Standard TMS platforms handle the transactional layer. Vantage 9 handles the coordination layer they leave unsolved.
See How It WorksHere is what custom transportation management software looks like when it solves the coordination layer, not just the transactional one.
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What It Does
Standard TMS platforms excel at the transactional layer: booking, rating, tracking. They are less good at the coordination layer that complex operations require: connecting carrier data to warehouse schedules, automating exception workflows across functions, managing consolidation networks that span hundreds of vendor origins.
Vantage 9 builds transportation management capability around the coordination problems that standard TMS platforms leave unsolved. We configure load building logic, carrier communication workflows, and exception routing around how your operation actually runs, and connect all of it to your warehouse, inventory, and partner data in a single operational view.
A large national retailer saved more than $6 million in the first year after Vantage 9 automated load building across their consolidation network. The savings were in the coordination layer, not the rate negotiation.
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Outcomes
Every shipment, in every lane, from every carrier in one view. Your team always knows what is in motion, what is at risk, and what needs attention, without logging into multiple carrier portals.
Load optimization and consolidation logic runs automatically based on your network rules, reducing freight cost and improving consolidation ratios without manual intervention.
Late arrivals, missed windows, and compliance issues surface in real time with the context needed to resolve them. Where your team wants it, Vantage 9's AI can also act directly: contacting carriers, rebooking shipments, or reassigning loads before disruption reaches downstream.
Actual freight cost connects to shipment data in real time, giving your transportation and finance teams visibility into spend by lane, carrier, and load type without waiting for the audit cycle.
For operations managing consolidation programs across large vendor networks, Vantage 9 coordinates vendor appointments, load assignments, and trailer utilization automatically across the full network.
Transportation exceptions connect to the warehouse and inventory operations they affect. The right team gets the right alert with full context before the exception creates a downstream failure.
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Use Cases
Consolidation Network Operations
Retailers and distributors managing consolidation programs across large vendor networks use Vantage 9 to automate load building, vendor coordination, and consolidation execution across hundreds of origin points.
Multi-Carrier Network Visibility
Operations running complex multi-carrier networks need a single view of performance across all lanes and providers. Vantage 9 aggregates carrier data into one operational view so your team manages the network rather than individual carrier portals.
Inbound Transportation Coordination
Coordinating inbound freight across a large vendor base is one of the most labor-intensive parts of transportation management. Vantage 9 automates vendor communication, appointment scheduling, and inbound exception routing to reduce the coordination burden significantly.
Carrier Compliance Management
Track carrier performance against compliance programs and contractual commitments automatically. Give your transportation team the data they need to manage carrier accountability without manual reporting.
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Integrations
Vantage 9 connects to your existing TMS and carrier infrastructure. If you have a TMS that lacks the coordination layer your operation requires, we add it. If you are building a custom transportation management capability from the ground up, we configure around your specific network.
MercuryGate TMS
Surfaces transportation data alongside warehouse and inventory feeds, adding cross-functional exception management and automation that TMS-only platforms cannot provide.
Blue Yonder TMS
Surfaces transportation data alongside warehouse and inventory feeds, closing the gap between transportation planning and operational execution.
Oracle Transportation Mgmt
Unifies transportation data with your broader supply chain operation, adding real-time exception management and automation that OTM alone does not provide.
SAP TM
Integrates via API to pull shipment and carrier data without requiring changes to your SAP configuration.
Third-Party Carrier Portals
Connects directly to carrier data feeds, consolidating multi-carrier visibility into one operational view so your team is not logging into 10 systems to track 10 carriers.
Your stack
We build integrations to your specific systems and requirements.
