The IBM? SterlingTransportation Management System (SterlingTMS) includes an ad hoc reporting system. Shippers can use this systemto quickly create queries and reports to analyze your shipping operations.These queries help you analyze identify and diagnose issues andsituations in your shipping business.

For example:

• How do on-time delivery percentages compare to the same time lastyear?
• Why are costs for a specific carrier down from a month ago?
• What is causing delays for pickups and deliveries at this location?
• Does actual shipping performance deviate from plan? If so byhow much?

Because you can create queries as you need them you can performmore extensive analysis and dig deeper into issues than is possibleusing standard reports. If you have the proper permissions you canpublish reports for use by your entire organization.

In the Sterling TMS adhoc reporting system you use Cognos? QueryStudio and Report Studio to create queries or reports for ad hoc analysis.You access Query Studio and Report Studio directly from Sterling TMS.