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Optimize transportation & drive a compelling customer experience

AI Agents for your Freight Procure-to-pay Lifecycle

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Experience the Pando Advantage

AI/ML powered

Leverage AI/ML for multi-modal route optimization, predictive ETAs, transit anomaly detection, and 3D load planning.

Dynamic Rate Forecasting

Based on historical & real-time market rates to intelligently manage freight volatility.

Collaborative UX

Frictionless UI with mobile apps for carriers, freight forwarders enabling collaborative shipment execution.

Industry templates

Unlock pre-configured, industry specific templates and best practices to accelerate adoption & time-to-value.

Seamless Integrations

Integrate with ERP to retrieve sales, purchase, or stock transfer orders & automate downstream logistics.

Compliant & transparent

Access time-stamped, user-tracked data logs for all shipment milestones from planning through delivery to payment.

Multi-modal Domestic & International Logistics Made Easy

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Intelligent Load Consolidation

Intelligent Load Consolidation

Automate load optimization across orders with 3D load planning based on multiple considerations & enhance shipment efficiency.

Intelligent Load Consolidation

There is a huge volume of orders across our products with different order types, and SKU variability in terms of dimensions, weight & product type that it becomes such a nightmare to compare different options to consolidate shipments ready for dispatch.

Powered by AI & ML, we help you to drive optimal consolidation of your orders (combine/split) into shipments across mode, carrier, route & capacity planning based on multiple constraints across product mix, customer type, order type, container availability, cargo handling & compliance (for international logistics) etc. You can also maximize space utilization through 3D load planning based on both stacking rules & loading orientation for faster handling.

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Optimal Mode Selection

Optimal Mode Selection

Drive intelligent mode selection based on multiple considerations & rate-shopping. Plan faster with preset modes for specific orders.

Optimal Mode Selection

It’s always an uphill task trying to look at multiple modes & different service types (LTL, TL, Parcel, etc.) to compare & select the right combination of modes and services to balance cost, service & sustainability needs. Add to this – freight rate volatility or any special cargo handling makes it complex!

We help you select the right mode & service type across multiple constraints leveraging our AI/ML capabilities. This includes cost, service levels, transit time, capacity, schedule, product attributes, sustainability, transit risks, etc. You can also take advantage of pre-set mode selection for specific orders through automated workflows. You can easily compare mode options through rate-shopping for optimal mode selection.

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Market Intelligence & Benchmarking

Market Intelligence & Benchmarking

Benchmark carrier performance and freight rates with our expansive carrier network. Leverage recommendations for optimal carrier allocation.

Market Intelligence & Benchmarking

I do not have access to either carrier performance or market rate intelligence to make informed decisions around the selection of the right carriers against the lanes as part of transportation planning.

We have a 40,000+ carrier network (direct & partner-led) in our platform to help you discover new carriers or have access to their performance & rate benchmarking. As we are directly integrated with your carriers along with the contracted rates, we help you to automate the process of evaluation & optimal selection of carriers based on multiple criteria s like cost, transit time, performance SLAs, vehicle type, material type, carrier capacity or share of business etc.

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Intelligent Transportation Forecasting

Intelligent Transportation Forecasting

Predict future transportation needs in alignment with demand planning. Automate transportation order creation & route planning in advance.

Intelligent Transportation Forecasting

I am responding to the problems or spikes in demand rather than anticipating them in my transportation planning. Either I under or over-allocate resources leading to higher costs and delays. It’s difficult to navigate between stock-outs or excess inventory and it impacts our cashflows.

Powered by AI & ML, Pando enables you to predict future transportation needs based on historical transportation execution data in tandem with demand planning data to help you ascertain the demand for transportation, plan for optimal routes & resource allocation, etc. This forecast can be weekly/monthly/quarterly to help you plan for consolidation opportunities in advance. You can also automate transportation order creation based on order level thresholds.

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3D Load Planning

3D Load Planning

Maximize space utilization with 3D load planning across multiple constraints. Drive optimization across fleet usage.

3D Load Planning

The loading is so inefficient with so much wasted space, uneven weight distribution, and sometimes increased risk of damage. There are safety hazards during loading & unloading and compliance risks if safety regulations are missed. The process is so manual & time-consuming

Pando enables you to optimize your load efficiently with 3D Load planning & optimization by consolidating orders to maximize utilization within a truck or container across transportation modes. Powered by AI/ML, you can drive multi-constraint optimization across axis orientation, stacking norms, weight norms, order of loading, etc. You can do 3D load visualization on a pallet or carton/ pallets on a truck/container or any unstructured/ oddly shaped products.

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Seamless Backhaul Planning

Seamless Backhaul Planning

Seamlessly integrate backhaul planning to optimize end-to-end route planning. Reduce empty miles and contribute to sustainability.

Seamless Backhaul Planning

With a focus on sustainability & empty miles, backhauls are becoming critical part of our transportation planning process. However, I do not have the right tools or resources to plan this proactively.

