Facilitate Hassle-Free Exports

Current Challenges

Incomplete and fragmented shipment details from booking through vessel departure.

Inability to easily access order-level data for each booking and container.

Latent or missing marine terminal ERDs and cut-off dates.

Missing timely and accurate information on split bookings.

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

Poor exception management tools and predictive insights.

Inflexible data integration capabilities.

Negative Consequences

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

Insufficient order-level shipment data hampers shipment prioritization.

Latent or missing ERDs and cut-off dates increases the risk of rolled containers.

Missing split booking details prevents export operations from proactively managing risk.

Inability to accurately track containers on rail increases the risk of export delays.

Poor exception management and lack of predictive insights impacts the ability to respond to export risks.

Difficulty delivering timely updates on shipment exports to downstream systems.

Why Unity?

Direct carrier connections and a vast partner network covering ocean, rail, and terminal data incl. Marine terminal and rail ERDs, and vessel cut-off dates.

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 vessel departure from the port of loading.

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

Empower customer service teams with real-time updates on order delays to enhance the customer experience.

Timely visibility to marine terminal ERDs and vessel cut-off dates ensures export operations stay on top of the latest schedules.

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

25%

Reduce Rolled Containers

35%

Reduce Export Detention 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

Port/Terminal schedules including rail ERDs, marine terminal ERDs, and cut-off dates (North America Only)

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.

Stay on top of Cargo Ready Dates to ensure shipments are picked up on time.

Leverage vessel schedules to identify the latest scheduled arrival dates at the port of loading.

Monitor Marine Terminal ERDs and cut-off dates to avoid unplanned delays (North America export only).

Locate containers moving on rail incl. ETAs and Rail ERDs to the port of loading (North America export only).

Track containers gated-in full but not yet loaded on vessel.

Monitor changes to vessel schedules to minimize unplanned dwell time.

Detect containers rolled off the planned vessel and identify new bookings.