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Major TMS/SCE Customers
Business Statistics
Transportation Spend Managed
$6,000,000,000+
Users
10,000+
Customers
20
Countries
30+
Locations
500+
Shipments Managed
5,200,000+
Carriers
6,000+
TransWorks TMS/SCE
SaaS - No customer capital investment
ROI measured in weeks
Process improvement
Employee Productivity
Total Supply Chain Visibility
Implementation in 30-60 days
Relationship Management
TW handles EDI all w/Carriers
Freight awarded based on Cost/Service
Options to Eliminate 3rd party invoice processor fees
Carrier ManagementAutomated information exchange between you
and your carriers, despite many technology
limitations
Single point of integration from shipper ERP to
provide your carriers multiple communication
options
Streamlined private web-based portal for
small and medium sized carriers
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
Mobile apps (iPhone and Android)
Auto-fax
Relationship evaluation tools
Rate Management
Rate Management (RMS) can act as a stand-
alone rating engine and/or mirror your rate
database(s)
Rates can be based on multiple criteria, such
as:
Mode, carrier, equipment, customer, city,
state, zip, ranges, zones, equipment
types, commodity, etc.
Mileage, flat, minimum, ton, hundred
weights, quantity, etc.
Fuel surcharge and other accessorial charges
are applied to each shipment to determine
total cost
RMS is used to make cost-based tendering
decisions and enable freight payment
TL, LTL & Optional Rail RateSelect Module
available for complex route building
Rules-Based Tendering
Reduced cost per shipment by tendering to the
“best” carrier(s) in sequence, based on your
rules
Assigned lane or load (auto)-no response
needed
Single carrier-response required
Allocation to multiple carriers
Percentage of the Lane
Number based
Optimal (Service Level &/or Cost)
Broadcast to all/select carriers concurrently
Optimal Broadcast
SPOT Rates
…or any combination by Lane, City, State,
Zone, Point, etc.
Optimization Option
Lowest TOTAL cost tendering, considering carrier
commitments & capacity constraints
Building and leveraging relationships with core carriers,
leveraging carriers natural networks
Leveraging existing network design and execution plan
Flexibility to dynamically adjust supply chain rules
Ability to review and execute all or parts of the plan
Schedule or re-run multiple scenarios as needed
Optimization Plan Cost Savings
Minimum Cost $8,332 31%
Best Cost with Capacity Only $8,637 29%
Best Cost with Optimized Commitments $8,955 26%
Best Cost with Actual Commitments Honored $9,049 25%
Actual Cost $12,128 0%
Supply Chain ExecutionOptimization Tool
RAIL Execution Option
TransWorks product integration with a strategic partner to provide rail tracking, rating, demurrage, EBoL for carload shippers
Allows TransWorks to provide both truck and rail functionality to our shipper customer base
Appointment Scheduling
Carriers can set their own pick up appointment
after successfully accepting a tender
Appointment schedule can be defined by
“loading” area/dock
Multiple loading areas can be defined by
location, commodity, equipment, carrier, payment
terms, etc.
Schedule slots and constraints are defined for
each area
Slots can be added, deleted, or suspended by
authorized employees to accommodate holidays,
outages, etc.
Carriers can self-schedule appointments as
part of tender acceptance or at a later time
Appointment list/metrics allow both shipper &
carriers to keep track of appointment status
Exception Management
Proactive exception visibility and notification of
issues, before they grow into customer failures
Key customer-defined events are tracked from
multiple sources
Proactive exception notifications, based on
business rules and carrier preference
Tenders, rates, pick up, delivery, exceptions,
Insurance
Logging of events & status changes for
historical review
Audit logs with time & user tracking
Rail-Tracker option provides proactive rail
shipment management tool including real- time
visibility of inventory and equipment
Freight Settlement
Automated freight payment is enabled by
leveraging rate and exception management,
minimizing human interaction and error
The TMS stores all key data required for
Auto-payment:
Auto-Rated shipments
Base freight, fuel and other accessorials
Proof of Delivery
(via Exception Management module)
...TMS transmits “rated shipment” & ePOD
Rail-Demurrage option provides control of
your demurrage expenses across all of your
shipping/receiving facilities and rail carriers
Trailer Pool
Shippers and carriers have visibility to track
all trailers at a facility (plant, warehouse,
etc.)
Functionality available for one to many
pools, ready for pickup, etc:
Trailer location & times
Status of each trailer
Empty, loaded, rejected (& reason),
docked, ready for pickup, etc.
