Ensure Timely Import Deliveries

Current Challenges

Incomplete and fragmented shipment details from vessel departure from port of loading through empty return at destination terminal or depot.

Lack of access to order-level data for each booking and container.

Latent or missing customs updates and Available for Pickup confirmations.

Unable to integrate and view drayage appointments.

Inability to accurately track containers moving on rail, including destination terminal ETAs, and rail ERDs.

Poor exception management capabilities and predictive insights.

Inflexible data integration.

Negative Consequences

Poor shipment visibility prevents teams from staying on top of import delays.

Insufficient order-level shipment data hampers shipment prioritization.Insufficient order-level shipment data hampers shipment prioritization.

Latent or missing customs updates and Available for Pickup notifications impact timely container pickups and increases demurrage costs.

Inability to accurately track containers on rail prevents teams from managing delivery delays.

Poor exception management and lack of predictive insights impacts the ability to effectively manage import risks.

Difficulty delivering timely updates on shipment imports to downstream systems.

Why Unity?

Direct carrier connections and a vast partner network covering ocean, rail, and terminal data incl. Various customs holds and clearances, available for pickup updates, ability to integrate drayage appointments and more.

Easily associate shipments with related order details.

Find orders and shipments by SKU, batch numbers, or lot numbers.

Frequent ETA updates for shipment deliveries at the order level based on incoterms.

Mature exception management tools: alerts, notifications, and reports.

Industry leading platform architecture. We support two-way integrations and shared views with any system regardless of maturity. API, EDI, flat-files, spreadsheets, emails, etc.

Positive Business Outcomes

Stay on top of shipments from booking creation through empty return at the destination terminal or depot.

Easily associate orders and inventory with bookings and containers to prioritize shipments and assess the impact of delays.

Timely visibility to various customs holds and releases, and available for pickup notifications ensures destination operations stay on top of the latest shipment status.

Robust exception management tools ensure proactive risk mitigation and effortless collaboration with external partners.

High-quality updates for containers on rail incl. Frequent ETA updates and rail terminal ERDs helps teams return containers to the port in a timely manner.

Measuring Success (metrics that matter)

20%

Improve On-Time Delivery Performance

10%

Reduce Preventable Customs Holds

35%

Reduce Import Detention Fees

35%

Reduce Import Demurrage Fees

25%

Improve Export Operations Process Efficiency

High-quality connections to carrier, ports/terminal, rail, and partner data increases data quality (timeliness, accuracy, completeness, granularity).

Example data points

Booking, B/L, and container event data

Predictive ETAs and ETDs for key locations

Vessel routing and schedules

Various Customs Holds and Releases

Available for Pickup Confirmations

Market D&D rates and free times by carrier and port

Rail station-by-station tracking and terminal ETAs (North America Only)

Flexible integration layer designed to accommodate varying levels of maturity. We support API, EDI, Email, Excel, CSV, etc.

Example data points (IN)

Sales Order Information

Inventory on Order Information

Batch/Lot Numbers w/ dates

Committed/Promised Dates

Cargo Ready Dates

Supplier-Owned Shipment data (Bookings, BLs, Containers, etc.)

Example data points (OUT)

ETAs and ETDs

Actual Delivery Dates

Orders Status

Inventory Delivered incl. batch/lot info

Plan

Origin

POL

POD

DEST.

Leverage predictive ETAs to ensure orders are picked up in a timely manner.

Detect containers on hold such as customs holds and carrier holds (North America import only).

Identify containers available for pickup.

Upload manage drayage appointments and status updates.

Locate containers moving on rail incl. ETAs to the destination rail ramp (North America import only).

Leverage timely delivery notifications to ensure warehouses unload containers in a timely manner.