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Oracle Transportation Management Cloud

Score9 out of 10

9 Reviews and Ratings

What is Oracle Transportation Management Cloud?

Part of the Oracle SCM Cloud, Oracle Transportation Management Cloud spans all modes and geographies to provide robust capabilities for transportation planning and execution. Designed to support both shippers and logistics service providers, Oracle Transportation Management Cloud Service can help manage, track, and streamline transportation activity across fastmoving, global supply chains.

Categories & Use Cases

Transporation in the Cloud

Pros

  • Planning
  • Routing
  • Settlements
  • Tendering

Cons

  • Mobile applications need to be worked upon
  • User interface could be improved
  • A very complex application for deployment compared to other cloud applications

Return on Investment

  • We planned a payback period of 3 years, but it paid us back in one year.
  • Transporter satisfaction has dramatically improved.
  • Service to our customers has improved and sales have increased. All are positive effects.

Alternatives Considered

Oracle eBusiness Suite

Other Software Used

Oracle Engagement Cloud (formerly Oracle Sales Cloud), Oracle E-Business Suite Procurement Contracts, Oracle Database 12c

Oracle Transportation Management Cloud Review

Pros

  • Planning of shipments through pre-defined parameters
  • Central rates repository
  • Automatic system cost calculations

Cons

  • Commitment allocation parameters need to be improved. Quantity-based commitments should be able to work as it is not available in the current application
  • Spot bidding award approval workflows need to be established to give users more flexibility
  • Reverse logistics area should be more improved in terms of automatic generation of alerts and the possibility of reverse load

Return on Investment

  • One objective is to improve our efficiencies and reduce freight cost annually and, for some, how it impacts cost reduction in freight costs.
  • Operations efficiency gained through the automated planning process.

Other Software Used

Oracle E-Business Suite Procurement Contracts, Oracle Database 12c, Oracle Engagement Cloud (formerly Oracle Sales Cloud)

Oracle Transportation Management Cloud - User Review

Pros

  • Order Management
  • Contract logistics
  • Shipment execution
  • Transportation Intelligence

Cons

  • User Interface
  • Mobile Interface
  • More free training materials

Return on Investment

  • Cost reduction
  • Quicker rate procurement
  • Kpi improvement

Other Software Used

SAP Ariba Procurement, Microsoft Power BI

Oracle is the one you need for the best transportation management

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Oracle Transportation Management Cloud has been a nice solution in Cloud for all our needs in transportation management, efficiency, productivity, giving us the accurate tools and guides on how to connect with all our supply chain in an agile, scalable, and fast implementation, being easy to handle and train other people.

Pros

  • Loads bidding
  • Spots management
  • Orders management

Cons

  • Clean face, it needs improvement on his face
  • Better documentation about its functions
  • Speed on spots management applet

Return on Investment

  • Fast implementation
  • Easy learning of its capabilities
  • Reliability

Other Software Used

Microsoft 365 Business Premium, Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365), Google Analytics

Comprehensive Transportation Management System!

Pros

  • Freight allocation
  • Source freight pricing

Cons

  • Back-order management
  • Rolling freight conditions from item level to header level

Return on Investment

  • Brought transparency in company's freight charges that didn't exist before
  • Better planning of freight costs helped reduce last-minute surge pricing and reduce cost overall contributing to a positive ROI.

Alternatives Considered

BluJay Transportation Management

Other Software Used

SAP HANA, commercetools, Microsoft 365 Business