Greater Savings, Service and Reactivity

Efficient resource planning, scheduling and allocation are essential for transportation operators who want to improve service quality and increase reactivity, particularly when cost is a primary factor. Operators need to assign the right resources to the right place at the right time, generating savings while ensuring that feasible schedules meet policies and regulations.

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When the number of resources, regulations and polices increase, and costs become extremely high, it is impossible to efficiently schedule and allocate resources manually. Planning and scheduling (P&S) applications built with ILOG technology help operators to be more reactive, minimizing operational costs and guaranteeing legal, feasible schedules, from long-term strategic planning to short-term tactical operations.

Solutions
ILOG solutions enable a variety of advanced applications for planning and scheduling.

• Crew scheduling
  Planning and scheduling (P&S) solutions help carriers stay agile and competitive when resources, regulations and operating costs rise.
• Fleet scheduling
  Be more reactive, minimize operational costs and guarantee schedules, from long-term strategic planning to short-term tactical operations.
• Air and sea terminal management
  Enhance port operations with solutions that greatly reduce costs through better resource management.
• Staff scheduling
  Planning and scheduling applications that increase reactivity, minimize operational costs and guarantee schedule integrity.
• Shipment loading
  Create the most efficient transportation plans that maximize cost efficiency and on-time service for mode selection, load consolidation, route sequencing, scheduling and carrier selection.
• Route optimization
  Reduce miles, meet service levels and assign the right fleet to the right stop at the right time.
• Logistics planning and scheduling
  Improve asset utilization, reduce planner cycles and improve service levels.
• ILOG Professional Services
  Advice from ILOG experts has helped transportation leaders build advanced planning and scheduling solutions.

Next steps
Learn more about how ILOG can help you cut costs and improve service through efficient planning and scheduling.

• Contact an ILOG representative