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Industry leaders are turning to AI-planned transportation
Benefits
Added value through an optimization engine and transport management
Efficient logistics relies on transparency, feasibility, and measurable results. The S2data Platform connects your data and processes end-to-end—from MRP calls and 3D loading to routing/tariffs, network design, and freight audit. The following benefits show how you can use the modular AI platform to maximize capacity utilization, reduce downtime, stabilize on-time rates, and simultaneously lower TCO and CO₂e in a sustainable way. The software is quick to implement, auditable, and scalable for any industry.
Maximum utilization & fewer empty runs
Cost and TCO Reduction
Full transparency in planning
Product features
Overview of the AI software modules
MRP Inbound Optimization
- Converts your MRP results into transport-optimized delivery schedules—by consolidating and bringing forward demands.
- Tactical planning of FTL/LTL/milkruns for maximum capacity utilization and lower TCO.
- Operationally robust: accounts for axle loads, stackability, and time windows, and integrates seamlessly via EDI/API.
3D Load Space Optimization
- 3D visualization makes loading verifiable—automatic checks for axle loads, stacking rules, and loading sequence.
- Consistency in the tour/stop sequence leads to fewer loading errors.
- Shorter dwell/ramp times – suitable for trucks and containers (e.g., 20’/40’).
Network Optimization
- Scenario-based network planning (tactical/strategic): Hubs, frequencies, carrier mix, and FTL/LTL/milkrun/groupage are simulated and optimized.
- TCO-based down to the material level: taking into account inventory and capital tied up, as well as returnable container management.
- Ideal for forecasting, budgeting, and tendering: reliable decision-making tools for planning, target costs, and bids.
Route & Freight Rate Optimization
- Vehicle Routing Problem + Cost Function: Optimization based on distance, time, utilization, and freight rates in a multi-criteria objective function.
- Cost-effective routes with consistent service levels and reliable time windows.
- Seamlessly integrated with 3D loading: loading sequences, stacking rules, and axle loads are all factored in—making the plans ready for implementation.
Tour Planning
- Daily Operational Scheduling: Multi-stop sequencing within time windows, service times, and ramp slots.
- Deviations allow for re-optimization
- Reliable & on time: The route remains logistically feasible for drivers, delivery personnel, and customers.
Freight Audit AI
- Automated analysis of base rates, surcharges, and ancillary charges, including a plan-to-actual comparison.
- Discrepancies are detected automatically.
- KPIs and CO₂e reporting provide full cost transparency and strengthen your negotiating position.
Success Stories
Success Stories from the industry
IT integration
Quick and easy connection
Our cloud-based application offers seamless integration, eliminates IT challenges, and uses API/EDI to securely transfer the critical data needed to develop a customized transportation plan for your business. This plan integrates effortlessly with your ERP system, streamlines operational processes, and enhances both the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of your supply chain.
FAQs
Is the platform a replacement for my ERP/TMS?
No. S2data acts as an optimization layer that complements ERP/TMS/WMS systems. We import master data and orders, optimize call-offs, loading, routes, and tariffs, as well as the network, and return verifiable results (schedules, sequences, documents).
Can I start with one module and expand later?
Yes. The platform is modular. Many users start with 3D load space or route planning and then add routes/rates, MRP Inbound, Network, or Freight Audit AI.
How are restrictions represented?
About the scheduling engine: Axle loads, dimensions, stackability, paired goods, time windows, ramp slots, driver driving times, etc., are configurable and are consistently taken into account across all modules.
What are the benefits of combining 3D loading with route planning?
The loading sequence corresponds to the unloading sequence. This reduces loading errors and downtime and increases the on-time rate—especially in the retail and automotive sectors and when dealing with tight time slots.
How do you support tenders and CO₂e targets?
About scenarios in network and route optimization (carrier mix/rates) as well as CO₂e reports in accordance with ISO 14083. This is how you can reliably compare costs and emissions by lane/mode.
What kind of results can you realistically expect?
Higher utilization, fewer empty runs, shorter dwell times, more consistent on-time rates, and lower TCO—the exact impact depends on your network, vehicle mix, and restrictions.
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