Transportation Management System
CNL developed its own transportation management system to assist routing & load planning,
enforce fleet management and improve information visibility.
TMS system has also integrated mobile position technology and SMS technologies to provide low-cost,
real-time tracking of and two-way messaging with fleet drivers.
Key Features
- Order taking - record client orders by key-in or electornic transfering.
- Order consolidation - consolidate multiple shipment orders into one work order.
- Routing & load planning - consolidate loads by route and delivery requirements.
- Trace & tracking - track and confirm delivery by short-message, mobile positioning system.
- Billing & Clearing - use policy-based pricing to calculate order value and issue electronic billing statements to clients.
- KPI management - provide built-in and customizable KPI model for performance appraisa.
Key Benefits
- Routing efficiency - reduce time needed for load planning and routing by using built-in routing and load planner.
- Cost reduction - reduce LTL through improved load planning and route management; and avoid no-loads through cross-dock planning.
- Faster payment clearance - use system to generate billing statement and cross check statement prepared by clients.
- Reduce payment errors - use built-in charge rates to automatically calculate billing & payment.
- Higher analytical granularity - perform profit margin analysis by order, route, profit center and customer by allocating revenue & cost to order level.
