subject: Transport Management System And Wms Is The Lifeblood Of Any Business [print this page] The world is coming ever so closer when we consider the amount of business done from one corner to the other each day. With every aspect of business getting automated to speed up the whole process of running business across the borders as well as far flung corners of the world advanced automated systems have helped in taking the global business to a level as we know it know. An integral part of that business is the transportation Management System (TMS) which being a subset of supply chain management is very important to any small or big business. If we take it more precisely it is a part of Enterprise Resource Planning system which is the backbone of any dynamic business model.
These days due to exponentially expanding global economy there are innumerable opportunities for transportation and distribution companies but even more are the challenges that can be sometimes very hard to figure out. This can be apparent due to a number of reasons like the volume of goods being shipped across the globe is humungous and channel bottlenecks can pose a headache for companies. To get over this an automated Transportation Management System that is very well designed using latest IT applications (like SAP Transport Management or Oracle Transport Management) can stand you in a good stead when it comes to ultra-responsive transport management for a variety of clients that are very particular about time constraints and cost effectiveness.
In simple essence Transport Management System will always consist of three modules namely planning and decision making, transport follow-up and measurement. The planning and decision looks after the transport schemes depending on the parameters that depend on the users policy, cost of transport and shorter lead-time etc. Transport follow-up comes in handy for physical or administrative operation, customer clearance, invoice, booking or unwanted delays. A planned and efficient Transportation Management System can take care of all transportation modes like roadway, airway, shipway and railway with equal proficiency not compromising the service quality control, transport costs, reporting and vital statistics.
Just like TMS there is yet another IT automated system called Warehouse Management System (WMS) that can be a gyrating point for a successful business. The system helps in keeping track of inventory operations inside your storage facility or any other stockyard outside the main area. This kind of system can help save literally thousands of dollars every month with optimum management of inventory control, shipping and order fulfillment. To cut it short a Warehouse Management System organizes all the warehouse activates vey efficiently like shipping, receiving of goods, stock inventory management and the cost of goods. WMS can be fully customized for your companys unique operations needs and the business model. The software can be designed using SAP with up to date technologies like radio frequency identification (RFID) and new workload balancing tools for data collection methods. This way you can minimize any errors like duplication of goods movement or execution of physical inventory.
