Case Study: Kimberly-Clark achieves $12-$14M annual freight savings and 35 hours/day planning efficiency with Blue Yonder (JDA) Transportation Solutions

Kimberly-Clark continues to deliver value with Blue Yonder solutions

Kimberly‑Clark, a 140‑year leader in family and personal care products, was challenged to drive additional savings across support functions including transportation. Its legacy transportation management system lacked the optimization needed to meet cost and service goals, so the company evaluated vendors to find a more robust solution.

Kimberly‑Clark deployed JDA’s Intelligent Fulfillment/Transportation solutions (Transportation Manager, Modeler, Planner and Enterprise Architecture) plus consulting and support, enabling centralized planning of about 2,500 daily shipments from 40 locations and automatic processing of roughly 80% of loads. The initiative delivered an $8M freight savings in year one and $12–14M annually thereafter (full payback within one year), eliminated 35 planner hours per day, cut end‑of‑day close-out to under 30 minutes, sped deliveries to distribution centers, and is automating roughly 80% of invoice payments for further gains.

Kimberly Clark

Tony Poole

ITS Business Partner, Corporate Transportation