The Nextuple Capacity Management Service (NCM), a capacity service that can integrate with existing systems to track and communicate capacity effectively. The capacity service can integrate with existing Transportation Management Systems (TMS), Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), and other enterprise systems that may keep track of capacity today while accommodating new capacity types that can be calculated based on manual inputs, uploads, or other attributes. With artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) models increasingly integrated into capacity planning, Nextuple’s solution can also allow models to recommend capacity levels based on real-time data.

Here are some of the use cases our capacity microservice addresses:

Warehouse Operations Capacity

NCM lets you set capacity at any activity level inside your warehouse operations, encompassing picking, packing, loading, and other crucial tasks. It also provides detailed insights into capacity metrics, such as units processed per unit of time.

Transportation Capacity

NCM considers both Full Truck Load (FTL) and Less Than Truckload (LTL) capacities, providing insights into available truck capacity and scheduled availability. These capacities can be set by cube, type of truck asset, number of units, or a combination of these factors.

Business Customer Receiving Capacity

NCM enables businesses to factor in customer constraints, such as the ability to receive specific truckloads or cubic feet of goods per week.

Service Capacity

NCM allows you to define service types and capacity by service type at the node level to ensure you can synchronize product and service promises.

Manufacturing Capacity

NCM can integrate into your existing ERP, allowing you to factor in manufacturing capacity if you are promising against a make-to-order type product.

Customizable Capacity Templates

NCM offers customizable templates so businesses can define capacity parameters tailored to their unique requirements.

Real-time Capacity Monitoring and Adjustment

NCM's real-time monitoring capabilities help you remain agile in response to changing demands.

Informing Promises with Precision

NCM provides the foundational data necessary for making reliable customer commitments, including estimated delivery dates, shipping schedules, and more.

Need for Speed

NCM is engineered to handle high data volumes seamlessly and can process millions of order lines per hour without compromising performance.

A Capacity Case Study

NCM does more than promise a compelling capacity analysis. It delivers real results for B2B retailers, empowering you to provide the excellent customer experience your buyers demand. For instance, a tool manufacturer wants to make informed delivery promises on its B2B website. ts revenue is a mix of retailers buying into their own FCs, contract builders buying for large projects, and distributors buying for resale. The distribution side of the business is the lowest-margin sector.

A dedicated fleet is leveraged to control transportation costs with distribution customers, and delivery promises are informed dynamically based on the order size. This dedicated fleet is capacity-constrained by design so that utilization rates are high. When distributors place orders, the expected lead time is informed by a combination of the fleet's capacity, the customer's receiving capacity, and the shipment zone. If the distributor's order size needs to be smaller, the lead time is based on the capacities of several contracted LTL carriers and the corresponding delivery address. The tool manufacturer leverages outbound shipping capacity to factor into its delivery promise. It also wants to ensure that distributors' sales channels are capped at a certain level in the case of outbound capacity issues. This capacity threshold is automatically set through a sales velocity signal ingested into the capacity management system.

As a result, the tool manufacturer can control its outbound shipping expenses while setting accurate expectations.

Nextuple Capacity

by Nextuple Inc