How to Build Your Own Manhattan Active Transportation Management
Replace Manhattan Active Transportation Management with a custom build. Orchestrate every carrier, rate, route, and load with Manhattan Active® Transportation Management, engineered to adapt and grow with your business needs.
Build Difficulty: 5/5
Build a working replacement in a weekend with AI tools
Estimated Timeline
Based on 18 features at Weekend Project difficulty, expect about One weekend with AI-assisted development.
Recommended Tech Stack
Full-stack React framework with API routes and server components
PostgreSQL database, auth, and real-time subscriptions
Utility-first styling for rapid UI development
Key Features to Replicate
Top features across 8 categories. See all 18 features
Optimization(5 features)
Continuous optimization maximizes efficiency automatically in real time with solves up to 10x times faster using the industry's most advanced optimization engines.
Provides maximum load capacity utilization which reduces the number of trips and accompanying emissions for sustainability improvements.
Enables multi-compartment shipment planning and dynamic cross-docking to increase consolidation opportunities and reduce the number of shipments.
Built on modern microservices architecture, empowers logistics operations with the most intelligent optimization engine for shipment planning and route optimization.
TMS's route optimization picks routes that are shorter and devoid of congestion and potential delays, ensuring maximum fuel efficiency and combines inbound, outbound, interfacility, and backhauls to reduce miles on the road.
Execution(3 features)
Offers improved decision-making, planning, visibility, and efficiency with real-time information flow across business functions. Streamlines dock scheduling and reduces wait times.
Sends dispatch documents or instructions to and from drivers. Simplifies coordination of routes and deliveries by automating routing and scheduling processes between the TMS and mobile applications.
Allows creation, editing, or cancellation of shipments with automatic execution or directed planning capabilities through a centralized interface.
Planning(2 features)
Advanced multi-modal, self-configuring, and self-tuning intelligence for shipment planning with the industry's fastest shipment planning engine.
Advanced tools and capabilities that support complex logistical analysis, enabling proactive stance based on data-driven insights instead of reactive execution.
Procurement(2 features)
Automates contract management and reduces transportation costs for all modes of transportation with 'what if' scenario management and incremental bids execution.
Enables execution of incremental bids and scenario modeling to ensure spend visibility and accountability in procurement processes.
Visibility(2 features)
Users get end-to-end comprehensive visibility throughout the shipment process from initial planning to final delivery with real-time data access.
Enables tracking shipments throughout the entire transportation lifecycle with global multi-modal support for maintaining timely deliveries and high service levels.
Carrier Management(1 features)
Provides sophisticated tools for selecting carriers based on various performance metrics including cost, speed, dependability, and capacity with enhanced performance monitoring.
Compliance(1 features)
Simplifies compliance with global trade regulations by automating documentation processes and ensuring all shipments adhere to necessary standards.
Infrastructure(1 features)
Modern microservices-based architecture that is versionless and fully extensible, allowing quick introduction of new innovations and network partners.
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