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Freight & Transport Management
The effective management of transport operations is vital to a successful 3PL operation. It requires efficient management of loading , manifest creation, delivery sequences and Proof of delivery. But most importantly it is not isolated from the warehouse operations and an effective Transport Management system starts from the scheduling of warehouse operations to align with planned truck movements and ensuring full capacity utilisation.
Our freight and transport solutions are fully integrated to our warehousing operations therefore manage every aspect of these requirements.
Key features
- Caters for internal fleet or contract carriers
- Transport costing and billing for deliveries and pick-ups allows for contract rates, discounts, quantity breaks
- Prints shipping labels and consignment documentation
- Produces printed or electronic manifests in run and drop sequence
- Interfaces to route planning and scheduling software
- Calculates contract driver payments or carrier costs
Carrier Interfaces
- Uploads carrier rates and postcode/zone information
- Sends electronic manifests
- Uploads carrier invoices for automated matching
Proof of delivery (PDA based)
- Downloads electronic manifest to handheld PDA device
- Ability to record delivery details, eg cartons dropped, cash collected, signature capture, date and time stamped
- POD information returned immediately to host via GPRS network
- POD information and signatures available to the client via web enquiries
Proof of delivery (paper based)
- Consignment notes are signed and faxed in
- Auto scanning of documents into online repository using OCR scanning technology
- Document images available online via web enquiries
Freight Costing
- Separate rates and charging zones for each Carrier
- Flexible Pricing including:
- Individual contract prices by client
- Discounts based on the minimum charge, base rate or the kilo rate
- Allows a unique margin to be applied to the cost for Client/Carrier & Customer
- Freight costs can be by Kilos, Units or Pallets
- Carriers Invoices can be imported to save re-keying for reconciliation
- Optional printing of Manifests, Labels and Consignment Notes
- Exception Report details every Consignment Note where the calculated cost is not equal to the Carrier’s invoiced cost
- Caters for electronic interface to Carrier through the generation of a manifest file
Reporting and Analysis
- Exception reporting on incorrect carrier invoice charges
- Cost history and 'what-if' simulations
- Comprehensive history of transport activity by zone, carrier, vehicle type and individual truck
- Load balancing
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