Detailed audits on each trailer, including
date and time stamp, as well as the user
making the updates
Carriers have visibility to all trailers in your
location, along with the status and times
KPI’s/Business Intelligence
Objective carrier measurement, based on
individual metrics – cost, reliability and coverage
Flexible web/reporting mechanisms:
Leverage existing pre-defined reports on
demand or use to create customized reports
- Define and report on critical KPI’s
- Create ad-hoc reports
Schedule reports to run hourly, daily, weekly,
etc.
Many delivery options and flexible formats.
Information can be stored, delivered via web
browser, emailed, printed and/or saved as
Excel, DOC, CSV, HTML or PDF
Flexible Visibility – what’s needed where
it’s needed:
– Enterprise Wide
– Location based
– Groups of Locations
– Employees/Contractors
– Carriers
– Customers
Full controlled and configurable by user.
Auditable– full history of rates, tenders
and LBT rules, shipment & carrier audits
End-to-End Visibility
Val
ues
Del
iver
ed
Area TMS Feature Benefits
All Locations On
A Single System
Corporate Visibility & Unified View of
Transportation for Multiple Legacy Systems
Location Job Sharing or Vacation Coverage
Application Flexibility; “easy” integration
from multiple legacy systems to ERP system
Single Rating Engine Platform
Automated
Tendering
Time Savings; allow time to do planning
New/Updated Load Detail
Real Time Communication
Exception Management
Manual Dispatch
Visibility
Manual
Appointment
Scheduling
Online Carrier
Appointment
Scheduling
Time Savings
Reduce Driver Detention
Single Platform for All Appointments, Prepaid
& Collect
Ability to track premium freight spend
Estimate Annual Savings is 10-20% of Freight
Spend
Optimal
Tendering Via
Low Cost
Freight Spend
Customer Benefits
Customer BenefitsV
alu
es D
eliv
ered
Area TMS Feature Benefits
Real Time
Proactive
Communication
Check Progress of Loads / Orders
Improve On-time Pickup & Delivery %
Improve Customer Satisfaction
POD (Proof Of Delivery) Detail for Sarbanes
Oxley Reviews
Improve Invoice Accuracy
Exception Management
Business
Intelligence (BI)
Tools
Analysis for Additional Savings
Detail & Scorecards for Carrier Reviews
Canned Reports i.e. Lane Analysis, Low Cost
Analysis, Freight Spend, etc.
Reporting
Track & Trace
Capabilities
Transportation IT
Support
SaaS (Software-
as-a-Service)
Quick Implementation; Other Than EDI
Integration, No IT Time Required
Proprietary data
TransWorks Hosts, No Software / Hardware
Costs
No System Upgrades Required; Included as
part of the TransWorks Solution
EDI Transactional Flow of Data(TransWorks TMS & Customer)
Carrier Rates
Shipment Status
Shipment Information
Carrier /Customer Addresses
Invoice / Freight Charges
Tender Response
TMS / SCE
ERP / Order
Management
System
Val
ue
to C
arri
ers
Area TMS Feature Benefits
All Locations On
A Single System
Automates communication with you - their
customer
Ease of use and integration with their
standard processes
EDI, Web, Mobile App, Email, Text, Fax
Appointment times can be self-scheduled
Automated
Tendering
Real Time Communication
New/Updated Load Detail
Exception Management notifications
Standard performance Metrics / Scorecard
Dispatch
Visibility
No Fees to Carrier
Protects bids & commitments
Payment authorization Triggered by POD
Eliminate 3rd party payment processors
Optimal
Tendering Via
Low Cost
Freight Payment
Carrier Benefits
EDI Transactional Flow of Data(TransWorks TMS & Carrier)
Shipment Status
Updates
New Tender /
Shipment Request
Shipment Updates / Changes
Tender Response (accept /
reject)
CarrierTMS / SCE
Security is paramount
AS2/ FTPs/ sFTP
Customer Support
TransWorks Customer Support allows you to focus on your
business by supporting you through every facet of the
implementation…
Pre-Implementation
• Business Rules Gathering
• Carrier / Shipper on-site and web-based Training
• Test go-live
Post-Implementation
• On-site go live
• Customer Support / Help Desk available 24x7
• Customer reviews
• Account Management
• Periodic releases of new functionality
• Business Intelligence / Reporting support
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