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Description

Optimal Dynamics presents an all-encompassing decision automation platform aimed at improving truckload operations through increased utilization, enhanced productivity, and greater profitability. This innovative platform facilitates real-time automated dispatch decisions, allowing users to finalize an entire day's planning in mere minutes. It efficiently distributes loads between assets and brokerage, focusing on downstream profitability while proactively securing loads to fully leverage business opportunities. Furthermore, the platform pinpoints the most advantageous lanes for bidding, simulates the consequences of each bid, and swiftly uncovers RFPs that present the best balance of profitability, coverage, and service. Users are empowered to model various scenarios within a digital twin environment prior to making changes, effectively removing uncertainty and the need for manual calculations. Recent upgrades have introduced improved recommendations for tender acceptance, taking into account critical factors like available capacity and driver coverage to guide decisions on whether to accept or reject offers. This comprehensive approach ultimately enables stakeholders to make informed decisions that drive their operations forward.

Description

The UPLAN Advanced Clearing Engine (UPLAN-ACE) is designed to facilitate day-ahead market operations using protocols established by operators, while also executing real-time economic dispatch in 5-minute increments throughout each operational hour. This innovative system seamlessly merges both day-ahead generation offers and real-time demand bids to optimize the delivery of energy and ancillary services for hourly operations as well as 5-minute dispatches. One of the standout features of UPLAN-ACE is its ability to effectively model the variable and intermittent characteristics of emerging technologies, including batteries, flywheels, and other rapid-response solutions. Furthermore, the Real-Time Model (RTM) not only replicates the scheduling process for the hour ahead but also manages real-time dispatch every 5 minutes, relying on the commitment schedules from the Day-Ahead Market (DAM) and forecasting real-time load requirements. It performs dispatch operations on a 5-minute cycle, incorporating optimal power flow calculations, and ultimately generates locational marginal prices (LMPs), imbalance schedules, and updated dispatch information. This comprehensive approach ensures that UPLAN-ACE can adapt to the dynamic nature of modern energy systems while providing accurate and timely forecasts for market participants.

API Access

Has API No 

API Access

Has API No 

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Integrations

AllTrak Cloud Yes 
Geotab Yes 
Isaac Yes 
LoadMaster Yes 
Manifold GIS Yes 
Maven Yes 
Motive Yes 
Qapter Yes 
Samsara Yes 

Integrations

AllTrak Cloud No 
Geotab No 
Isaac No 
LoadMaster No 
Manifold GIS No 
Maven No 
Motive No 
Qapter No 
Samsara No 

Pricing Details

No price information available.
Free Trial No 
Free Version No 

Pricing Details

No price information available.
Free Trial No 
Free Version No 

Deployment

Web-Based Yes 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows No 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Deployment

Web-Based Yes 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows No 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Customer Support

Business Hours No 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support Yes 

Customer Support

Business Hours Yes 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support Yes 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars Yes 
Live Training (Online) Yes 
In Person Yes 

Types of Training

Training Docs No 
Webinars No 
Live Training (Online) Yes 
In Person No 

Vendor Details

Company Name

Optimal Dynamics

Founded

2018

Country

United States

Website

www.optimaldynamics.com

Vendor Details

Company Name

LCG Consulting

Website

www.energyonline.com

Product Features

Product Features

Energy Management

Benchmarking No 
Bill Audit No 
Bill Database No 
Bill Importing No 
Budgeting & Forecasting Yes 
Compliance Management No 
Contract Management No 
Cost / Use Reporting Yes 
Emissions Monitoring Yes 
Energy Price Analysis Yes 
Facility Scheduling No 
Greenhouse Gas Tracking No 
Load Control Yes 
Load Forecasting No 
Meter Tracking No 
Risk Management Yes 
Weather Normalization No 

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