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Continuous Moves in OTM: Integrating Inbound and Outbound Transportation

Chris Starks, Deloitte

Large corporations often lack synchronization in transportation planning across their business units. A company’s transportation procurement decisions, the way it is vertically integrated and its overall transportation strategy can all result in a poorly integrated transportation plan. Difficulties coordinating inbound shipments with outbound shipments are especially prevalent. Inbound and outbound shipping is often planned at varying times from alternate locations, making synchronization and planning decisions very difficult.

Oracle Transportation Management (“OTM”) provides Continuous Move (“CM”) functionality to help integrate inbound and outbound shipments. CM’s create a link between two shipments, and can modify the price of each shipment based on contracted rates. This presentation explains the configuration and business process changes needed to implement Continuous Moves, as well as possible enhancements that can make Continuous Moves more dynamic.

ChrisStarks_Deloitte_ContinuousMoves.pdf