Logistics and Trade Teams Need More Than Visibility. They Need Control.
Global supply chains are becoming more exposed, more regulated and more cost sensitive. Freight costs shift quickly. Customs requirements keep changing. Trade restrictions demand stronger screening. Customers expect shipment transparency. Leadership expects logistics teams to reduce cost without increasing risk. That is why Oracle Transportation Management and Oracle Global Trade Management remain critical for businesses that want a connected logistics and compliance backbone.
The Oracle Transportation and Global Trade Management 26A release brings updates across platform usability, Redwood experience, Smart Search, REST integrations, Global Trade Management, customs workflows, product classification, license controls, transportation rating, shipment cost visibility, sustainability and mobile planner productivity. NexInfo helps businesses adopt these capabilities with a practical service model covering assessment, implementation, configuration, integration, process redesign, testing, governance, training and managed services.
Why Oracle OTM and GTM Matter Now
Transportation and trade management are no longer isolated operational functions. They influence margin, delivery performance, customer experience, compliance posture and business continuity.
- A shipment delay affects customer trust.
- A poor carrier selection affects cost.
- A wrong product classification affects duty and compliance exposure.
- A missing restricted party screening result can create serious regulatory risk.
- An outdated integration can slow down every connected process.
- A weak document process can delay clearance.
Oracle Transportation Management supports transportation planning, execution, rating, tendering, cost visibility and shipment control. Oracle Global Trade Management supports restricted party screening, trade compliance, product classification, license management, customs declarations, documentation and trade agreement qualification. Together, they give businesses a stronger foundation to manage logistics execution and compliance from one connected ecosystem.
26A Platform Direction: Cleaner Experience, Faster Search, Stronger Integration
Redwood Experience for OTM and GTM
Oracle 26A introduces “Try the New Redwood Experience” as an admin-accessible preview for Oracle Transportation and GTM’s modern Redwood UI. The release positions Redwood as a more intuitive and consistent user experience that can improve productivity, reduce training effort and lower input errors. For businesses, this is not only a design change. Logistics and trade users work with large data volumes, time-sensitive decisions and complex screens. A better interface can reduce friction across shipment planning, compliance review, workbench operations and exception handling. NexInfo helps businesses assess Redwood readiness, review affected roles, validate user journeys, configure workbenches and prepare teams for phased adoption.
Smart Search and Enhanced Workbench
The 26A release enhances workbench productivity with Smart Search, allowing users to run saved searches or configured quick-search criteria from Enhanced Workbench tables. It also adds usability improvements such as personalization export/import, advanced sort, 24-hour time format, filter access options, grouped table behavior and improved UOM display. This helps planners and trade users find the right shipment, transaction, declaration or exception faster. NexInfo helps design workbenches around daily operational needs so users can search, review, act and close work with fewer unnecessary steps.
JSON and REST Integration Modernization
One of the strongest messages in the 26A material is the move toward JSON and REST. Oracle notes that no new features are being added to XML interfaces and recommends JSON/REST for new projects and integrations that need new capabilities. This is important for every organization still using older XML or DBXML-based integration patterns. Legacy integrations may continue to function, but future agility depends on API-led connectivity. NexInfo helps businesses review current interfaces, prioritize high-value REST migration candidates, design secure integration patterns, reduce technical debt and support API modernization across OTM, GTM, ERP, WMS, carrier platforms, customs systems and external logistics networks.
GTM 26A: Stronger Trade Compliance and Classification Control
Restricted Party Screening in a More Usable Interface
Restricted Party Screening is one of the most sensitive compliance processes in global trade. Oracle 26A introduces a new ad hoc Restricted Party Screening UI that allows users to enter party details and view results on the same page. It supports service preferences, RPS profiles, defaulting from logic configuration and match factor review through a bottom drawer. The legacy UI remains available. This improves the compliance analyst’s review experience. Instead of moving across multiple screens, users can see entered data, screening results and match explanations together. NexInfo helps configure restricted party screening models, review flows, match-handling rules, escalation paths, audit controls and user training.
Product Classification with Machine Learning Support
Product classification directly affects duties, controls, documentation and trade eligibility. Oracle 26A improves the Propose Classification Code action by validating that proposed codes are active before saving, excluding 0% probability results and identifying assigned classification codes. It also introduces a proposed Classification automation agent action that uses embedded machine learning to propose classification codes through workflow tools. NexInfo helps businesses implement classification workflows with the right thresholds, review responsibilities, human validation, audit traceability and master data controls. The result is faster classification support without losing compliance discipline.
