OPTIMIZATION – CLASS DESCRIPTIONS

Optimization Kick Off
DAY / TIME: Monday – 9:00 a.m.
LEVEL: All
TRACK: Special Interest

Heard about TMW Optimization? Hear more about our eventful year, what is planned for new releases, and what advances we plan to make stepping into the future.

Who should attend: All.


Lab – Processing a Bid
DAY / TIME: Monday – 10:45 a.m.
LEVEL: Basic
TRACK: Special Interest

Do you have an 8,000 line bid? IDSC Netwise can process the bid in minutes saving time for other pricing objectives. Please come learn our best practices for processing a bid through IDSC Netwise in this hands-on lab.

Who should attend: Attendees looking to learn or refresh skills on importing, processing, and exporting bid results.


Lab – Trip Alert Hands-On
DAY / TIME: Monday – 10:45 a.m.
LEVEL: Basic
TRACK: Special Interest

This lab is designed to teach your company’s Trip Alert administrator
how to run reports, create and modify alerts, build Geo-fences, and
understand Trip Alert’s swap functionality. After completing the lab
attendees should be able to manage their Trip Alert program much
more effectively.

Who should attend: Beginning to intermediate administrators
of Trip Alert.


Planning Solutions Overview
DAY / TIME: Monday – 1:45 p.m.
LEVEL: ALL
TRACK: Business Improvement

Pricing, solicitation, freight mix, and power to load assignments
are just a few concepts and solutions which make up TMW
Optimization’s planning solutions. This session will provide an
introduction, theory, and a high level overview for each of the
planning solutions.

Who should attend: Attendees new to TMW optimization
solutions. This class is also offered Tuesday at 9:00 AM, 1:45 p.m,
and Wednesday at 9:00 a.m.


Expert Fuel Overview
DAY / TIME: Monday – 1:45 p.m.
LEVEL: ALL
TRACK: Business Improvement

Interested in controlling Fuel costs? The purpose of this presentation
is to offer an overview of the Expert Fuel environment along with a
rapid overview of Expert Fuel’s functionality and capability.

Who should attend: Attendees considering adding a fuel
optimizer to their company’s tool box. This class is also offered
Tuesday at 3:45 p.m.


Netwise Historical Analysis
DAY / TIME: Monday – 1:45 p.m.
LEVEL: Intermediate
TRACK: Special Interest

Netwise Historical Analysis uses yield to provide an objective
measure of the profitability of your historical load movements.
This class will cover the process of generating Historical Analysis
and will explain new features included in the latest release of
Netwise.

Who should attend: Existing users of Netwise to ensure full utilization
of the application.


Execution Solutions Overview
DAY / TIME: Monday – 3:45 p.m.
LEVEL: ALL
TRACK: Business Improvement New Class

TMW Optimization execution solutions address the life of a
truckload movement from dispatch through delivery. Optimization
solutions are designed primarily to control costs which include
route and fuel optimization, route compliance and ETA monitoring,
relay optimization and list mile directions. This course will provide
an introduction, theory and a high level overview for each of the
execution solutions.

Who should attend: All attendees looking to control costs by
optimizing fuel and routing. This class is also offered Tuesday at
10:45 AM, 3:45 p.m, and Wednesday at 10:45 a.m.


Match Advice Overview
DAY / TIME: Monday – 3:45 p.m.
LEVEL: ALL
TRACK: Business Improvement

This class is a must for anyone interested in learning more about
Match Advice and power to load optimization. Explore the
theories behind Match Advice, the parameters available, and the
way to maximize its ROI. Uncover the keys to succeeding with
Match Advice and some of the practices that can be counter
productive to optimization.

Who should attend: All.


Expert Fuel Reporting
DAY / TIME: Monday – 3:45 p.m.
LEVEL: Intermediate
TRACK: Special Interest

How much are you saving in fuel? Do you know where and why?
The purpose of this presentation is to provide an insight into the
reporting capabilities of Expert Fuel. After attending this class,
you will have a better understanding of the following reports:
Compliance, Purchase Summary, Purchase Recommendations,
Infeasible Solutions, Fuel Locations, and Price Analysis.

Who should attend: Current Expert Fuel users looking to maximize
reporting features.


Match Advice Administration
DAY / TIME: Tuesday – 9:00 a.m.
LEVEL: Intermediate
TRACK: Special Interest

Find out how to get the most out of the power to load optimization.
This class will cover the impact that Power Division and Load
Division Parameters have on the results of the optimization. Learn
how to make changes and run them in a ‘test’ environment before
moving them into production.

Who should attend: Anyone who works with the parameters in
Match Advice or the optimization results from Netwise.


Trip Alert Overview
DAY / TIME: Tuesday – 9:00 a.m.
LEVEL: ALL
TRACK: Special Interest

This class will demonstrate the features and benefits of the Trip
Alert system. Trip Alert basic functionality will be covered such as
out of route, late estimations, alerts, swaps, and reporting. The
Netgraf LT program will be demonstrated which shows fleet status
on a map and has extensive filtering and swap functionality.

