We don’t limit ourselves to who we service but we work best with high volume parcels or satchels and bulky pallet goods.
The benefits of an automated TMS are clear. The electronic and automatic communications facilitated by TransVirtual facilitate and dramatically improve productivity, speed, service levels, and visibility.
These 4 key signs of a business’ growth will indicate it’s time to use a TMS:
1. Can major carriers work with you? If you’re heading into carrier contract negotiations with manually crunched spreadsheets and outdated forecasts, there’s a good chance it’s time to evaluate a TMS for parcel shipping.
2. You need more staff to handle increasing shipping volumes.
3. You’re getting an increased number of calls to customer service.
4. You’re struggling to allocate shipping costs. With a TMS for parcel shipping, finance teams have access to real-time, accurate shipping data down to the stock keeping unit (SKU) level, improving reporting, forecasting and enabling them to create better disciplines around shipping spend.
We don’t limit ourselves to who we service but we work best with high volume parcels or satchels and bulky pallet goods.
The advantages of implementing an automated TMS are evident. With TransVirtual’s state-of-the-art electronic and automatic communications software, businesses can enhance their productivity, visibility, operational speed, and service levels.
A cloud-based TMS can provide numerous business benefits similar to other cloud solutions. These can include lower total cost of ownership, improved economies of scale, no upgrade fees, and a faster return on your investment.
In addition to this, a cloud-based TMS offers additional benefits for IT teams, such as fewer training and installation hours required, faster deployments, automatic updates that add the latest features to your software package, and enhanced end-to-end security.
A Transport Management System (TMS) is used by a wide range of businesses, including manufacturers, distributors, eCommerce companies, retailers, and logistics service providers. Logistic service providers can be further classified into different categories, such as Freight Forwarding Companies, Specialist Logistics Providers, Domestic Transport and Courier Companies, Third-Party Logistics Providers (3PL), and Private Fleet Managers.
These four growth indicators can be used to decide if it’s time for your business to start using transport management or logistics software:
- Carrier negotiations: If you’re negotiating with major carriers using manually compiled spreadsheets and outdated forecasting data, a TMS for optimising your shipping and logistics processes can provide a competitive advantage, helping you secure better terms.
- Increased shipping volume: If you are in a position where you need to hire more staff to handle increasing shipping volumes, a transport management system can automate large portions of your physical work, thus eliminating (or at least reducing) the need to seek additional personnel.
- Increased customer service calls: A TMS will automate the process of keeping your customers informed at every stage. That way, they don’t need to put in any effort to get updates, and you don’t need additional staff to handle queries. This reduces the number of customer service calls and frees up staff to work on more productive duties
- Shipping cost allocation: A TMS for parcel shipping provides finance teams with accurate, real-time shipping data at the SKU level, enabling seamless reporting and forecasting, and improving shipping spend discipline.
Cloud solutions improve economies of scale, lower total cost of ownership, are free to upgrade, and typically offer a faster return on investment (ROI).
IT teams love cloud-based solutions because they can deploy them faster, need to spend less time on training and installation, and everything updates automatically for improved security.
Some projects can be set up in a day while some can take up to 4 weeks – and don’t worry, we view implementation as a partnership and a shared process.
If you pick up, transport and deliver goods then you can improve your service with delivery software. Join businesses ranging from manufacturers, distributors, eCommerce businesses, retailers and logistics service providers (think: couriers, freight forwarders, 3PL providers, private fleet managers and specialist logistics providers).
These four key signs of growth indicate it’s time to start using transport or delivery software:
- Can major carriers work with you? If you’re heading into carrier contract negotiations with manually crunched spreadsheets and outdated forecasts, it’s time to evaluate a software for parcel shipping.
- You need more staff to handle increasing shipping volumes.
- You’re getting an increased number of calls to customer service.
- You’re struggling to allocate shipping costs. With the right software, finance teams have access to real-time, accurate shipping data right down to the stock keeping unit (SKU) level. Improving reporting, forecasting and enabling them to create better disciplines around shipping spend.
Whether you choose Express or Enterprise will depend on the kinds of features you need to use. As our original offering, TransVirtual Enterprise is a full-featured Transport Management System (TMS) that will support you in almost every aspect of your delivery business. Combine it with ERP software and you’re all set.
