Does Transport Planner replace an existing ERP or TMS?

No. Transport Planner can work alongside an existing ERP or TMS. Delivery data can flow from existing systems into the planning process through integration, while the resulting transports can continue into assignment and execution workflows. This allows shippers to add optimisation capabilities without disrupting the systems they already use.

What objectives can Transport Planner optimise?

Transport Planner supports multi-objective optimisation, allowing shippers to prioritise the outcomes that matter most to their operations. Objectives can include minimising total transport costs, distance or the number of trucks required. Planning priorities can be configured for different scheduling units and adjusted as operational needs change.⁠⁠

What operational constraints can Transport Planner consider?

Transport Planner can account for constraints including delivery locations, loading and unloading time windows, vehicle or trailer capacity, trailer type, driving times, route restrictions and maximum transport distances. It can also consider the duration of loading and unloading activities. These constraints help ensure that the proposed plan is operationally feasible, not simply mathematically efficient.⁠⁠

Can planners manually adjust an optimised transport plan?

Yes. Transport Planner combines automation with human control. Planners can review the proposed transports, split or rearrange them and make manual changes before finalising the plan. They can also adjust objectives, rules and constraints to reflect exceptions or business knowledge that may not be represented in the original data.

What KPIs does Transport Planner provide?

Transport Planner provides KPIs for areas such as transport cost, distance and planning efficiency after a planning run. These metrics help users understand the expected impact of a proposed plan. Scenario comparison allows planning teams to evaluate different configurations and select the option that best balances cost, operational requirements and available capacity.⁠⁠

How does Transport Planner connect planning with carrier assignment and execution?

Transport Planner integrates with Transporeon Transport Assignment, Transport Operations and Rate Management. Once a transport plan has been reviewed, planned transports can flow into carrier assignment using the relevant predefined rates and assignment processes. This creates a more connected workflow from delivery planning through carrier assignment, execution and performance monitoring, reducing manual handovers and data silos.⁠⁠

How quickly can Transporeon Transport Planner be implemented?

Transport Planner is designed to be deployed in days or weeks rather than through a months-long TMS project. The exact timeline depends on integration, configuration and data readiness. Important inputs include accurate, geocodable addresses, loading and unloading time windows, and a consistent capacity measurement such as weight, pallets, loading metres or storage positions.⁠⁠⁠⁠