With AI/ML-powered backhaul optimization capabilities, Pando identifies opportunities proactively to fill empty space on backhaul movements considering products scheduled for returns and matching them with trucks or empty containers available on their return leg automatically. This also facilitates seamless collaboration between you & your carriers globally.

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Global Shipment Planning

Global Shipment Planning

Orchestrate global multi-modal and multi-leg shipment planning with integrated document management & event-based milestones.

Global Shipment Planning

My global inbound & outbound shipment planning is so complex that I need to consider so many variables like each shipment milestone at every leg of shipment, documentation & compliance, optimizing space utilization across containers or air cargo, balancing cost & carbon footprint, etc. With data spread across different systems, this is almost impossible!

We help you to orchestrate global multi-modal and multi-leg shipping routes across multiple stages, modes, currencies, taxes, ports, languages & geographic regions. You can easily create multi-modal shipment combinations and enable workflows aligned to specific incoterms with events & notifications subject to specific milestones. Pando also enables you with end-to-end document management for transportation & compliance. With AI/ML capabilities, we help you to optimize across cost, service, & CO2 emissions.

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Collaborative Carrier Tendering

Collaborative Carrier Tendering

Collaborate with your carriers seamlessly with automated tendering & transportation placement. You can also automate broadcast tenders & spot buys.

Collaborative Carrier Tendering

There are so many manual efforts and inefficiencies in the current tendering process in terms of carrier availability, assignment, enforcing contracted rates, and capacity planning with so much back & forth with my carriers that leads to significant delays and impacts the customer experience.

Pando's carrier tendering capabilities allow you & your carriers to collaborate in a single platform for carrier tendering, submission, confirmation, award, analytics, exception management, and workflows all within the governance of a unified contract & rate management. This includes automation of tender creation based on freight orders, auto-selection of carriers based on contracted rates, and confirmation & placement of transportation in real-time across web & mobile platforms with alerts & notifications. You can also automate broadcast tenders & spot buys in case of demand spikes with non-contracted vendors too.

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Collaborative Document Management

Collaborative Document Management

Seamlessly collaborate with your ecosystem partners with automated document management & workflows for global trade compliance.

Collaborative Document Management

Paperwork is the bane of logistics! It’s so frustrating to create and manage so many documents around shipping manifests, bills of lading, PoD, Invoices, customs documentation, etc., that it becomes more complex with human errors, missing data, changing regulations, and language barriers while collaborating with our ecosystem partners.

Pando offers seamless document creation and management capabilities by digitalizing all your shipping documents including HAZMAT, customs documentation, transportation orders, etc. through a configurable workflow as it auto-enables assignment of these documents on completion of a specific event (say auto-creation of proforma invoice on shipment reaching ‘delivered’ status). Pando helps with a database of document requirements based on material and country of import/export to enable 100% compliant shipment execution.

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Real-time Visibility

Real-time Visibility

Gain real-time visibility across your global shipments, predictive ETAs & milestone-based tracking to drive a compelling customer experience.

Real-time Visibility

Given the lack of real-time visibility of my shipments, I am unable to respond to disruptions, collaborate effectively across carriers/freight forwarders, and plan my downstream logistics translating to a poor customer experience & significant cost impact given the delays, detention, etc.

Pando helps you to track & trace your shipments with real-time shipment location tracking at a product/SKU/order level with event-based milestones for a multi-modal shipment. This is possible with integration with carriers, GPS/ELD/telematics devices, external visibility partners, etc. You can configure specific events and notifications on achievement of milestones (say customs clearance) for you to monitor & respond in case of exceptions – all of the above geo-visualized over the map and with AI/ML-powered predictive ETAs.

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Sustainability Reporting

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Sustainability Reporting

Sustainability reporting across 60,000+ emission factors, aligned to Scope 3 carbon emissions of GLEC framework.

Sustainability Reporting

With sustainability & circular economy gaining prominence, I need to look at the impact of carbon emissions across my logistics operations globally. Without visibility of my GHG emissions data, I am unable to optimize my transportation planning or generate sustainability reporting with accuracy

Pando helps enterprises to calculate carbon emissions accurately across all transportation modes at a shipment level with dashboards compliant with Scope 3 carbon emissions of GLEC framework. This is aligned to greenhouse gas protocol, certified by Smart Freight Centre, with emission factors aligned to global standards for emissions calculations based on geography. We help you with sustainability audits with calculation trail across 60,000+ emission factors. You can also share your emissions reports/metrics as reporting links with your internal & external stakeholders

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Skotti Fietsam, SVP of Global Supply Chain

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Congratulations to Pando for making their debut in the Gartner TMS Magic Quadrant! Our partnership with Pando has accelerated our visibility on ocean freight and improved rate management. Pando has helped us realize significant cost savings, deliver superior customer experience, and collaborate with our ecosystem partners seamlessly to build an agile supply chain. Pando gives us a competitive advantage in the marketplace!