Who should attend: Anyone interested in a way to view their fleet
status with detailed trip information that not only identifies problems
but also offers solutions.


Netwise Pricing
DAY / TIME: Tuesday – 10:45 a.m.
LEVEL: Intermediate
TRACK: Special Interest

The price is right, or is it? A price spread analysis compares current
pricing by customer with parameters to assist in other more
profitable pricing opportunities. This class will uncover where
pricing opportunities are available and use the price to find the
impact versus current pricing.

Who should attend: Existing Netwise users.


Trip Alert Administration
DAY / TIME: Tuesday – 10:45 a.m.
LEVEL: Intermediate
TRACK: Special Interest New Class

Effectively control swap parameters, system parameters, and map
parameters inside Trip Alert and NetgrafLT. Take a closer look at
how to add terminals and drop yards to the system, set up swap
compatibility rules, and geographic restrictions.

Who should attend: Anyone who is or would be responsible for
administrating the Trip Alert system.


NetgrafLT
DAY / TIME: Tuesday – 1:45 p.m.
LEVEL: Basic
TRACK: Special Interest

How would you like to see all of your fleets on a map? Netgraf LT is
the front line program for the Trip Alert system. It is a map that shows
your entire fleet with details on active trips. It has extensive fi ltering
capability to find trips of interest. This class will cover the same
training that a typical dispatcher would receive. After taking this class,
any attendee should know how to use Netgraf LT effectively. There will
be some time available for questions and custom situations.

Who should attend: All attendees wanting to learn more details
about software available with Trip Alert.


Netwise Balance
DAY / TIME: Tuesday – 1:45 p.m.
LEVEL: Intermediate
TRACK: Special Interest

Having trouble fitting freight from a bid into your freight network?
Find out how our Network Balance optimization in Netwise can show
you exactly what bid freight will complement your historical lanes.
Discover how valuable an additional load will be to your company.
Also, learn what dedicated tours may be available in your historical
loads, a new bid, or a combination of the two.

Who should attend: Experienced Netwise users looking to get more
out of Netwise.


Netwise Report Generation
DAY / TIME: Tuesday – 3:45 p.m.
LEVEL: Intermediate
TRACK: Special Interest

Are you looking to extract more information out of Netwise or
looking to streamline the Historical Analysis process? Find out
how the Aggregation and Report Generator in Netwise can get the
desired results of your analysis into the right hands. Discover the
simple reports that can add value to the analysis as well as some
complex reports that can help improve many areas of your business.

Who should attend: Anyone currently using Netwise or receiving
reports from Netwise.


Trip Alert Swap Optimization
DAY / TIME: Tuesday – 3:45 p.m.
LEVEL: Intermediate
TRACK: Special Interest New Class

Are you interested in saving service failures and improving
productivity? Swap Optimization in Trip Alert identifies cases
where trucks will cross paths and can calculate what would
happen if they exchange loads. The three goals Trip Alert is trying
to achieve are to save loads, improve productivity, and get drivers
home. This class will cover the use of swaps, how to successfully
execute a swap, and all of the parameters that go into the making
of a swap.

Who should attend: All attendees interested in Swap Optimization.


Expert Fuel Routing Options
DAY / TIME: Wednesday – 9:00 a.m.
LEVEL: Intermediate
TRACK: Special Interest

This class will teach Expert Fuel users how to master the art of
route creation. Come discover the various ways to manipulate fuel
server routers to create the routes you would like your drivers to
receive from Expert Fuel. This session will cover the deployment
of Expert Fuel Via Points, PC*MILER and Rand McNally Router
Parameters, and Expert Fuel Toll Optimization.

Who should attend: Current Expert Fuel users wanting to master
the routing they deliver to trucks.


Integrated Insight – Match Advice
DAY / TIME: Wednesday – 9:00 a.m.
LEVEL: Intermediate
TRACK: Special Interest

Come see the latest addition to TMW Optimization. IDSC
Integrated Insight will now give a solution via web browser. This
will give you the ability to optimize specific powers and loads to
help find the right fit for your next load. Discover how you can
tailor the data fed to the optimization to fit your needs as well as
help understand what the results mean.

Who should attend: All Match Advice users looking for more
flexibility in how assets are optimized.


Integrated Insight – Trip Alert
DAY / TIME: Wednesday – 10:45 a.m.
LEVEL: Intermediate
TRACK: Special Interest
View TMW Optimization’s new product Integrated Insight.
Integrated Insight will provide capabilities of optimization and
decision support to you in a browser format. This class will provide
an introduction to the execution applications and specifically Trip
Alert within Insight.

Who should attend: All attendees wanting to review the web based
application and solution for Trip Alert.


Netwise Supply Chain
DAY / TIME: Wednesday – 10:45 a.m.
LEVEL: Basic
TRACK: Special Interest

Netwise Supply Chain provides a solution to create efficient
multi-stop truckloads from inbound, outbound, or roundtrip LTL
freight. This course will provide an overview of the solution and a
demonstration of its capabilities.

Who should attend: All.