Justifying a TMS

Jul 18, 2018 | Transportation Management

A recent industry magazine blog post offered up some surprising findings regarding how a number of companies view the importance of a Transportation Management System (TMS).  

The author’s research indicated that nearly half of the companies he talked with were not convinced the ROI justified purchasing a TMS.  The top reasons for this were spelled out by the author included in this order:

  1. Payback was not clear
  2. Not a priority for the Executive team
  3. Lack of organizational readiness
  4. Considering a 3PL as an alternative

I’m not sure which companies were a part of the blog author’s studies; but you can be sure that FASCOR TMS users were not among them.

Consider FASCOR TMS/WMS customer, ORR Safety. The company’s  integrated FASCOR TMS/WMS approach is delivering some staggering yearly savings of $500,000.

Want to learn more?  Contact us here.  We’re always interested to learn about your specific distribution challenges.

FASCOR TMS capabilities and options include:

  • Multi carrier shipping systems means one system for multiple carriers to simplify the shipping process and deliver maximum resource utilization
  • Insures carrier compliance & eliminates carrier charge-backs while facilitating best and least cost selection of services through Rate Shopping
  • Business Rules Manager (BRM) allows customers to implement unlimited rules to enforce internal policies, routing instructions and or customer requirements
  • Open, powerful, state-of-the-art design shortens integration time and simplifies user training
  • N-Tier Architecture provides a highly scalable solution capable of
    supporting an unlimited number of locations and users
  • Bar Code and other auto-id technology improves shipping accuracy and reduces data errors, processing time and paper work
  • Built in tools to improve customer support through online shipment information
  • Easy-to-use web browser based functionality that includes broad reporting functions using Crystal Reports™
  • Advanced Application Programming Interfaces (EEAPI) allows FASCOR TMS to be fully integrated with other business systems including ERP and Warehouse Management
  • Full integration for order entry requirements including, pre-routing, rate shopping based on cost and in-transit times, carrier delivery confirmation data and customer service needs
  • Carrier certified by UPS, FedEx, USPS and others
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