Third-Party Logistics
Experience the perfect pairing of 3PL supply chain solutions with Manhattan. Delivered in a single, cloud-native app, Manhattan Active® Solutions iterate and innovate at top speed, keeping inbound and outbound demands in the perfect—and most profitable—balance for your business.
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Understanding Industry Challenges
Digital transformations—especially ecommerce and omnichannel commerce—have changed what customers expect from a 3PL. At the same time, rising transportation costs, labor shortages, inflation, and global security concerns have made the 3PL business model more challenging.
Leveraging the Cloud
Our cloud-native and microservices architecture is versionless. That means seamless upgrades that occur automatically—with zero disruption or downtime. It’s how we are able to constantly increase our solution’s efficiency, agility, and safety and why we are trusted to oversee many of the world’s largest 3PL distribution networks.
Unlocking Efficiencies
By unifying the supply chain and creating end-to-end visibility—from planning through execution, inventory, and delivery—our solutions give you unprecedented control. Everything is flexible, configurable, and created to be cost-effective.
"Manhattan’s WMS enables us to anticipate and react to demand fluctuations and ultimately drive greater efficiencies throughout our business."
Solutions for the 3PL Industry
Warehouse Management
Benefit from a WMS that coordinates value-added services—gift wrapping, personalization—without slowing down shipping times. Gain real-time data visualizations across every level of every facility with unified command of fulfillment, labor, slotting, and automation execution.
Transportation Management
Optimize each route with capabilities—multi-modal optimization, unified logistics control, pre-integrated rate, and capacity management—designed to lower your cost of shipping and reduce carbon emissions.
Labor Management
Manage the workflow for picking, packing, slotting, and other daily tasks while motivating workers with integrated, data-driven gamification techniques and real-time digital communication.
Supply Chain Solution Unification
In order to maximize 3PL supply chain efficiency, solutions need to be harmonized to the ebb of inbound and outbound workflows. Manhattan Active Supply Chain unifies all three of the solutions above to provide a true future system convergence across every element of distribution and transportation.