The IT major's ILOG Transportation Analyst solution will help TVS Motors reduce costs on delivering finished products to dealerships
BANGALORE, INDIA: IBM on Monday announced that TVS Motors Co. has selected its software solutions to optimize its transport planning and assets utilization.The two-wheeler and three-wheeler manufacturer has selected IBM’s ILOG Transportation Analyst solution to map trucking routes for timely delivery to its various dealerships, said a press release.
The ILOG software helps determine the best possible pickup and delivery dates, based on various constraints related to route and distance, it further claimed.
With the implementation, TVS will be able to predict and communicate delivery dates, improving revenue projections more effectively. Improved visibility into the delivery timelines and routes would allow the company to ensure that its transportation vehicles take the best possible routes.
It will also help the company reduce the overall costs associated with transportation and logistics for the dealerships and bring down the costs associated with multiple drop shipments to a single dealership.
“We were looking to improve on the timelines of the delivery of our products to the dealerships. We are confident that IBM’s solution will help us arrive at faster delivery times through better truck route planning. We have chosen to deploy the solution as it will also help us bring greater cost efficiencies in transportation and logistics processes,” said a TVS Motors spokesperson.
“IBM’s industry-leading transportation analytics solutions have helped many organizations drive greater efficiencies from their transportation assets. We believe that our ILOG Transportation Analyst solution will provide TVS the value addition it its needs to improve on transport times and costs,” said Dulles Krishnan, director, IBM Commerce Solutions.