License Management Improvements
Oracle 26A enhances license management by allowing shipments to process when they exceed a license reservation, provided sufficient license balance is available. It also supports license balance release through Process Management, enhances REST APIs for Trade Transactions and Customs Declarations with license information and allows authorization information to be submitted to transaction or declaration lines for control screening. For businesses that manage export controls, sanctions, license balances or controlled goods, this creates a better balance between compliance and operational flow. NexInfo helps configure license rules, authorization data capture, balance release processes, API integration and compliance governance.
Supplier Solicitation, Trade Agreements and Customs Readiness
Oracle 26A strengthens supplier solicitation and trade qualification workflows. Supplier data entry improvements include a new DISCONTINUED qualification status, entry of Wholly Originating information and Regional Value Content percentage. Campaign administration improvements include document actions such as Add Document, Assign Document Sets, Copy Document and View Document Sets, plus supplier visibility in the administrator workbench. The release also enables supplier or partner item identifiers and item names to appear on certificates of origin shipped with GTM, improving document clarity for trade operations. NexInfo helps businesses improve supplier solicitation, document management, item qualification, certificate of origin readiness, trade agreement qualification and approval workflows.
Penalty Reporting and Duty Accuracy
Customs reporting is becoming more detailed, especially for product categories that require penalty tracking. Oracle 26A supports tracking and reporting of steel, aluminum, copper and other specified-article penalties. The release allows a declaration line to be split into penalty and non-penalty content, creates new lines per penalty with prorated values, populates trade program or penalty classification codes and links back to the original line before duty and tax estimation. This helps businesses reduce manual calculation risk and improve customs reporting discipline. NexInfo helps configure tariff structures, penalty classification codes, declaration line handling, duty estimation and compliance reporting processes.
OTM 26A: Better Rating, Cost Visibility and Shipment Control
Rate Shopping Through a Single REST Request
Oracle 26A improves rate shopping by allowing businesses to retrieve costs and transit times for multiple modes, multiple service providers and multiple service levels through one REST request. This reduces the number of interface transactions required compared with earlier approaches. For logistics teams, this can improve speed in carrier comparison, freight decision-making and external rating engine interaction. NexInfo helps design rate shopping flows, external rating engine connectivity, carrier master alignment, service-level mapping and performance testing.
Ship Unit and Package-Level Cost Visibility
Oracle 26A adds package-level shipment cost visibility at the ship unit or ship unit line level. This gives businesses more detail into how transportation costs are distributed across shipment contents. This is useful for cost allocation, customer billing, margin analysis and transportation financial review. NexInfo helps businesses define cost visibility requirements, configure shipment cost models, validate cost allocation rules and improve transportation financial reporting.
Time-Based Rates
The 26A update also supports time-based rates, using accurate shipment stop time as an input to the rating process. This is especially relevant for time-dependent rates such as those used by digital freight brokers. NexInfo helps businesses configure time-sensitive rating logic, test rate outputs and align transportation costing with real operational timing.
Sustainability, Mobile Flow and Logistics Intelligence
Transportation leaders are increasingly expected to understand emissions alongside cost and service. Oracle 26A adds shipment-rate-to-emission-activity data configuration and supports the use of fuel-type information from service provider tender response remarks in emissions calculations. Oracle also introduces a new mobile planner flow for non-service provider users, helping planners quickly understand shipment status when they are away from the full web application. The update includes a new Redwood UI for mobile. In GTM analytics, Oracle adds Global Trade Operational Intelligence subject areas for trade transaction line analysis and declaration line analysis, helping users create more targeted queries, reports, dashboards and visualizations. NexInfo helps businesses use these capabilities for emissions tracking, mobile shipment visibility, trade dashboards, operational reporting and executive-level logistics intelligence.
NexInfo Provides Oracle OTM and GTM Services
NexInfo provides end-to-end Oracle Transportation Management and Global Trade Management services for organizations that want stronger logistics execution, better compliance control and more modern supply chain operations.
NexInfo services include:
- Oracle OTM implementation
- Oracle GTM implementation
- OTM-GTM 26A readiness assessment
- Redwood experience adoption
- Enhanced Workbench configuration
- Smart Search setup
- JSON/REST integration modernization
- Restricted Party Screening configuration
- Product classification workflow setup
- Machine learning-assisted classification readiness
- License management configuration
- Trade agreement qualification support
- Supplier solicitation process design
- Customs declaration and duty process configuration
- Rate shopping and external rating engine support
- Ship unit and package-level cost visibility
- Sustainability and emissions configuration
- Mobile planner enablement
- Analytics, dashboards and operational reporting
- Testing, training, managed services and continuous optimization
NexInfo focuses on making OTM and GTM more usable, integrated, compliant and performance-driven.
