01 / From factory to depot
Plant Dispatch
Translate production and warehouse readiness into practical transport assignments between manufacturing sites and distribution depots.
Production siteDistribution depotGoods receipt
Transportation management / industrial manufacturing
Manufacturing transport.
From plant to delivery.
Coordinate movements between production sites, distribution depots, regional hubs and customer locations — with warehouse readiness, transport capacity and delivery commitments in view.
Multi-site networkWarehouse-aligned planningExecution visibility
Manufacturing networkIllustrative view
01 / OriginProduction site
02 / HandoverLoading dock
03 / DestinationDistribution depot
04 / RecordGoods receipt
Goods leaving a production site for a distribution depot
Planning focusWarehouse readiness · loading slot · capacity
Conceptual illustration — no live customer dataExplore the workflow
Three transport challenges
One manufacturing network.
Different transport needs.
Transportation requirements change between dispatch from production, inventory movements through the distribution network and deliveries to customers. Each flow has its own timing, quantities and resource decisions.
02 / Replenishment between locations
Regional Replenishment
Coordinate transport between central storage and regional hubs, aligning available stock, departure priorities, loading capacity and receiving windows.
Central depotRegional hubStock receipt
03 / Outbound distribution
Customer Distribution
Plan delivery routes across multiple customer destinations, balancing delivery commitments, vehicle resources and execution evidence.
Plant / depotCustomer sitesDelivery proof
Operational requirements
Transport plans depend
on what happens on-site.
Manufacturing distribution crosses several systems and teams. The transport plan must reflect available goods, loading progress, available resources and what happens after the vehicle leaves the site.
01
Orders, stock & production context
Translate demand and available inventory into transport requirements without confusing a TMS with production planning.
02
Loading and dock readiness
Align departure plans with warehouse preparation, loading slots and quantities ready for dispatch.
03
Fleet and route feasibility
Consider capacity, transport partners, receiving hours and multi-stop delivery commitments.
04
Goods Issue and delivery updates
Connect ERP/WMS events and shipment milestones to provide an execution record across locations.
Production scheduling and warehouse inventory remain responsibilities of the relevant enterprise systems. The example describes transportation coordination and configured data exchanges; specific event actions depend on implementation.
Transport workflow explorer
Follow a load from
requirement to delivery.
Choose a manufacturing distribution scenario and inspect how transport demand, planning, loading and delivery connect. All examples are conceptual; no real TMS action is performed.
Operational workflowManufacturing transport desk
Illustrative · no live dataPLANT DISPATCH
Loading readinessProduction site to depot
FROM ORDER TO REQUIREMENT
Confirm dispatch demand
Identify the origin, receiving location, required quantities and availability information coming from enterprise systems.
ORIGINProduction site
INPUTOrders and stock
DEPENDENCYAvailability
Connected capabilities
Select a model and stage to inspect an illustrative workflow.
From order to delivery
Keep transport aligned
with the distribution network.
A practical four-step view of the movement between enterprise demand, warehouse operations, carrier execution and delivery confirmation.
Receive transport demand
Receive orders, delivery requirements and stock-related information from the appropriate enterprise systems.
Plan dispatch and capacity
Compare transport alternatives around resource availability, loading windows and delivery constraints.
Coordinate warehouse loading
Connect prepared and loaded quantities, loading program and Goods Issue messages where configured.
Track and confirm delivery
Follow shipment milestones, exceptions and delivery proof to close the transport record.
Relevant iBisTMS capabilities
From loading readiness
to delivery evidence.
Explore the functions that connect transport decisions with warehouse activity and shipment execution, without duplicating the detailed capability pages.
Route SchedulingCompare feasible route scenarios around capacity, stock and delivery windows.Explore capability
Warehouse CockpitSee loading preparation, planned and loaded quantities and warehouse events.Explore capability
Carrier ManagementEvaluate own fleet and transport partners for suitable capacity.Explore capability
Shipment ExecutionFollow dispatched movements, delivery milestones and exceptions.Explore capability
Enterprise IntegrationConnect ERP/WMS orders, stock and Goods Issue signals to transport.Explore capability
Customer stories / industry experience
Built around real
manufacturing networks.
Manufacturing transportation can span production sites, distribution depots and regional delivery networks. The published story examines how an anonymised industrial manufacturer approached coordination across this operating environment.
Customer identity, product category, exact location counts and performance figures are intentionally omitted.
Customer story / industrial manufacturing
Production sitesDistribution networkCustomers
A connected multi-site distribution operation.
The handovers between plant dispatch, depot coordination, transport execution and regional deliveries, described without customer names or measured outcomes.
Anonymised and conceptual. No performance figures are published.
Read full storyRelated use cases
Explore the decisions
behind each movement.
Look at the operational challenges that frequently appear in manufacturing networks and the iBisTMS capabilities that help coordinate them.
01 / NetworkMulti-site PlanningPlan transport across production facilities, depots, hubs and destinations.Explore use cases
02 / WarehouseERP & IntegrationConnect transport activity with inventory, loading and Goods Issue events.Explore use cases
03 / DeliveryExecution VisibilityKeep planned deliveries, delays and field confirmations in view.Explore use cases
Questions and clarifications
Manufacturing transport
in context.
The platform connects transport processes to enterprise data, but the extent of automation depends on the customer implementation.
Does iBisTMS replace a production planning or warehouse system?
No. iBisTMS is focused on transportation management. It can exchange orders, stock context and warehouse events with ERP, MES or WMS systems as configured.
Can manufacturing transport include several plants and depots?
Yes. The operating model can cover multiple origins, depots, hubs and destinations. Specific processes, volumes and integrations are configured for the deployment.
What happens after a Goods Issue event?
Goods Issue can be received from a connected system. A change to transport status or another workflow action depends on the configured rules and integration design; it is not implied as automatic in all deployments.
Is the customer story already available?
Yes. The anonymised manufacturing story is published. It describes the operating model without customer names, location counts or performance figures.
Your network. Your delivery commitments.
Connect your plants
to the delivery plan.
Show us the production locations, depots, transport resources and ERP/WMS handovers behind your distribution model. We can discuss the operating requirements relevant to your network.