Transport Management System

A TMS, which stands for Transport Management System, is a software solution designed to help businesses manage and optimise their transportation operations. Including managing shipments, tracking shipments in real-time, and optimising routes.

A TMS helps businesses streamline their logistics processes by automating tasks such as route planning, creating shipment manifests, calculating shipping costs and other shipping requirements. It also helps businesses track shipments in real time, create automated alerts when shipments reach their destination, and simplify customs compliance procedures.

When choosing a TMS solution it’s important to assess your own business needs and requirements – such as type of goods you’re shipping, what type of transportation you use most often etc. It’s also important to consider how easily the system can be integrated with your existing technology stack or 3rd party applications as well as scalability of the solution for future growth.

Transport management solutions refer to software tools or services that help businesses automate their transport-related processes – from route planning to tracking shipment in real-time and simplifying customs compliance requirements – allowing them to focus on more strategic tasks instead of manual labour.

Having an efficient TMS in place is critical within ERP systems as it provides visibility into all aspects of the supply chain process, helping ensure that shipments and orders are delivered on time without any delays or errors. This improved visibility allows companies to respond quickly to unexpected events resulting in cost savings throughout the entire supply chain network.