Overview

The Transport Management System, .tms ensures that all your deliveries are loaded on your trucks and your drivers deliver the correct items to the correct customer at the correct location. There is full track and trace capabilities, so you know exactly where a delivery is at any point in time.

.tms requires:

  • article and label data

  • printed consignment labels

to be provided as input from another system, like .wms.

  • easily monitor deliveries for your system

    • the Dashboard visually displays the delivery status.

    • real time map that displays colour-coded dispatched routes for all drivers.

    • current GPS location of all vehicles on dispatched routes.

    • identify which consignments are yet to be delivered.

    • identify each stop and consignment to be delivered on a route for a specific driver.

  • manage your consignments

  • manage runs and routing

    • optimised automated routing determines the best travel route for a single vehicle that stops at multiple locations. It also considers any delivery windows for the certain destinations.

    • fleet routing determines the most effective routes for a set of vehicles that need to visit multiple locations, with the aim of reducing transportation costs across the fleet.

    • schedule consignments on vehicles.

    • schedule multiple runs on the same day for a vehicle.

    • manual re-routing of consignments.

    • manually change the order sequence of a run.

    • manually schedule breaks for your drivers on a run.

  • manage your users

    • allow your users to perform certain actions within .tms depending on the permissions you set for them.

    • restrict user access to certain depots.

  • reporting

    • standard reports are available to capture information on pending deliveries, deliveries in progress, completed deliveries.

    • custom reports can be created to capture specific business requirements.

  • deliveries

    • transparent and efficient delivery process

      - with drivers being able to take proof of delivery photographs and even include multiple articles in photos

      - also get a customer's signatures using sign on glass technology.

      - special instructions for drivers are readily displayed on the delivery screen.

    • ability for drivers to mark deliveries as futile if it is not safe to leave a parcel or safe drop has not been enabled.

    • customer notifications

    • configuration of delivery windows

    • return collections can be offered for the collection of unwanted goods to be returned from homes or other centralised locations.

    • to other countries with a valid country name or a 2-digit or 3-digit country code. ENG 10949