We use cookies to provide you with a better experience. By continuing to browse the site you are agreeing to our use of cookies in accordance with our Cookie Policy.
  • INDUSTRY PRESS ROOM
  • ABOUT
  • CONTACT
  • MEDIA FILE
  • Create Account
  • Sign In
  • Sign Out
  • My Account
Free Newsletters
  • MAGAZINE
    • Current Issue
    • Archives
    • Digital Edition
    • Subscribe
    • Newsletters
    • Mobile Apps
  • TRANSPORTATION
  • MATERIAL HANDLING
  • TECHNOLOGY
  • LIFT TRUCKS
  • PODCAST ETC
    • Podcast
    • Webcasts
    • Blogs
      • One-Off Sound Off
      • Global Logistics and Risk
      • Empowering Your Performance Edge
      • Analytics & Big Data
      • Submit your blog post
    • Events
    • White Papers
    • Industry Press Room
      • Upload Your News
    • New Products
      • Upload Your Product News
    • Conference Guides
    • Conference Reports
    • Newsletters
    • Mobile Apps
  • DCV-TV
    • DCV-TV 1: News
    • DCV-TV 2: Case Studies
    • DCV-TV 3: Webcasts
    • DCV-TV 4: Viewer Contributed
    • DCV-TV 5: Solution Profiles
    • Parcel Forum 2022
    • MODEX 2022
    • Upload Your Video
  • MAGAZINE
    • Current Issue
    • Archives
    • Digital Edition
    • Subscribe
    • Newsletters
    • Mobile Apps
  • TRANSPORTATION
  • MATERIAL HANDLING
  • TECHNOLOGY
  • LIFT TRUCKS
  • PODCAST ETC
    • Podcast
    • Webcasts
    • Blogs
      • One-Off Sound Off
      • Global Logistics and Risk
      • Empowering Your Performance Edge
      • Analytics & Big Data
      • Submit your blog post
    • Events
    • White Papers
    • Industry Press Room
      • Upload Your News
    • New Products
      • Upload Your Product News
    • Conference Guides
    • Conference Reports
    • Newsletters
    • Mobile Apps
  • DCV-TV
    • DCV-TV 1: News
    • DCV-TV 2: Case Studies
    • DCV-TV 3: Webcasts
    • DCV-TV 4: Viewer Contributed
    • DCV-TV 5: Solution Profiles
    • Parcel Forum 2022
    • MODEX 2022
    • Upload Your Video
Home » Inttra unveils new cloud-based applications for container forecasting and shipment planning
newsworthy

Inttra unveils new cloud-based applications for container forecasting and shipment planning

November 17, 2017
DC Velocity Staff
No Comments

Ocean freight e-commerce platform Inttra Inc. on Wednesday announced two applications for container forecasting and shipment planning, including a Container Forecast and Allocation Solutions Tool (C-FAST) for freight forwarders and ocean consolidators (also known as NVOCCs), and an enhanced version of its Ocean Schedules offering.

C-FAST matches a forecast of customers' anticipated container volumes to carriers' capacity availability, normally a time-consuming manual process of collecting contract data from multiple customers and carriers, according to Inttra. By automating that process, C-FAST can help users achieve up to 40 percent operational improvement and up to $4 million annual cost savings across multiple operating regions, the company says.

The software optimizes contract management and enhances customer planning by integrating customers' forecasts with carriers' availability commitments, Inttra said. Using customer forecasts, carrier commitments, and contracts, C-FAST considers quantity commitment, contract type, and carrier-space contractual obligations by port to optimize decisions. It also provides a dashboard review of planned-to-actual bookings, which helps users plan for future costs and minimum-quantity commitments required from carriers.

Inttra also launched an enhanced version of its Ocean Schedules product, a tool for managing ocean schedule planning. The upgraded Ocean Schedules is now cloud-based and is available with an expanded data set and a new web services application programming interface (API) technology. It includes an enhanced web interface for users of Inttra's ocean-shipping web pOréal, in addition to a new API for customers that want to integrate schedule data into their transportation management system (TMS), rate management system, or other in-house applications. Inttra also offers ocean carriers a new API for direct request/response access to their schedule data, providing end users with current information directly from the carrier's scheduling system.

"The new Ocean Schedules API enables forwarders and cargo owners to easily integrate the latest schedules data from over 35 carriers directly into their transportation management or rates management systems and reduce shipment planning times by up to 80 percent," Jeff Howard, Inttra's senior vice president, product management, and chief product officer, said in a statement.

New features support transshipment details for selected carriers and port pairs to enable more informed route selection; terminal cut-off dates that alert users when containers are expected at the terminal; service names for the service loop in which the vessel sails, which indicate transshipment between services; and a web interface that supports expanded data sets with additional filters, such as schedule comparison and personalized search settings. These enhancements are in addition to its continuing support of transit times, vessel details, and voyage numbers in port-to-port searches, the company says.

Inttra's electronic transaction platform connects over 225,000 shipping professionals with more than 50 carriers and over 130 software alliance partners. More than 800,000 container orders are initiated on the Inttra platform each week, representing over one-quarter of global ocean container trade, the company says.

Transportation Technology Maritime & Ocean Global Logistics
KEYWORDS Inttra
  • Related Articles

    INTTRA Unveils a New Suite of Applications Boosting Operational Effectiveness

    AIMMS Launches Cloud-based Application for Integrated Business Planning

    Inttra Idle Container Management

Recent Articles by DC Velocity Staff

Logistics gives back: February 2023

Intermodal sector weathered a “challenging” year in 2022, IANA says

Nocturnal robots stock store shelves

You must login or register in order to post a comment.

Report Abusive Comment

Most Popular Articles

  • Schneider welcomes first battery-electric truck

  • Fred Smith is not worried about Amazon

  • RJW LOGISTICS GROUP EXPANDS RETAIL LOGISTICS OPERATION TO DALLAS

  • Outlook 2023: What’s in store for logistics/supply chain?

  • Maersk deploys indoor drones for warehouse inventory counts

Now Playing on DCV-TV

5afe63a5 7125 4318 b851 1e5738df1c91

Patterson Fan Co. | HVLS V-Series Ceiling Fan | Staging Area Air Movement

DCV-TV 4: Viewer Contributed
The Patterson V-Series is a high-volume, low-speed industrial ceiling fan that is designed to circulate a lot of air at a very low speed. These fans, ranging in diameters of 8’ all the way to 24’, are perfect for large, open spaces such as staging and shipping areas. One 24’ fan can generate a cooling effect of 6 –...

FEATURED WHITE PAPERS

  • The five best applications for robotic lift trucks in warehouse environments

  • Fulfillment Facility Improved Efficiencies by 4x

  • 3PLs: Complete Orders Faster with Flexible Automation

  • Reusable Packaging for the New Wave of Supply Chain Automation

View More

Subscribe to DC Velocity Magazine

GET YOUR FREE SUBSCRIPTION
  • SUBSCRIBE
  • NEWSLETTERS
  • ADVERTISING
  • CUSTOMER CARE
  • CONTACT
  • ABOUT
  • STAFF
  • PRIVACY POLICY

Copyright ©2023. All Rights ReservedDesign, CMS, Hosting & Web Development :: ePublishing