Plan Smarter Loads, Manage Carriers, and Control Freight Spend
Transportation is where service promises are kept and margin is won or lost. We help you implement and optimize Manhattan Active® Transportation Management so you can plan efficient loads, execute with the right carriers, and control freight spend across every mode and lane.
- Load planning
- Carrier management
- Freight audit
- Live visibility
Lower total freight and transportation cost
Reliable, on-time delivery across every mode
Complete visibility from tender to final delivery
How a Load Moves to Settlement
Planning, procurement, execution, and freight pay all run on one record of the load.
Plan
Orders consolidate into loads by mode, lane, equipment, and service commitment.
Tender
Routing guide sequences carriers by cost and service, with automatic rollover on rejection.
Dispatch
Pickup is confirmed, documents generate, and appointments sync with the yard and dock.
Track
Milestones and exceptions post against the load so service failures surface before delivery.
Settle
Invoices match the rated load, and variances route to exception review before payment.
Why Transportation Breaks Down as You Scale
As freight volumes, lanes, and carriers multiply, running transportation manually or across disconnected tools gets expensive and hard to control:
Manual load planning that leaves capacity and consolidation on the table
Limited visibility into shipments once they leave the dock
Freight invoices paid without a reliable audit against contracted rates
Carrier selection and tendering disconnected from real cost and service data
The result is higher freight spend, missed delivery windows, and decisions made without the full picture.
What a Manhattan Active® Transportation Management engagement includes
We help you design, implement, and optimize Manhattan Active® Transportation Management so procurement, planning, execution, and settlement work together across how your network actually moves freight.
TMS Design and Blueprint
We define how transportation should run across your modes, lanes, and carriers, from procurement and load planning through execution and freight settlement, and we migrate your lanes, rates, and carrier contracts so the system starts on accurate data.
TMS Configuration
We configure routing rules, load optimization, tendering, and rating, including private and dedicated fleet, so the platform plans and executes freight the way your operation runs.
Carrier Integration and Network Connectivity
We connect the platform to your carriers over EDI and API so tendering, status updates, and in-transit tracking flow automatically, with carrier scorecards that hold performance accountable.
WMS, OMS, and ERP Integration
We integrate transportation with your warehouse, order, and finance systems so shipments, dock appointments, and freight costs stay aligned once loads leave the four walls.
Freight Audit and Settlement
We configure freight audit, settlement, and accessorial handling so carrier invoices are reconciled against contracted rates and you pay only what you actually owe.
Routing and Freight Spend Optimization
We tune load consolidation, mode selection, and routing to reduce freight spend without compromising the service levels your customers expect.
Testing, Support, and Continuous Optimization
We validate planning, execution, and settlement across real scenarios, then provide ongoing support to keep the system accurate as lanes, rates, and carriers change.
What You Get When Transportation Is Planned and Connected
With the right system in place, you can:
Optimize Your Freight Network- Lower freight spend through smarter load consolidation and mode selection
- Real-time visibility into every shipment in transit
- More reliable, on-time delivery across lanes and modes
- Accurate freight settlement backed by automated audit
- Stronger carrier performance and accountability
What Manhattan Active® Transportation Management changes for the business
- Lower total freight and transportation cost
- Reliable, on-time delivery across every mode
- Complete visibility from tender to final delivery
- Better carrier management and performance
- Scalable transportation operations that grow with your volume
TMS Depth That Cuts Freight Spend
As a Platinum Partner with 150+ Manhattan Active® go-lives behind us, we configure TMS planning and carrier logic that holds up in production.
- PlatinumTop-tier Manhattan partner for your TMS
- 65Active go-lives across 2024 and 2025
- 100+Extensions for lanes, modes, and settlement
Frequently Asked Questions
It manages the full transportation lifecycle, from procurement and load planning to execution, carrier management, freight settlement, and real-time visibility. It helps you build efficient loads, tender them to the right carriers, track shipments in transit, and audit freight costs against your contracts, all on one cloud-native platform.
Warehouse management runs the operation inside the four walls: receiving, putaway, picking, and shipping. Transportation management takes over once freight leaves the dock, planning loads, selecting carriers, and moving goods across lanes and modes. We implement both and integrate them so the handoffs stay aligned.
It optimizes load consolidation, mode selection, and routing so you move goods at the lowest cost that still meets your service commitments. Automated freight audit and settlement then reconcile carrier invoices against contracted rates, so you stop overpaying on freight and accessorial charges.
Yes. We integrate transportation with your warehouse, order, and finance systems, and connect it to your carriers through EDI and API links. That keeps shipments, appointments, freight costs, and status updates flowing in real time across your operation.
Yes. The platform supports fleet management for private and dedicated equipment alongside third-party carrier operations, so you can plan and execute across owned and contracted capacity in one place. We configure it to match how your network balances the two.
Freight audit and settlement automatically check carrier invoices against agreed rates, accessorials, and shipment details before you pay. This catches billing errors, prevents overpayment, and gives finance a clean, auditable record of what freight actually costs.
It captures carrier and network status updates to show where shipments are, expected arrival times, and exceptions as they happen. We configure this visibility and connect it to your other systems so your team and your customers see accurate delivery information.
Yes. We provide ongoing support and optimization after go-live, refining routing, rates, and carrier setup as your network changes. As new lanes, modes, or carriers come online, we help you adapt the system so it keeps delivering cost and service gains.
Move Freight Smarter and Spend Less Doing It
Whether you are implementing Manhattan Active® Transportation Management for the first time or optimizing an existing setup, we help you plan better loads, manage carriers, and control freight spend.
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