But many businesses don’t need software that can do everything.
Maybe you simply need features to support you to create jobs, assign pickup and deliveries, allocate routes and track your drivers. Supporting your drivers with route optimisation and turn-by-turn directions, and improving customer service with sign on glass and instant POD. If you know you don’t need the full suite of features that a TMS like Enterprise offers – why pay for them?
Both platforms will give you powerful delivery management tools, like:
- Electronic proof of delivery (POD)
- Courier and despatch
- Route optimisation
- Allocation controller
- Driver and GPS tracking
- Delivery management
- Multi depot support
- Geotags and timestamps
- Capture photo proof
- Turn-by-turn navigation
But Enterprise takes that a bit further by offering you on-forwarder connections, carrier integrations and accounting functions like:
- Automated billing & invoicing
- Xero and MYOB integration
- Rate cards
- Fuel levies
- Least cost carrier
- Real-time quotes
- Additional services capture
- RCTI & reverse billing
- Invoice management
Enterprise will also support your reporting needs with DIFOT management, CoR compliance and BI dashboards.
The benefits of a transport solution like TransVirtual Express are clear. You will dramatically improve productivity, speed, service levels and visibility.
At the beginning of the day, easy dispatch tools mean you’ll be creating jobs and routes in minutes. Features like:
- Allocation controller
- Route optimisation
- Live tracking
On the road, your drivers can follow turn-by-turn directions on their mobile app. At the door, they can take photos or have the receiver sign on glass, sending instant POD before they even leave the doorstep.
And your customers? Keep them in the loop with live last mile tracking. Provide accurate ETAs and send automatic customer notifications via SMS and email.
But here’s the best bit – with no minimum monthly volumes, you can start today and get on the road tomorrow.
A cloud-based transportation management system delivers many of the same business benefits as other cloud solutions, including improved economies of scale, lower total cost of ownership, no upgrade fees and a faster return on investment (ROI).
For IT, a cloud-based TMS provides additional benefits in the form of faster deployments, fewer hours needed for training and installation, automatic updates with the latest features and improved security.
A WMS allows for fulfillment efficiency by automating the inventory lifecycle, such as assigning pick tickets, billing processes and capturing real-time information. This happens from the time an order is received into the warehouse until it is shipped. A TMS manages the freight and carriers once an item is ready to be shipped.
TMS’ automation processes give your team more time back in their day to focus on growing your business.
Our founder’s long family history in the transport industry makes for a purpose-built and detailed management experience that extends further than comparable TMS solutions through smart integrations and niche features.
We view implementation as a partnership and a shared process. Some projects can be set up in a day while some can take up to 4 weeks.
TransVirtual offers all our customers a 30 day trial as well as a free demo. We’ll conduct an evaluation to figure out what you need and we’ll go from there!
ERPs are great for storing data and conducting BAU tasks, but investing in a TMS allows you to focus on your shipping processes end to end and keep your customers aware of what is happening.
A cloud-based transportation management system delivers many of the same business benefits as other cloud solutions, including improved economies of scale, lower total cost of ownership, no upgrade fees and a faster return on investment (ROI).
For IT, a cloud-based TMS provides additional benefits in the form of faster deployments, fewer hours needed for training and installation, automatic updates with the latest features and improved security.
The benefits of an automated TMS are clear. The electronic and automatic communications facilitated by TransVirtual facilitate and dramatically improve productivity, speed, service levels, and visibility.
These 4 key signs of a business’ growth will indicate it’s time to use a TMS:
1. Can major carriers work with you? If you’re heading into carrier contract negotiations with manually crunched spreadsheets and outdated forecasts, there’s a good chance it’s time to evaluate a TMS for parcel shipping.
2. You need more staff to handle increasing shipping volumes.
3. You’re getting an increased number of calls to customer service.
4. You’re struggling to allocate shipping costs. With a TMS for parcel shipping, finance teams have access to real-time, accurate shipping data down to the stock keeping unit (SKU) level, improving reporting, forecasting and enabling them to create better disciplines around shipping spend.
We don’t limit ourselves to who we service but we work best with high volume parcels or satchels and bulky pallet goods.
