Gain Operational Excellence through Transportation Management System by Apptricity

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Transportation Management Operational excellence through logistics/transportation management We help you keep it moving Despite major gains in transportation technology, many companies continue to struggle with manual processes and inefficient logistics/transportation management systems. Shipping managers today contend with greater capacity constraints, increasing operational costs and diminishing order-to-delivery times. In the face of these challenges, maximizing efficiencies in logistics/transportation management is essential to supply chain excellence and, in turn, the success of your enterprise. More than track and trace Communication is your transportation management system’s lifeline. Apptricity’s electronic transactions increase visibility and communication as shipments are requisitioned, received, loaded, and transported to distributors and/or end users. Apptricity Transportation Management graphically tracks, by item, estimated arrival/departure and actual time for each route point. It also monitors current and last known map location, planned versus actual map location, highlighted road progress, and active deliveries/cargo locations. It facilitates management of cargo, equipment assets, manifests, bills of lading, and accessorial supplies, and enables you to instantly and accurately track assets from point to point. It is a solution that provides unprecedented visibility into your shipping and puts you in control of your supply chain. Manage shipments, not requests Whether you are a combination carrier, freight forwarder, or container/bulk vessel operator, Apptricity Transportation Management automates your product/shipment cycle and the associated transaction workflow. It provides comprehensive transportation request management for requisition creation, submission, approval/denial, updates, and notifications. By streamlining requisitioning and scheduling of shipments, Apptricity gives you greater control of your process and increases the accuracy of your information, allowing you to automate your shipments so you can better manage your business. Total logistics/transportation management Apptricity Transportation Management provides end-to-end, closed-loop functionality and delivers strategic transportation requisitioning, optimization, and execution while providing total shipment visibility throughout the process. The solution extends process control to your entire supply chain by fully integrating into your current warehouse systems. This provides instant audit trails for compliance and automated payments for greater cost savings. Let us show you how Apptricity can help empower your transportation management processes and your enterprise. A complete solution from shipment to settlement All Apptricity’s solutions integrate seamlessly with existing enterprise settlement systems to reduce transaction times, minimize employee data entry error, and reduce cost and quantity of reconciliation time. Transactions that previously took weeks with phone calls, faxes, and mailings can be resolved instantly with real-time, auditable communication. Your employees can match invoices instantly against shipment rates and contracts and dramatically reduce your payment cycles. Supply Chain above the cloud.

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Transportation Management Operational excellence through logistics/transportation management

We help you keep it movingDespite major gains in transportation technology, many companies continue to struggle with manual processes and inefficient logistics/transportation management systems. Shipping managers today contend with greater capacity constraints, increasing operational costs and diminishing order-to-delivery times. In the face of these challenges, maximizing efficiencies in logistics/transportation management is essential to supply chain excellence and, in turn, the success of your enterprise.

More than track and traceCommunication is your transportation management system’s lifeline. Apptricity’s electronic transactions increase visibility and communication as shipments are requisitioned, received, loaded, and transported to distributors and/or end users. Apptricity Transportation Management graphically tracks, by item, estimated arrival/departure and actual time for each route point. It also monitors current and last known map location, planned versus actual map location, highlighted road progress, and active deliveries/cargo locations. It facilitates management of cargo, equipment assets, manifests, bills of lading, and accessorial supplies, and enables you to instantly and accurately track assets from point to point. It is a solution that provides unprecedented visibility into your shipping and puts you in control of your supply chain.

Manage shipments, not requestsWhether you are a combination carrier, freight forwarder, or container/bulk vessel operator, Apptricity Transportation Management automates your product/shipment cycle and the associated transaction workflow. It provides comprehensive transportation request management for requisition creation, submission, approval/denial, updates, and notifications. By streamlining requisitioning and scheduling of shipments, Apptricity gives you greater control of your process and increases the accuracy of your information, allowing you to automate your shipments so you can better manage your business. Total logistics/transportation managementApptricity Transportation Management provides end-to-end, closed-loop functionality and delivers strategic transportation requisitioning, optimization, and execution while providing total shipment visibility throughout the process. The solution extends process control to your entire supply chain by fully integrating into your current warehouse systems. This provides instant audit trails for compliance and automated payments for greater cost savings. Let us show you how Apptricity can help empower your transportation management processes and your enterprise. A complete solution from shipment to settlementAll Apptricity’s solutions integrate seamlessly with existing enterprise settlement systems to reduce transaction times, minimize employee data entry error, and reduce cost and quantity of reconciliation time. Transactions that previously took weeks with phone calls, faxes, and mailings can be resolved instantly with real-time, auditable communication. Your employees can match invoices instantly against shipment rates and contracts and dramatically reduce your payment cycles.

Supply Chain

above the cloud.

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FOUR TENETS OF APPTRICITY SOLUTION DEVELOPMENT HIGHLY ADAPTABLE Apptricity applications are highly adaptable. They can run on any OS, RDBMS, web server or application server technology platform. Apptricity supports a N-tier configuration. U HIGHLY CONFIGURABLE Apptricity provides a business rules engine for unrestricted configuration. Solutions adapt to business logic, rules, established best practices and compliance. SUPERIOR INTEGRATION The Apptricity integration engine provides the ability to integrate into any third party data source, dynamically or batch (EDI, XML, ORM). Apptricity also provides pre-built integration connectors for Oracle, SAP, PeopleSoft, Epicor, JD Edwards, GEAC, Great Plains and many others. MINIMAL-COST MIGRATION You configure the solution to meet your needs once. Our solutions’ migration capabilities eliminate future costs associated with upgrading to new versions. Why repeatedly pay for professional services every time ERP vendors send you a new version of software? With Apptricity, you configure once and migrate forever.

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HOW IT WORKS

Automate cargo management for detailed equipment scheduling and in-transit updates

LandThe land module provides visibility of movement requests via in-transit updates, supports unlimited modes for ground transportation, and cost-per-shipment analytics. SeaThe sea module facilitates detailed scheduling of equipment, ship operators, and port operations, as well as tracking, customs invoicing and delivery notifications. AirThe air module provides flight assignment capability for crew and aircraft as well as real-time flight tracking for any flight, anywhere. MobileUse your mobile device to submit or edit shipment requests, check the status of shipments and view maps for real-time shipment tracking.

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