Skotti Fietsam, SVP of Global Supply Chain

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Mayank Pandey, Wholetime Director of Supply Chain

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Glad to witness Pando's recognition by Gartner! Through their integration of advanced AI technology, logistics expertise, and top-tier talent, Pando has become a key partner for us. Their solutions streamline our freight procurement to payment processes, driving meaningful changes in our supply chain toward greater agility and sustainability. Congratulations to Pando for their well-deserved recognition!

Mayank Pandey, Wholetime Director of Supply Chain

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Neha Parekh, Director of Supply Chain

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Congratulations to Pando on the well-deserved Gartner recognition! We needed a unified platform to collaborate with our vendors seamlessly, derive intelligence from our network, plug into our evolving IT landscape, scale with our business, and provide rapid value realization and Pando checked all our boxes. We're proud to be a Pando customer!

Neha Parekh, Director of Supply Chain

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Christopher Held, Chief Supply Chain Officer

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Pando's platform provides the end-to-end freight spend visibility, real-time analytics, predictive intelligence and collaborative automation through its AI tools, to optimize our logistics operations. These AI tools complement our supply chain team, so they are able to do more and have a greater impact than before!

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We have compiled a few FAQs to help you understand and discover more about the significance of multi-modal transportation management system.

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What is a Transportation Management System and why should retailers & manufacturers use one? faq-chevron
A Transportation Management System (TMS) is a powerful tool for retailers and manufacturers to streamline logistics and supply chain management. It enables businesses to optimize freight operations, reduce cost-leakage, and enhance customer service. By centralizing shipping processes, a TMS provides real-time visibility into transportation activities, allowing companies to make data-driven decisions. It also helps track sustainability metrics, supporting eco-friendly initiatives. Implementing a TMS can lead to significant improvements in efficiency, cost savings, and overall supply chain performance. For retailers and manufacturers seeking to stay competitive in today's fast-paced market, a TMS is an invaluable asset for managing complex logistics operations and meeting evolving customer demands by offering a compelling experience.
What are the essential TMS features I will use every day? faq-chevron
Essential TMS features you'll use daily include multi-modal planning and AI-powered load & route optimization for efficient shipping strategies. Real-time tracking and predictive ETAs ensure easy execution, while comprehensive shipment visibility keeps you informed. Dynamic rate forecasting helps control costs, complemented by freight payment & auditing capabilities. Advanced analytics and reporting on sustainability metrics, including emission tracking, support data-driven decisions. 3D load planning maximizes cargo space utilization. These AI-optimization tools work together to streamline operations, enhance efficiency, and provide valuable insights for continuous improvement in your logistics management processes.
What role does AI play in a TMS? faq-chevron
AI plays a crucial role in modern Transportation Management Systems, revolutionizing logistics operations. It powers predictive ETAs, enabling more accurate delivery forecasts and improved customer satisfaction. AI algorithms excel at optimal mode selection and route planning, considering multiple factors to maximize efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Advanced anomaly detection capabilities identify potential disruptions, while AI-generated journey-risk scores help mitigate transportation risks. These AI-driven features work together to enhance decision-making, streamline operations, and boost overall supply chain performance. By leveraging AI in TMS, businesses can achieve greater agility, reduce costs, and gain a competitive edge in today's dynamic logistics landscape.
Which industries does a TMS help in? faq-chevron
A Transportation Management System (TMS) provides significant benefits across various sectors, particularly for manufacturers and retailers. Industries that greatly benefit from TMS implementation include automotive, chemical, industrial, and consumer products. The health, pharma, and life sciences industries also leverage TMS solutions to streamline their logistics operations. These diverse sectors all face complex supply chain challenges that a TMS can effectively address. By optimizing transportation processes, reducing costs, and improving visibility, a TMS helps businesses in these industries enhance their operational efficiency, meet regulatory requirements, and ultimately deliver better value to their customers.
What is an ideal TMS ecosystem that I can integrate with? faq-chevron
An ideal TMS ecosystem includes integration with your existing business infrastructure, enhancing overall operational efficiency. Key components include robust ERP integrations, allowing for smooth data flow between financial and transportation systems. WMS/OMS integrations ensure cohesive warehouse and order management processes. The ecosystem should also facilitate real-time collaboration with carriers and partners through user-friendly mobile-based and website apps. This interconnected network enables instant communication, streamlined workflows, and improved visibility across the supply chain. By creating a unified platform that connects all aspects of your logistics operations, an ideal TMS ecosystem empowers you to make informed decisions, optimize resources, and deliver superior customer service.
What are the risks of outsourcing transportation management to a 3PL service provider? faq-chevron
Outsourcing transportation management to a 3PL service provider carries certain risks that businesses should consider. Lack of direct cost control can lead to increased freight spend, and the customization of services may be limited compared to an in-house TMS. Agility and scalability can also be hindered, as the 3PL's processes may not align perfectly with evolving business needs. Additionally, visibility into freight spend and carrier network performance may be less transparent than with a dedicated TMS solution. While 3PLs offer convenience, companies must carefully weigh these potential drawbacks against the benefits to ensure their transportation management strategies align with their specific operational and strategic requirements.