{"id":503,"date":"2016-07-05T14:50:19","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T14:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wizrom-new\/articles\/what-is-a-transportation-management-system\/"},"modified":"2016-07-05T14:50:19","modified_gmt":"2016-07-05T14:50:19","slug":"what-is-a-transportation-management-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wizrom.ro\/en\/articles\/what-is-a-transportation-management-system\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Transportation Management System ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A transport software solution (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wizrom.ro\/ro\/solutii-software-wizrom\/transport-management-solutions-tms_10\">TMS software<\/a>) helps companies transport goods from the warehouse to destination efficiently, reliably and inexpensively. TMS encompasses solutions for moving goods of any kind and also has included intermodal movements.\u00a0TMS software includes transportation of goods both domestically and internationally, using means of transport either owned by the company or by an external service provider. Transport volume handled by the program range in size from parcels, bulk goods in industrial quantities.<\/p>\n<p>TMS is a software that streamlines the transport of goods and is an integrated part of an ERP system.<\/p>\n<p>If you are <strong>distributor<\/strong> of all kinds, implementing TMS software you will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>reduce the number of vehicles used<\/li>\n<li>improve customer service quality<\/li>\n<li>lower the cost of delivery<\/li>\n<li>reduce time required for inventories<\/li>\n<li>shrink waiting times<\/li>\n<li>have capabilities\/new methods to deliver goods to customers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking for a transportation software then you must orient yourself to a quick solution in terms of <strong>return on investment<\/strong>. TMS software <strong>features<\/strong>\u00a0are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ensuring the <strong>optimal route<\/strong> planning for transport<\/li>\n<li>facilitates the transformation of delivery orders in <strong>dynamic routes<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>options that allow <strong>real-time tracking<\/strong> of vehicles in relation to the planned routes<\/li>\n<li>provides strategic planning of logistics activities, <strong>eliminating manual plotting estimates and risks<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Installing<\/strong> this system in the company will create <strong>support<\/strong> for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>efficient use of vehicles<\/li>\n<li>adapting to the hours of delivery requested by customers<\/li>\n<li>scheduling orders arising at the last moment<\/li>\n<li>reduce logistics costs<\/li>\n<li>efficiency in warehouse management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The more you use the transportation management system, the more you <strong>reduce the time<\/strong> for freight management and time working on other projects, such as filing fees. If \u00a0a TMS is integrated, for example, in an ERP system, you can <strong>reduce the errors<\/strong> in the database because you will lose less time to correct these errors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Benefits<\/strong> of Implementing a <strong>Transportation Management Software<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>some softwares can connect to transport <strong>existing GPS<\/strong> systems<\/li>\n<li>new delivery capabilities &#8211; reducing the number of kilometers traveled by optimizing routes and areas<\/li>\n<li>decrease delivery costs and waiting times<\/li>\n<li>reduce the number of vehicles used and the routing duration<\/li>\n<li>improve quality of <strong>customer service<\/strong> \u2013 the fact that a transportation software allows you to use reports and data analysis will help a lot in customer service because you can see specifically what are the effects of choices made by you and thus keep your clients more knowledgable<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These challenges represent real opportunities, that need to be understood and explored. Using the right tools, they can increase the quality of customer service, reduce costs and increase profits by <strong>eliminating excess mileage<\/strong>,<strong> overtime costs<\/strong> made by drivers and vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Basically the main functionality of a transportation software consists in the ability to <strong>optimize the operations<\/strong> in your company, helping you to maintain and increase business competitiveness by reducing transportation costs massively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A transport software solution (TMS software) helps companies transport goods from the warehouse to destination efficiently, reliably and inexpensively. TMS encompasses solutions for moving goods of any kind and also has included intermodal movements.\u00a0TMS software includes transportation of goods both domestically and internationally, using means of transport either owned by the company or by an&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8449,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wizrom.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wizrom.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wizrom.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wizrom.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wizrom.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wizrom.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wizrom.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wizrom.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wizrom.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wizrom.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}