Case Study: Unilever cuts transport costs and CO2 emissions with Oracle Transportation Management

Unilever cuts transport costs and emissions with Oracle

Unilever, a global consumer‑goods leader serving 2 billion people daily, needed to decouple growth from environmental impact under its Sustainable Living Plan. The company aimed to continuously reduce logistics CO2 emissions across its global network while improving customer service, lowering transport costs, and maintaining a reliable, scalable transportation management platform that wouldn’t overburden IT.

By deploying Oracle Transportation Management (Oracle Cloud SCM) and integrating it with WMS, ERP, EDI, carriers and 3PLs, Unilever gained automated transport planning, greater lane visibility, and real‑time freight costing. The solution enabled cross‑docking and load consolidation, smarter load combining, fewer trucks, improved CO2 efficiency in North America, reduced transport costs and invoice rework, and 24/7 platform support—freeing IT to focus on other priorities.

Unilever

Wendy Herrick

Vice President, Supply Chain