Case Study: Toyota Material Handling cuts route-planning time from hours to minutes with Aptean Routing & Scheduling Paragon Edition

Toyota Material Handling Lifts Transportation Efficiency With Paragon

Toyota Material Handling, a leading forklift truck seller delivering to 188 dealer locations and more than 1,000 customer locations, needed to manage complex, non‑fixed routes handled by third‑party contractors and eliminate duplicate data entry with their SAP system. To improve transportation planning and visibility across the organization they deployed Aptean Routing & Scheduling Paragon Edition (Paragon) to control routing and integrate with SAP.

Aptean Routing & Scheduling Paragon Edition was integrated with TMHU’s SAP ERP and is used several times daily to build and optimize loads; its optimization engine finds optimal routes in seconds and reduced route‑planning tasks from several hours to minutes. The solution improved shipping detail and cross‑organization visibility, removed dependence on a single expert dispatcher, and is now used exclusively for outbound delivery scheduling.

Toyota Material Handling

Michael J. Gunn

National Distribution, IT Dealer Relations and Support Manager