Oracle Releases Updated Apps for Transportation, Trade Management

Oracle Corp. has made available new versions of Oracle Transportation Management and Oracle Global Trade Management. Version 6.2 of Transportation Management includes fleet-management enhancements for shipment and asset optimization, dispatch workflow automation, geographic visualization and mobile communications. New transportation sourcing features support requirements for procuring and optimizing less-than-truckload (LTL) transportation services. Enhancements to transportation planning can optimize order consolidation and three-dimensional equipment load configuration, while the application's business-intelligence component includes support for Oracle Data Integrator. Oracle has also included enhancements for small-parcel and rail transportation. New capabilities within version 6.2 of Global Trade Management include packaged integration with the Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1 for sales order and delivery compliance screening. Usability improvements streamline the resolution of orders on trade compliance hold. Users also get product classification of items based on a "rollup" of an item's sub-component classifications.

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