Web Base Transport Management Solution

Introduction

4D Logistics offer a web base solution for transport planning and execution solutions leveraging economies of scale by managing multiple clients on a single transport planning infrastructure.

 

Vision:

• To offer a world class service solution, accessing through web base solutions.
• Having ease of access to add value in a short amount of time
• Provide an integrated platform for information sharing between the Clients, Principles, Transporters and Service Provider

4D Logistics has chosen PlanForge as their technology partner, making use of their world class transportation management platform.

 

The Need

Transportation Management

• Optimisation of vehicles
  • Reducing costs through planning less wasted kilometres travelled and more running time i.e. Efficiency
• Gain Control of the execution of the vehicles during daily activity
  • Reducing waste through better information management and pro-activity i.e. Effectiveness

Process / Commercial Management

• Flexible Commercial Management of Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable rates
• Business Process Management
  • Lead time improvement of order to cash cycle of transactions through improved control
  • Reducing admin costs in the processing of documents for accounts payable and receivable
• Transparency and Measurement of the life span of an order
  • Add value, to customers, clients, transporters and service providers through proper visibility of the lifespan of an order. Reducing costs through key performance indicator management.

Cost effective solution to deliver the requirements

 

System Benefits

Cost Savings - Optimisation of vehicles

• Planning of continuous moves increases laden mileage driven and reduces any empty mileage. This also increases overall asset utilisation.
• The visibility of available time also allows for opportunity identification
• Planning of loading and delivery bay windows avoids congestion and improves time efficiency

 

Cost Savings - Gain Control of the execution of the vehicles during daily activity

• Pro-Active Alerts based on planned delivery times to ensure communication of potential late collection and deliveries to Track and Trace
• Integration to vehicle tracking systems to update actual information
• Manual capture where required and status tracking on the Web

 

Flexible Commercial Management of Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable rates

• Flexible management of Accounts Payable and Receivable information
• Easy updates for increases such as fuel

 

Lead time improvement of order to cash cycle of transactions

• As a result of Execution control
• Control over the status of outstanding financial transactions from web reporting and actions also forces process to conclusion

 

Transparency and Measurement of the life span of an order

• Order history can be used for investigation purposes, but also for very strong reporting of Key Performance Indicators and Metrics to enable continuous improvement

 

Solution Benefits

Rapid Deployment

• Hardware and Software are up and running, tested and ready for deployment and configuration
• Experts in Transport Management Systems use tried and tested methodologies and processes
• Already developed interfaces into the platform allow for easy data flow (incl. many vehicle tracking systems)

Hosted Environment

• No Capex required - improves ROA and reduces decision making lead time
• No dedicated staff required for support or maintenance
• Total user scalability
• No annual license fees