ISO-Certified Governance and AI-Enabled Workforce Recognition
Oracle OTM and GTM programs handle sensitive and high-value operational data across shipments, carriers, suppliers, customers, customs declarations, license balances, freight costs, screening results, product classifications and compliance documentation. These projects require disciplined implementation and strong data governance. NexInfo provides Oracle SCM services with the discipline of ISO 9001 Quality Management and ISO 27001 Information Security certifications, as listed on NexInfo’s website. This supports quality-focused delivery, secure implementation practices, access governance, documentation discipline, testing control and dependable enterprise transformation execution.
NexInfo is also recognized with the AI-Enabled Workforce Excellence Award at the 1st Annual Long Beach Business AI Summit in Long Beach, California. The recognition highlights NexInfo’s focus on applying AI in real business environments where people, systems, enterprise processes and operational workflows come together to create measurable value. For logistics and trade organizations, this matters because future-ready supply chain operations will increasingly depend on automation, analytics, AI-assisted classification, exception intelligence, predictive visibility and governed decision-making. NexInfo helps businesses connect Oracle applications, integration modernization, process governance, analytics and AI-enabled operating models into a scalable supply chain transformation roadmap.
Why Choose NexInfo?
Businesses choose NexInfo when they want Oracle OTM and GTM to become more than system modules.
NexInfo helps organizations:
- Improve shipment visibility and logistics control
- Reduce manual transportation processes
- Strengthen global trade compliance
- Modernize integrations using JSON and REST
- Improve restricted party screening workflows
- Build stronger product classification governance
- Manage trade licenses and authorization data
- Improve supplier qualification and certificate workflows
- Strengthen customs and duty reporting
- Improve rate shopping and freight cost visibility
- Support sustainability and emissions reporting
- Train logistics and trade users for adoption
- Maintain OTM-GTM through managed services
NexInfo approaches Oracle OTM and GTM as a supply chain transformation program that connects transportation, compliance, integration, analytics, governance and long-term optimization. The value comes from adopting these capabilities with the right design, governance and execution discipline.
Conclusion
NexInfo helps businesses modernize Oracle OTM and GTM with Oracle SCM expertise, ISO 9001 Quality Management and ISO 27001 Information Security certified governance, AI-Enabled Workforce Excellence Award recognition, and end-to-end services across logistics, trade compliance, integration modernization, analytics, testing, training and managed optimization. With NexInfo, transportation and trade management become connected, compliant and ready for the next generation of supply chain operations.
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FAQ
What is Oracle Transportation Management?
Oracle Transportation Management is a logistics solution that helps businesses manage transportation planning, shipment execution, carrier selection, freight rating, tendering, shipment visibility and transportation cost control.
What is Oracle Global Trade Management?
Oracle Global Trade Management helps businesses manage trade compliance processes such as restricted party screening, product classification, license management, trade agreement qualification, customs declarations, documentation and duty-related workflows.
What is new in Oracle OTM-GTM 26A?
Oracle OTM-GTM 26A includes updates across Redwood user experience, Smart Search, Enhanced Workbench, JSON/REST integrations, restricted party screening, product classification, license management, supplier solicitation, trade agreement qualification, customs reporting, rate shopping, shipment cost visibility, sustainability and mobile planner flows.
Why is Oracle recommending JSON/REST integrations for OTM and GTM?
Oracle’s 26A material states that no new features are being added to XML interfaces and recommends JSON/REST for new projects or integrations that require new capabilities. This helps businesses move toward more modern, scalable and feature-ready integration models.
What is Restricted Party Screening in Oracle GTM?
Restricted Party Screening helps businesses check parties against restricted or sanctioned lists. In 26A, the new ad hoc screening UI allows users to enter party details and review results on the same screen, with match factor details available for review.
How does Oracle GTM support product classification?
Oracle GTM supports product classification workflows and machine learning-assisted classification proposals. In 26A, Oracle improves proposed classification results and adds an automation agent action for proposing classification codes through workflows.
How does Oracle OTM improve rate shopping?
Oracle OTM 26A supports external rating engine rate shopping through a single REST request that can retrieve costs and transit times across multiple modes, service providers and service levels, reducing interface transaction volume.
What is shipment cost visibility in Oracle OTM?
Shipment cost visibility helps businesses understand transportation costs in more detail. In 26A, Oracle adds ship unit and package-level cost visibility, allowing cost review at the ship unit or ship unit line level.
How does Oracle OTM support sustainability?
Oracle OTM 26A supports emissions-related configuration by linking shipment rates to emission activity and using fuel-type information from service provider tender responses in emissions calculations.
How can NexInfo help with Oracle OTM and GTM?
NexInfo helps businesses implement, modernize and optimize Oracle OTM and GTM through 26A readiness assessment, Redwood adoption, Smart Search and workbench design, REST integration modernization, trade compliance setup, product classification workflows, license management, rate shopping, sustainability configuration, analytics, testing, training and managed services.