TMS Transport Management Solutions from Ripples-FMS 2.0
Digital transformation in logistics with TMS Transport Management Solutions to address the key pain points faced by transport management companies across Africa. The common pain points we encountered during our ERP implementation are as follows. Inefficient utilisation of trucks, unable to track the driver performance, lack of visibility on expense management, Inaccuracies and delays in the generation and collection of invoices, incurring unforeseen demurrage charges & cross-border delays, increased inventory cost and lack of visibility on stock levels, ineffective employee performance evaluation system, inefficient utilisation of fuel in trucks, and Slow and inefficient decision-making process on key areas, poor customer satisfaction levels, etc
Transport Management Software Versions and Editions
TMS software versions offered are Bronze, Silver and Gold plans bundled with a range of standard management reports, integration with container and cargo tracking technology, hosted on a dedicated cloud with customisation options available.
- Truck Availability Reports.
- Loads Availability & Trip Planning.
- Maintenance Checklists.
- Timely alerts on return loads.
- Route deviation alerts.
- Alerts on overspeeding, etc.
- Allow prompt decisions regarding older trucks, whether to scrap or utilise them for short hauls.
- Maximum utilisation of trucks and improved business volume handling
- On-time deliveries and customer satisfaction.
- Increase the life of assets (trucks, trailers, etc).
- Reduce unwanted costs on older trucks.
- Reduce empty kilometres and increase the revenue.
- Driver Ranking Reports.
- Retrieval of truck operations by drivers.
- Trip closing with mileage shortage recoveries.
- Proper tracking of cargo and fuel shortages.
- Identify the good drivers and retention plans for them.
- Increased life of assets (trucks, trailers etc).
- Reduce unwanted expenses.
- Auto calculation of trip expenses based on configured tariffs.
- Multi-level approval system for disbursing amounts.
- Automatic alerts on delayed expenses, cash balance statuses.
- Eliminate inaccuracies from invoices and expedite the receiving process.
- Reduce the revenue leakages through wrong invoices.
- Timely receipt of revenue will ensure the smooth running of the business.
- Pre-clearance documents management and checklist.
- Alerts on cargo delivery delays.
- Preventive maintenance checklist.
- Driver performance history.
- Reduce unwanted expenses and increase revenue.
- Minimise the turnaround time for trucks
- Contributing to enhanced revenue generation
- Multi-level approval system for quotations & purchases
- Stock management reports.
- Re-order level arrangements.
- Alerts on spare and tyre-consuming trucks.
- Truck-wise performance and tyre performance reports.
- Tracking of labour costs & spare costs against trucks.
- Reduce the unwanted costs of spare and tyre purchases.
- Better visibility on the current stock values.
- Vehicle-wise spare & tyre consumption details
- Help to make decisions on whether to continue the truck or scrap.
- Reduce and better control theft and manipulations.
- Tracking fuel incoming and outgoing.
- Standard practices on purchase management.
- Track the fuel issues from inside the branches
- Fuel issues and consumption during the trip in transit.
- Reduce the unwanted fuel consumption and save money.
- Real-time visibility on the fuel purchases and usage.
- Optimised utilisation of the fuel.
- Setting up automatic calculation of customer rates.
- Timely alerts on the pending invoices
- Keeping track of collections
- Eliminate inaccuracies from invoices and expedite the receiving process.
- Reduce the revenue leakages through wrong invoices.
- Timely receipt of revenue will ensure the smooth running of the business.
- Customer Status Reports.
- Web based self-service portal
- Container cargo tracking & fleet cargo monitoring
- Enhanced customer satisfaction
- Results in generating more business.
- Satisfied customers will offer additional referrals.
Digital Transformation in Logistics
Contact our Transport Management domain experts for free consultation on how Ripples-FMS can bring the much-needed change to your transport management operations through improved operational efficiency through digital transformation in logistics
