Transportation Software, Planning/Management

The cost of physical distribution is the next big opportunity for reducing cost in the order to delivery (Cash) cycle after manufacturing. The cost of physical distribution is often not transparent within an organization. We can provide transportation software and methods to generate and collect the data, analyze and provide recommendations for process improvement. We can help you plan and implement the improvement, measure and record the progress.

Our delivery and transportation software and expertise can offer a complete review of your business delivery requirements and logistics structure. Through this analysis we can offer you cost savings strategies to provide on time delivery utilizing optimal mode shipments and cost advantaged carriers. Automated load building, shipment routing, and assigning the most cost-effective carrier will all contribute to reduced distribution costs. This automation will also improves staff efficiency and effectiveness whether located centrally or distributed.

We have experienced resources in all forms of transportation including:

• Ocean Freight Container and Bulk Rail
• Inter-modal Truck
• Air Software to handle Transportation Management Systems (TMS) can help optimize:
• Freight Costs; individual rate quotes and complete rate table maintenance
• Manpower Savings; interface to ERP systems

Software to handle Transportation Management Systems (TMS) can help improve service to customers with:

• Actual delivery time
• Analysis of performance by carrier
• Shipment status and real time online tracking
• Modeling of contemplated distribution changes

Transportation software can be the keystone for bringing your transportation management to best practices in the industry, including:

• Automated mode selection, load building, routing and carrier selection. This system incorporates a solution that is constrained by what is important in your distribution process such as carrier capacity, transit time, carrier service capability, carrier cost and customer requirements.
• Automated freight payment including self-invoicing.
• High visibility to customer and carrier through the Internet and EDI.

Means of Measurement: Freight costs are routinely tracked so before and after analysis can easily be conducted