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Who Uses Transportation Management Software and Why?

  Transport management software is no longer a decision of speculation for the logistics & supply chain industry but a necessity to alleviate the manual work of blue-collared employees. It’s a subset of the larger supply chain and just part of a company’s software solution. The purpose of a TMS is to make shipping and transportation easier for businesses to manage. These days, with companies like Amazon upping the ante with free two-day shipping, it’s more important than ever for businesses to stay at the top of their transportation game. TMS Software is used by a wide variety of companies. Users might include: Retailers and eCommerce businesses Third-party logistics service providers (LSPs) Distributors Manufacturers Shippers and freight forwarders Fleet owners Why are they using TMS software? It increases efficiency.  TMS solves the problem of wasting time during trucking and transport on ineffective routes or filling vessels with less-than-capacity loads. These are the...

What Does A Transport Management System Do?

  A transport management system or TMS is a high-tech solution to age-old problems in the logistics & supply chain industry. A transport management system brings down the paperwork in the logistics businesses and takes everything from order planning to final payment & invoice settlement to a digital platform.  One of the most important objectives of a high-quality TMS is to help businesses understand their operational gaps and take data-driven decisions to increase the logistics efficiency & reduce cost & time at the same time. Some of the most common features of a TMS are; real time logistics control tower that gives a real-time visibility of en-route shipments and helps logistics managers to reduce en-route challenges and increase on-time deliveries. From live monitoring to exception handling, control towers assist in 360 degree logistics management. Logistics orchestration streamlines your logistics workflow and decreases load-building TATs.  Fretron...

Install The Vehicle Tracking System In Your Vehicle For Your Safety

Almost everyone owns a vehicle and you are also known for eh a number of accidents happening every day. One can’t prevent the accidents always but you can definitely take some safety precautions by following traffic rules and having a vehicle tracking system in your car, trucks etc. The vehicle tracking system is connected to the software which can find out the location of the vehicle anytime. Actually, it tracks the total path of the vehicle and that’s why it is a safety measure for the people who go alone in the vehicles. What is the benefit of hiring the vehicle tracking system? The vehicle tracking system enhances the road safety because if any vehicle is running at a higher speed, then it tracks it down and gives the signal to the driver to slow down the vehicle. This is highly necessary for these days when people drive their vehicles at a high speed because they always remain in a hurry. The fleet management solutions company makes sure that their customers remain safe while dri...

7 Ways Connected Logistics Boosts Your Transportation Management

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Connected logistics and supply chain is the leading efficiency enabler within the current Covid-19 pandemic related transportation ‘adaptation’. It’s critical to track everything from order creation to the final delivery to the consignee. We can see this need stand paramount across manufacturing, FMCG, pharmaceuticals, retail, e-commerce, chemicals, cement, oil and gas, coal and metal bulk loads, etc. In this blog, you will see the Fretron way to ensure complete supply chain visibility, accountability and reliability with our robust Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled connected logistics platform. Total interoperability, visibility, agility and control with connected logistics Fretron’s complete transportation management system (TMS) helps plan, create, manage, track and optimize every order, load, shipment, and delivery. It helps integrate multiple enterprise software into a single interface. It also helps securely on-board shippers, carriers, LSPs, vendor partners, and consignees onto a...