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LeanLogistics Transports Customers to New Levels of BI Sophistication

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Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Visualization
Applicable Industries	Transportation
Applicable Functions	Business Operation Logistics & Transportation
Use Cases	Fleet Management Inventory Management Supply Chain Visibility
Services	Software Design & Engineering Services System Integration Training
Challenge	LeanLogistics, a division of Brambles, delivers on-demand transportation management solutions (TMS) enabled by the industry’s largest transportation network. These tools automate planning, execution, settlement, and procurement functions for companies like Chiquita, McDonald’s, Nash Finch, and Otis Spunkmeyer. The LeanLogistics On-Demand TMS also provides unique functions such as inbound supplier management, appointment scheduling, benchmarking, and network-wide reporting, linking to an e-network of shippers, carriers, suppliers, and customers that share a single data and application environment. The on-demand software environment helps clients plan for carrier coverage, track inventory, and share information with partners. Even though LeanLogistics has always offered standard and custom reporting capabilities, savvy customers and increased industry competition led Bass and his team to seek out a more advanced business intelligence (BI) environment that would empower its clients to make the best use of their data. This, in turn, would boost customer satisfaction and give the company a solid edge in a highly competitive market. Read More
About Customer	LeanLogistics is a division of Brambles that provides on-demand transportation management solutions (TMS) enabled by the industry’s largest transportation network. These tools automate planning, execution, settlement, and procurement functions for companies like Chiquita, McDonald’s, Nash Finch, and Otis Spunkmeyer. The LeanLogistics On-Demand TMS also provides unique functions such as inbound supplier management, appointment scheduling, benchmarking, and network-wide reporting, linking to an e-network of shippers, carriers, suppliers, and customers that share a single data and application environment. The on-demand software environment helps clients plan for carrier coverage, track inventory, and share information with partners. Read More
Solution	LeanLogistics embarked on an initiative to replace their JReport environment, a Java-based™ reporting tool from Jinfonet Software, with a fully featured BI suite. They chose WebFOCUS technology for its ability to visualize data in charts and graphs, schedule reports with ReportCaster, and give people flexibility with InfoAssist. Key developers on Bass’ team enrolled in Information Builders Education classes to get up to speed with the WebFOCUS software. Information Builders Professional Services helped them to convert their legacy JReport reports to WebFOCUS reports. Internal developers went on to create standard reports for tracking carrier performance, shipping metrics, and consolidated freight metrics, which ranged from the volume of loads to average weights, total weights, costs by line haul or mile, and add-ons like fuel surcharges and handling fees. LeanLogistics embedded a WebFOCUS dashboard into its SaaS application so users can seamlessly invoke these ad hoc reports through a menu system or create their own reports through InfoAssist. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Visualization

Applicable Industries

Transportation

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Logistics & Transportation

Use Cases

Fleet Management

Inventory Management

Supply Chain Visibility

Services

Software Design & Engineering Services

System Integration

Training

Challenge

LeanLogistics, a division of Brambles, delivers on-demand transportation management solutions (TMS) enabled by the industry’s largest transportation network. These tools automate planning, execution, settlement, and procurement functions for companies like Chiquita, McDonald’s, Nash Finch, and Otis Spunkmeyer. The LeanLogistics On-Demand TMS also provides unique functions such as inbound supplier management, appointment scheduling, benchmarking, and network-wide reporting, linking to an e-network of shippers, carriers, suppliers, and customers that share a single data and application environment. The on-demand software environment helps clients plan for carrier coverage, track inventory, and share information with partners. Even though LeanLogistics has always offered standard and custom reporting capabilities, savvy customers and increased industry competition led Bass and his team to seek out a more advanced business intelligence (BI) environment that would empower its clients to make the best use of their data. This, in turn, would boost customer satisfaction and give the company a solid edge in a highly competitive market.

About Customer

LeanLogistics is a division of Brambles that provides on-demand transportation management solutions (TMS) enabled by the industry’s largest transportation network. These tools automate planning, execution, settlement, and procurement functions for companies like Chiquita, McDonald’s, Nash Finch, and Otis Spunkmeyer. The LeanLogistics On-Demand TMS also provides unique functions such as inbound supplier management, appointment scheduling, benchmarking, and network-wide reporting, linking to an e-network of shippers, carriers, suppliers, and customers that share a single data and application environment. The on-demand software environment helps clients plan for carrier coverage, track inventory, and share information with partners.

Solution

LeanLogistics embarked on an initiative to replace their JReport environment, a Java-based™ reporting tool from Jinfonet Software, with a fully featured BI suite. They chose WebFOCUS technology for its ability to visualize data in charts and graphs, schedule reports with ReportCaster, and give people flexibility with InfoAssist. Key developers on Bass’ team enrolled in Information Builders Education classes to get up to speed with the WebFOCUS software. Information Builders Professional Services helped them to convert their legacy JReport reports to WebFOCUS reports. Internal developers went on to create standard reports for tracking carrier performance, shipping metrics, and consolidated freight metrics, which ranged from the volume of loads to average weights, total weights, costs by line haul or mile, and add-ons like fuel surcharges and handling fees. LeanLogistics embedded a WebFOCUS dashboard into its SaaS application so users can seamlessly invoke these ad hoc reports through a menu system or create their own reports through InfoAssist.

Impact #1	Customers and internal business users can access information in real time and in a variety of ways, including ad hoc reports, canned reports, scheduled reports, and dashboards.
Impact #2	LeanLogistics has identified new revenue opportunities by studying the types of reports that clients create.
Impact #3	The knowledge LeanLogistics gleans from these customer-driven reporting activities enables it to better direct its own reporting initiatives on behalf of clients who subscribe to managed services.

Impact #1

Customers and internal business users can access information in real time and in a variety of ways, including ad hoc reports, canned reports, scheduled reports, and dashboards.

Impact #2

LeanLogistics has identified new revenue opportunities by studying the types of reports that clients create.

Impact #3

The knowledge LeanLogistics gleans from these customer-driven reporting activities enables it to better direct its own reporting initiatives on behalf of clients who subscribe to managed services.

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LeanLogistics Transports Customers to New Levels of BI Sophistication

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