Accenture Enhances Ocean Cargo Pricing Software to Help Carriers Better Serve Customers at Reduced Costs
April 28 2015 - 2:03AM
Business Wire
Accenture (NYSE:ACN) released a new version of its Ocean Cargo
Pricing software, part of the Accenture Freight and Logistics
Software portfolio, that can help ocean carriers reduce costs and
revenue leakage, while improving customer service.
Accenture Ocean Cargo Price version 6.8 is an intuitive,
easy-to-use product that provides advanced pricing functionality to
help boost profitability based on real-time insights. The solution
allows carriers to more efficiently apply and maintain rates and
charges. Sales professionals can create quotes and contracts for a
single quote line request as well as for a large tender request.
The new capability to generate market rates employing base rates
and add-ons such as location, commodity, or container type helps
carriers respond to customer requests faster and with more relevant
and competitive rates.
Ocean Cargo Price 6.8 helps carriers become more agile and
responsive through advanced and flexible rate construction:
- New rate management functionality
provides easier maintenance, application and negotiation of inland
rates using a hub and spoke model. Improved surcharge definitions
allow carriers to inform customers of surcharges that may change
over time, and gain better insight into customer specific charges.
With improved control and visibility, carriers can more easily
prevent revenue leakage.
- Enhanced integration throughout the
offer process enables carriers to simplify and accelerate the end
to end process with price setting, maintenance, quotation, and
contract through a single system. Streamlining this process results
in cost reduction and improved turnaround time in the
quote-to-contract process.
- Updates to global and context specific
terms & conditions provide better visibility into all global
and local regulations, operational limitations, and business
policies for simplified shipping compliance.
“For ocean cargo carriers, using technology to revitalize the
quote-to-cash process is a critical component to increasing
visibility and enabling better decision-making,” said Malcolm
McNamara, global managing director of Accenture Freight and
Logistics Software. “Our newest release of Ocean Cargo Pricing is
designed to provide more accurate pricing models, which will help
carriers adapt to market changes and stay competitive.”
Accenture Ocean Cargo Price can be implemented as a standalone
product or as part of the Accenture Ocean Cargo Suite. Combining an
experienced team with leading-edge software and a global delivery
capability, Accenture Freight and Logistics Software helps
organizations realize value from their technology investments and
manage the escalating challenges of volatile markets.
About Accenture
Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services
and outsourcing company, with more than 323,000 people serving
clients in more than 120 countries. Combining unparalleled
experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and
business functions, and extensive research on the world’s most
successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help
them become high-performance businesses and governments. The
company generated net revenues of US$30.0 billion for the fiscal
year ended Aug. 31, 2014. Its home page is
www.accenture.com.
Accenture Software combines deep technology acumen
with industry knowledge to develop differentiated software
products. It offers innovative software-based solutions to enable
organizations to meet their business goals and achieve high
performance. Its home page is www.accenture.com/software. The
homepage for Accenture Freight and Logistics Software is
www.accenture.com/afls.
AccentureJulie Bennink, +
1-312-693-7301julie.l.bennink@accenture.com
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