Transport Management System

News... 08 Feb RedPrairie Announces Collaborative Portal for Managing Inbound Freight 30 Jan Oracle Positioned in Leaders Quadrant for Transportation Management Systems By Leading Analyst Firm 30 Jan Oracle Integrates Oracle’s JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and Oracle(r) Transportation Management 12 Oct Air France Cargo Network Now Live on Unisys-Operated Cargo Portal Services 12 Oct MyConvoy.com Launches Marketing of Two Leading Driver Services -- SiriCOMM Signs Reseller Agreements with TransCore and Maptuit 12 Oct TransCore Wins 2007 Call Center of the Year Award 12 Oct European Space Agency Selects TransCore’s GlobalWave Research and Development Team Along With Novacom Services 26 Sep Microlise Contract Delivers eTicket Solution to Castle Cement 26 Sep Del Monte Foods Selects GT Nexus 30 Aug TransCore Nominated for Prestigious Global Call Center Award 11 Aug Caprabo Successfully Deploys i2 Transportation Solutions and Improves Service Levels 09 Aug Ruan Looks Toward The Future With Strong Leadership 02 Aug IBM and Singapore's Land Transport Authority Pilot Innovative Traffic Prediction Tool 02 Aug ARCLINE (2000) INC., Introduces New Accounting Interface with Sage Accpac ERP System 02 Aug Westport Petroleum Selects Solarc For Trading And Transportation Management Of Crude And Refined Products 31 Jul Dart Transit, North America’s 14th Largest Truckload Dry Van Fleet, Selects TransCore’s 3sixty Fleet Management Integrated T 31 Jul Cornerstone Productions Selects KonaWare, For Fleet Location and Event Management 19 Jul ARCLINE (2000) INC., Launches ArcGroups™ Division Module 19 Jul Intergraph Delivers Integrated Transportation Management System to South Carolina Department of Transportation 19 Jul Pegasus Logistics Group Streamlines Fulfillment Solution 16 Jul Precision Software Enables Visible Global Transportation From A Single System 12 Jul Winning Executive Support For Transportation Management Initiatives 03 Jul Werner Enterprises was Awarded for its Highest Level of Cargo Security 28 Jun TietoEnator and SDC start cooperation on system for planning and control of timber transports - KOLA 28 Jun KonaWare, Inc. Announces New Fleet Location, Vehicle Diagnostics and Event Management Solution 28 Jun Dan Goodwill and Associates and Schneider Logistics Plan Transportation Consulting Services Alliance 21 Jun RedPrairie Integrated Warehouse – Fleet Solution Provides Seamless Delivery and Returns Process for Distributors 15 Jun Paragon Smooths the Flow at Anglian Water 14 Jun Nexus Distribution Corp and MercuryGate International, Inc. Announce Implementation of MercuryGate’s TMS as Strategic Technolo 08 Jun DHL Exel uses Paragon software to reduce costs & improve service at BP, cutting fleet requirements by 13% and more 07 Jun Hub Group, Inc. Announces a Definitive Agreement to Acquire Assets of Interdom Partners 07 Jun FreightCar America Enhances Its Customer Service Organization as Part of Its Overall Continuous Improvement Strategy 06 Jun BDP is the first global logistics service provider to complete Responsible Care® Management System® 05 Jun Traffic.com Awards TransCore Installation & Maintenance Contracts to Expand Its Proprietary Traffic Sensor Data Network 02 Jun Doskocil Implements Oracle Transportation Management to Replace Manual Processes and Reduce Logistics Costs More News...

Transportation management has become sophisticated because of new trends like emergence of logistic service providers, broadening business geography, wider adoption of air, ocean and intermodal transport, complex Supply Chain comprising of numerous trading partners and ever increasing customs and security regulations. Transportation management systems have brought more efficiency, control and visibility over various transportation management tasks. Traditionally TMS helped transportation staff with tasks like carrier selection, transportation procurement, vehicle routing and scheduling. Modern TMS have advanced functions like contract management and compliance, automatic load plan generation from demand plan, optimized transportation mode selection, combinatorial bid optimization, unified management of private and hired fleet, appointment scheduling, freight audit and payment, mobile asset management, driver and fuel management system, carrier performance management, reporting and analysis of transportation spend. Some can even generate delivery plan and schedule from the purchase order. They are also well integrated with external systems like order management systems, yard management system, Global Trade management system, ERP, Warehouse Management System and also customer support system. Usefulness of TMS has expanded far beyond the transportation staff and reached other internal teams like purchasing, suppliers, 3PL and even customers. Traditionally barriers such as huge cost, lack of interfaces for system integration, long implementation times associated with TMS roll out have all hindered TMS adoption. Today TMS adoption and integration is much easier because of on demand TMS services and technologies such as SOA. Implementing transportation management systems will bring total visibility to the supply chain, deliver more information and power to decision makers, reduce inventory and administrative cost and deliver better customer experience through well managed supply chain.