Case Study: Epes Transport System, LLC achieves data-driven profit gains with Manhattan Associates' Profit Analyzer

Through Data-Powered Decision-Making with Manhattan Associates’ Profit Analyzer

Epes Transport, a Greensboro, NC–based carrier, struggled with inaccurate, uniform costing and lacked the load-level profitability metrics needed to make informed decisions about which freight to accept, decline or adjust. In a fast-moving, competitive transportation market the company needed more precise, data-driven insights to improve operational efficiency and protect margins.

Epes implemented Manhattan Associates’ Profit Analyzer in a two-month rollout beginning December 2021, enabling load-specific costing (tractor and trailer time under load, detention, driver types and pay, tolls, customer-specific costs) and new variance metrics (System, Lane, Origin, Customer). The result: more confident, shipment-level decisions, streamlined bid responses and rate negotiations, and a projected annualized profitability swing of up to $200,000 from optimizing freight selection on a single three-lane bid opportunity.

Epes Transport System, LLC

Brian Moser

VP of Data Analytics