TMS project: WAYDEN’s experts support you in its implementation

The TMS (Transportation Management System), or transport management system, is a logistics tool designed to facilitate the management of the flow of goods. Find out why you should adopt such a management system and how WAYDEN’s experts can help you set it up.

 

What is a TMS?

The TMS is a platform that allows the company to plan, track and optimize the movement of incoming and outgoing goods, whether by road, sea, rail or air, from product procurement to delivery to customers.

Among the features offered by this tool are:

• Connection to carrier systems;
• Stock, analysis and comparison of transport information;
• Planning and execution of orders and transportation;
• The development of a delivery schedule;
• The management of delivery operations (invoicing and editing of order tracking documents);
• Freight management;
• The creation of dashboards and reporting;
• Sharing of analytical data (deadlines, transport occupancy rates, etc.);
• Real-time order tracking;
• …

TMS software is mainly used by players in the retail industry; automotive and production; the pharmaceutical and health industry; agri-food; aerospace, but also by manufacturers, distributors and logistics service providers, among others.

 

Installing a TMS: the benefits for your business

A real tool for optimising the supply chain, the TMS has many advantages for the company.

Here are some of the benefits of installing a transportation management system within your business:

• Optimize routes to ensure timely delivery of goods;
• Limit delays and unforeseen events with real-time freight tracking;
• Automate time-consuming tasks (invoicing of transport costs, creation of documentation on compliance with foreign trade rules, dashboards, reporting, contracts, payments, audits, etc.);
• Reduce transportation costs for the company and offer more competitive rates to end customers;
• Improve operational efficiency ;
• Streamline freight shipping through carrier rate comparisons and the most suitable transportation choice;
• Anticipate demand with analytics
• Facilitate decision-making thanks to an overview of the flow of goods and transport;
• Improve customer satisfaction through strict compliance with delivery deadlines and commitments;
• Strengthen the competitiveness of your company;
• Monitor the progress of deliveries;
• Simplify logistics processes;
• Streamline the sharing of information between the various stakeholders (carriers, warehouses, customers, distributors, etc.);
• …

To maximize the optimization of the entire supply chain, the TMS can be used in conjunction with other production management software such as ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) or WMS (Warehouse Management System).

 

Call on WAYDEN to set up a TMS

When implementing a TMS in your company, it is strongly recommended to call on experts to support its implementation.

At WAYDEN, we are able to identify and assign an interim manager who is an expert in the logistics and transport chain. The latter, withA long career of 15 to 25 years, is able to intervene in your company or on your production sites, wherever they are. Thanks to their outstanding managerial skills and solid expertise in logistics management, the interim manager will be able to steer the implementation of the software, adapt it to your needs and challenges and support your teams in getting to grips with the tool. Our interim managers can intervene in emergencies if necessary, whether in France or abroad.