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Sunset Transportation Launches CloudBased Analytics Portal With WebFOCUS

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Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms
Applicable Functions	Logistics & Transportation Procurement
Use Cases	Fleet Management Supply Chain Visibility
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services Data Science Services
Challenge	Sunset Transportation, a logistics management and brokerage services company, was facing a challenge with its existing Tableau environment. The platform lacked the enterprise capabilities needed to elevate their analytics to the next level. The company needed a robust analytics platform that could be embedded into a larger application to provide a holistic client experience. They wanted to leverage a lot of internal and external data, and the existing BI platform was not capable of scaling to meet these needs. Sunset also wanted to deploy the new software in a cloud environment to reduce infrastructure costs and increase scalability. Read More
About Customer	Sunset Transportation is a third-party logistics (3PL) company based in St. Louis, Missouri. The company offers logistics management and brokerage services to midmarket organizations throughout the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. Sunset helps clients manage shipping, freight audit, and payment processes. What sets the company apart from other 3PL providers is its ability to efficiently move not just goods, but also the data associated with each shipment. The company's new WebFOCUS portal, live in Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud, combines order data, in-transit tracking information, and shipping metrics into a self-service environment that empowers clients to understand their full transportation history and make real-time decisions to keep shipping costs down. Read More
Solution	Sunset Transportation partnered with Information Builders to create a new portal, data warehouse, and ETL procedures. They deployed the new software in Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud. The new cloud environment empowers clients to negotiate cost-effective contracts, monitor shipments, and select the best carriers for each engagement. Sunset created a customer-facing portal called LOGIK that recently launched with two dashboards: Shipment Metrics and Live In-Transit. The Shipment Metrics dashboard displays financial metrics, such as spending and volume by shipment mode. Clients can visualize real-time shipping activity, monitor origin and destination density, and review historical metrics to determine the most cost-effective lanes. The Live In-Transit dashboard plots shipment data on an interactive map, enabling customers to monitor shipments from origin to destination. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms

Applicable Functions

Logistics & Transportation

Procurement

Use Cases

Fleet Management

Supply Chain Visibility

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

Data Science Services

Challenge

Sunset Transportation, a logistics management and brokerage services company, was facing a challenge with its existing Tableau environment. The platform lacked the enterprise capabilities needed to elevate their analytics to the next level. The company needed a robust analytics platform that could be embedded into a larger application to provide a holistic client experience. They wanted to leverage a lot of internal and external data, and the existing BI platform was not capable of scaling to meet these needs. Sunset also wanted to deploy the new software in a cloud environment to reduce infrastructure costs and increase scalability.

About Customer

Sunset Transportation is a third-party logistics (3PL) company based in St. Louis, Missouri. The company offers logistics management and brokerage services to midmarket organizations throughout the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. Sunset helps clients manage shipping, freight audit, and payment processes. What sets the company apart from other 3PL providers is its ability to efficiently move not just goods, but also the data associated with each shipment. The company's new WebFOCUS portal, live in Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud, combines order data, in-transit tracking information, and shipping metrics into a self-service environment that empowers clients to understand their full transportation history and make real-time decisions to keep shipping costs down.

Solution

Sunset Transportation partnered with Information Builders to create a new portal, data warehouse, and ETL procedures. They deployed the new software in Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud. The new cloud environment empowers clients to negotiate cost-effective contracts, monitor shipments, and select the best carriers for each engagement. Sunset created a customer-facing portal called LOGIK that recently launched with two dashboards: Shipment Metrics and Live In-Transit. The Shipment Metrics dashboard displays financial metrics, such as spending and volume by shipment mode. Clients can visualize real-time shipping activity, monitor origin and destination density, and review historical metrics to determine the most cost-effective lanes. The Live In-Transit dashboard plots shipment data on an interactive map, enabling customers to monitor shipments from origin to destination.

Impact #1	Sunset’s new cloud environment empowers clients to negotiate cost-effective contracts, monitor shipments, and select the best carriers for each engagement.
Impact #2	The portal’s real-time tracking capabilities enable clients to expedite delays.
Impact #3	Clients can visualize real-time shipping activity, monitor origin and destination density, and review historical metrics to determine the most cost-effective lanes.

Impact #1

Sunset’s new cloud environment empowers clients to negotiate cost-effective contracts, monitor shipments, and select the best carriers for each engagement.

Impact #2

The portal’s real-time tracking capabilities enable clients to expedite delays.

Impact #3

Clients can visualize real-time shipping activity, monitor origin and destination density, and review historical metrics to determine the most cost-effective lanes.

Benefit #1	Reduced infrastructure costs for Sunset.
Benefit #2	Increased scalability of the analytics platform.

Benefit #1

Reduced infrastructure costs for Sunset.

Benefit #2

Increased scalability of the analytics platform.

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Sunset Transportation Launches CloudBased Analytics Portal With WebFOCUS

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