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Transportation Management

Software-as-a-Service
Transportation Management System
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)
Technology platforms are accelerating the maturation of transportation and logistics solutions.

How to Benefit from SaaS Transportation Management System

SaaS is a single-instance, multi-tenant environment where customers and their partners access a shared solution via
the Internet. Carrier has to integrate with each user separately.

Competitive Advantage

#Cost: SaaS is sold as a service, not a product, which increases and accelerates a user's return on investment as it
moves from implementation to integration.

#Scalability can be as simple as having immediate access to additional carriers already in the network, on-board
new customers, carriers & suppliers. Add and upgrade services on demand.

#Accessibility increases as more partners are integrated on a single platform and more data travels across the
same environment.

Partners are all in the same environment, #Visibility is that much greater. Real-time communication is enhanced.
Every party knows what is happening, when, and why.

With greater visibility, businesses can share information faster and more efficiently. Vendors, carriers, and shippers
can #Collaborate to work across each other's networks.
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)

It is important for shippers to know what makes SaaS unique from other deployment models.

SaaS: The technology runs on a platform and the customer accesses it via the "cloud." SaaS supports a multi-tenant
network that allows multiple business partners to integrate on the same platform.

Hosted: Technology is accessed on demand, much like SaaS, but does not have a multi-tenant architecture, therefore
requiring separate implementations for each user, and integrations for each carrier.

On-premise: Technology is installed and runs on the customer's hardware, requiring administrative resources and
additional cost for databases and infrastructure.
Innovative technology initiatives help increase supply chain efficiencies

A Transportation Management System offers a return on investment (ROI) that will provide continuous process
improvement while at the same time keeping freight costs under control. The integration can be influenced in real
time by several factors, such as

Freight volume
Lead times
Customer-specific routing requirements &
System capabilities

Leveraging transportation management system capabilities such as shipment status retrieval, electronic invoicing and
automated reporting helps shippers make better real time decisions and take immediate action based on up to date
information.

SaaS reduces the level of effort and expense to implement and maintain integration with business partners,
ultimately providing a faster ROI.
How to Select a Transportation Management Solution

Identify current resources and capabilities, then look for transportation management system providers whose
capabilities complement existing strengths and long-term strategies.

Developing a shared vision, clarifying strengths and weaknesses, and understanding what an organization needs in a
transportation management provider are initial considerations that dictate future success.

Define project scope and expectations

Technology integration, process redesign, performance measures and identifying performance metrics.

Monitoring the transformation and comparing results to project goals and incorporating an exit strategy.

Evaluate ongoing performance with prioritized metrics and encourage further participation from project owners,
evaluators, and implementers.
What your Transportation Management System Should Provide

A Solid, Viable transportation management system solution should be able to provide:-

Lowest cost carrier for a particular shipment

Dispatch of shipments

Confirmation that the pick-up

Tracking the location of the shipment..

Verify invoices received or produced

Application of the correct account coding information on a shipment

Reports to management on trends, totals, and on time transit factors for individual orders or a given supplier or
freight carrier.

Automatic sending of reports to anyone designated in the company

Metrics for Tracking and Improving Carrier Performance

On-Time Pickup/Delivery - Measuring a carriers on-time percentage

Communication By comparing the time a carrier notifies you of a delay to the actual appointment time, you can
determine how well a carrier proactively communicates.

Fallouts A fallout is when a carrier accepts a load tender and, for any reason, hands the load back due to lack of
capacity.

TMS Updates The carriers with a higher update frequency usually have a better handle on the status of their
trucks.

Tender Acceptance Measuring the percentage of tenders that each carrier accepts or eliminates.

Rate - Measuring the rates being paid to the carriers

How Tech Is Reshaping Logistics
RFID Technologies

Technology is evolving every facet of logistics, enabling much smarter, simpler supply chain management.

RFID technologies ensuring the right goods are at the right place at the right time, products can be scanned, counted, and
registered in an organizations system simultaneously.

Real-time RFID insights allow supply chain managers to measure the time it takes for each step in the production cycle.

Cloud Integration

Integrating cloud-based technologies into logistics makes it possible to digitally track a product throughout each stage of its lifecycle.

Cloud-based technologies are universally accessible, which means systems can be accessed from virtually any location, at any time.
Everyone from drivers to account managers can log into the cloud to download relevant files, or communicate the status of a
shipment on any internet-enabled device.

IoT Enhancements

Internet of Things will influence supply chain management in profound ways.

IoT in logistics is integrated in the overall management of a supply chain. Specifically, IoT technologies communicate with Bluetooth,
RFIDs, and cloud technologies to quickly organize, monitor, and route products to meet the growing demand of consumers and
providers.
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