Key Takeaways

• Transportation planning integrates current and future logistics needs with company budgets and policies to create economical and environmentally sustainable movement of goods.
• Real-time automated planning systems enable dynamic fleet optimization and shipment consolidation, improving operational efficiency and resource utilization.
• Effective transportation planning must balance cost reduction with environmental impact while meeting increasing customer delivery expectations.
• Locus's AI-powered platform converts complex addresses into precise coordinates and optimizes routes in real-time, helping companies reduce travel distance and logistics costs.

What is Transportation Planning?

The process of meeting all of the transportation needs—current and future, and combining them with budgets, goals, and policies of the logistics company is known as transportation planning. An efficient transportation planning system aims to create an economical movement of goods and people that is also eco-friendly. Planning and optimization in transportation involve:

1. Private fleet optimization
2. Creation and consolidation of shipments
3. Planning that is automatically updated in real-time