Allocation Management

Drive better performance across your entire contract portfolio

NYSHEX allocation management tool helps shippers proactively manage their allocation and prevent shortfalls for all their ocean contracts in one place.

Managing your allocation is difficult

The tools shippers use today are static and reactive resulting in wasted time, excessive freight costs, and lots of stress.

74 %

of shippers spend at least 3-6 hours per week managing their allocation

50 %

of shippers use spreadsheets to manage their allocation

56 %

of shippers have issues with data accuracy and version control

NYSHEX’s allocation management tool integrates data from carriers, NVOCCs, and shippers to provide a single source of truth for both contract performance as well as future looking proactive allocation management.

View all your contracts in one place

The allocation management tool connects your purchase order forecast with your carrier booking data to give you a clear allocation utilization outlook across all of your fixed-rate contracts.

Improve contract utilization

The allocation management rolling forecast will highlight areas of under utilization week over week and by port pair to give shippers advanced time to fill the gaps in their forecast.

Gain insight into which bookings are at risk

Have one place to drill down into your bookings to understand what’s at risk and where you need to focus your time.

NYSHEX benefits

Supply chain reliability

Ship with confidence knowing you can actively manage and improve your contract fulfillment.

Predictable
freight costs

Avoid having to place multiple bookings with backup carriers at higher freight rates, carry excess inventory, or even worse, lose out on sales.

Improved efficiency

Eliminate the need for manual data aggregation across multiple sources and instead leverage direct data feeds into one easy-to-use application.

Hear from our members

Jeremy Wells

Director of Inbound Transportation, Clark Associates

“With NYSHEX, a third party is going to measure performance and then you can have that mutual conversation with your carrier about what the data shows. It brings honesty and transparency to the table.”

Drive better performance across your entire contract portfolio

Managing your allocation is difficult

74 %

50 %

56 %