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| IDSC LoadBuilder ® |
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| Load Consolidation and Carrier Selection |
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| What is IDSC LoadBuilder® |
IDSC LoadBuilder manages the ordering and scheduling of pickups, deliveries, and service visits by producing an optimized consolidation route plan and schedule—simultaneously optimizing on real-world constraints such as:
Time windows
Maximum number of intermediate stops
Vehicle capacity (weight / cube / units)
Tour-of-duty length (miles / hours)
Driver hours-of-service
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| How does IDSC LoadBuilder increase revenue and decrease cost? |
How many trucks? How many routes? What schedules? IDSC LoadBuilder specializes in decision support for logistics engineering and planning to minimize the cost of outbound, inbound, and cross-dock logistics operations by:
Optimizing existing multi-stop pick-up, delivery, and service operations (Reduce costs by 15%)
Converting less-than-truckload to full-truckload movements (Save 10 to 25% in transportation costs)
Cost vs. savings, new business opportunities, and expanded customer areas are just a few example what-if scenarios that can be built to model plans and logistics designs. IDSC LoadBuilder also improves daily operations and customer service by automating the process of planning orders in real-time by generating optimized vehicle route plans that integrate with the dispatch process.
Additional cost efficiencies are found:
Handle increased volume without adding capacity
Engineer the most efficient logistics operations
Automate processes to find solutions in seconds instead of hours
Optimize Hours of Service
Analyze existing and new customer opportunities to find the most profitable tours
Improve customer service
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| What are some of the unique functionality features of IDSC LoadBuilder? |
IDSC LoadBuilder integrates seamlessly with your existing dispatch and mobile communications systems for real-time or on-demand data transfer and capture. IDSC LoadBuilder easily accepts flexible import data files to quickly generate solutions that can be sent as part of an automated process to load planners and dispatchers. IDSC LoadBuilder integrates with all the major routing and mileage software providers.
IDSC LoadBuilder optimizes vehicle route plans for round-trip movements, outbound movements, and inbound movements. Real-world constraints include: weight, cube, trailer size compatibility by state, time windows, maximum stops, driver hours of service, transit rate miles per hour, and many others. Customer specific requirements such as hours of operation and restrictions are satisfied. Business rules such as limits on out-of-route miles, limits on duty tours, and the combination and splitting of customer orders are easily incorporated.
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| How is IDSC LoadBuilder implemented and supported? |
IDSC LoadBuilder integrates seamlessly with your existing dispatch and mobile communications systems for fast implementation and for maximizing the return on your technology investments. IDSC offers best-in-class customer support—from implementation, to training, to compliance guidance, to day-to-day issues, to new release roll-outs. Every customer is assigned to a customer account manager to ensure appropriate attention and satisfaction. Online support is also available for documentation downloads, customer forums, and Q & A. The IDSC annual users conference offers several sessions on getting the most out of IDSC LoadBuilder, industry-experts speak on current issues, power-users pick up and share tips & tricks and customer’s ideas are collected for future product versions.
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How is IDSC LoadBuilder different from other solutions? |
> Continuous Product Improvement and Innovation |
IDSC has specialized in profit improvement technologies for the truckload carrier for over 25 years, serving customers representing over 70,000 power units and the "Top 100" carrier market. IDSC is recognized as a pioneer in the industry and for developing innovative software technologies that include the first power-to-load match optimization introduced in 1978 and the first fuel optimization program introduced in 1994. IDSC is committed to providing customers with a strategic advantage by accelerating profitability through the use of optimization-based decision support planning and execution software. Every solution from IDSC is engineered with over 100 years of industry expertise combined with the most sophisticated information technology.
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| > Robust Reporting |
IDSC LoadBuilder generates several displays with drill-down detail that allow for quick reaction to changes. Changes can be made and the plan re-optimized in seconds. Displays include:
Plan Summary
Tour Summary
Tour Detail
Assignment Schedule
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| > Seamless Integration to Dispatch and Mobile Communications Systems |
All of IDSC’s solutions are pre-integrated to industry leading dispatch systems (Tom McCleod Software, Innovative Computing Company, Maddocks Systems, Showme Software & TMW Systems) as well as industry leading mobile communications systems (Qualcomm, Aether). A seamless integration results in a fast and worry-free implementation—and a faster return on investment. IDSC also offers integration to custom systems as well.
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| > Netgraf Graphical Information Display |
Your solutions are powerfully displayed with Netgraf, IDSC’s universal graphical interface, allowing you to get a real-time global view of all activity or to zoom in on a single tour.
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| > Integration to IDSC Product Suite for Greater Synergies |
As with every software module from Integrated Decision Support, IDSC LoadBuilder integrates with our entire product suite for a complete end-to-end planning and execution transportation management system designed to accelerate the profitability of your fleet. For more information, contact us toll-free at 800-401-6682 or email us at schilinski@tmwsystems.com.
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