Smartbit TMS

Transport Planning, Routing, and Delivery

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Shorter planning time

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Less mileage

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More accurate deliveries

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Higher vehicle utilization

The key goal in the supply chain for delivering goods is to deliver them accurately, on time, and to the right place with minimal costs. With the help of technological solutions, TMS as one of our logistics platforms helps companies plan and optimize the physical movement of goods, provide supporting documentation, and analyze goods movement processes. TMS provides visibility into daily transport operations, ensures alignment of information and documentation between the sender and receiver, and ensures timely and accurate delivery of goods. Transport management systems play a significant role in the supply chain, influencing and enhancing every segment of the process, from planning and procurement through logistics operations to sales and delivery, resulting in greater customer satisfaction.

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Planning

Systematic assessment of cargo based on volume for a specific regional zone and delivery parameters such as working hours and access type to the delivery location determine the choice of vehicles for executing transport orders with maximum fleet utilization. Cargo volume is determined by the weight of the cargo and its dimensions, packaged logistics units, pallets, transport boxes, etc.

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Routing

TMS automatically selects routes for optimal vehicle movement, determines the loading sequence of goods, provides estimates of required time and mileage, giving dispatchers insight into vehicle utilization and optimizing costs and vehicle performance. Drivers adhere to the assigned route with minimal deviations in case of traffic congestion during travel.

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Delivery

Dispatch note on mobile devices and marked packages that can be scanned by a phone camera or built-in scanner reduce errors during unloading and delivery of goods at the delivery location. Confirmation of unloading and generation of systematic reports via TMS provides deliverers or their clients with real-time insights into delivery performance and data for adjusting future planning.

Transportation Cost Estimation

TMS is a powerful software tool that, fueled by data, provides users with insight into all segments of the goods transportation process. Each delivery of goods or their receipt, each transport order, generates certain costs, whether they are ongoing costs such as tolls and fuel or depreciation costs, regular and extraordinary services, technical inspections, and insurance, driver costs, etc. These costs contribute to the price of the product or service, and it is crucial that they be evaluated. Since each transport order provides insight into delivered goods on one hand and costs for delivering goods on the other, it is easy to assess the efficiency of individual vehicles or the entire fleet, as well as the profitability of transportation and its overall contribution to costs or realized profit.

Contract Delivery and Billing

Companies often choose to outsource their product delivery to a seasoned team, a company that provides delivery services for multiple clients and thereby earns its profit.

Contract delivery is a complex process that often involves subcontractors to achieve greater regional coverage. In such scenarios, for efficient delivery, TMS is an indispensable tool that helps organize successful goods transportation for multiple clients.

The scenario where a single vehicle carries goods for multiple clients raises the question of billing for such services, which is resolved by implementing TMS, enabling fair billing for delivery services based on predefined price lists and parameters, whether it involves delivering a single box or a truckload of goods on one hand, and assessing the costs of the service on the other.

The participation costs of subcontractors also determine the service charges of the carrier. TMS provides a systematic assessment of these costs and defines the profitability of any transport tour.

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Control of documents, records, and returns

Whether you use digital or paper documents, often both, TMS provides complete management of consignment notes, waybills, travel orders, records, and returns of goods. Announced or unannounced returns are systematically recorded and are part of transport orders as an integral part of goods movement control.

Fleet management

Each vehicle card in TMS that is part of your fleet provides insight into vehicle condition, mileage, depreciation costs, scheduled technical inspections, alerts for future technical inspections, expiration of regular and comprehensive insurance, as well as each vehicle's participation and costs in distribution for a specified period.

Integration with other systems

TMS is almost always part of a broader process, whether it's e-commerce, manufacturing, distribution, retail chain, or 3PL. Adequate, automated, and fast data transfer determines the quality of goods movement management.

Although part of a larger system, TMS is an independent platform that, through connectors developed by our team, can connect to any ERP, WMS, e-commerce, or other solution.