Streamline Shipping With a Transportation Management System

By rating your shipments and following your routing rules, Aptean TOTALogistix TMS determines your optimal carrier and service selection according to rates, timeline, service rating, customer preferences, etc., ultimately helping you lower costs and reduce shipment execution times. Plus, the solution systematically performs repetitive tasks, freeing staff to concentrate on value-added tasks and improving employee satisfaction, while also boosting customer experience and brand loyalty.

For businesses that are implementing our TMS as their first transportation solution, the software can increase transportation process efficiency by up to 70%. For those companies that are replacing their existing TMS with Aptean TOTALogistix TMS, the system has been documented to improve process efficiency by up to 20% compared to the previous TMS in multiple instances.

Finally, our TMS tracks missed savings opportunities—when a higher-cost carrier is selected over a lesser-cost option that meets all the delivery criteria, the solution can quantify the cost impact and track individual users’ selection behavior to facilitate continuous improvement.

Our TMS system can help all your team members be more productive and effective in their roles. For example, your warehouse managers will benefit from optimized mode and carrier selection, fully digital documentation management, and a shipment console that provides visibility into floor and staging activities.

At the same time, your purchasing department can measure vendor compliance and monitor all inbound orders and exceptions that need attention. Meanwhile, your customer service team can leverage real-time data to accurately price shipping and gain visibility to in-transit shipments allowing them to better manage customer experience.

Your logistics managers can manage opportunities and risks by measuring performance and using advanced reporting tools, while your finance team can track expenses by category and receive their three-way-validated freight accrual. And at the C-suite level, your leaders will be able to get the answers they need to make smart decisions quickly while maintaining a complete picture of all customer activity as it relates to transportation.

Yes, Aptean TOTALogistix TMS can be your “single source of truth” to manage your fleet and common carrier shipments in one location. Our solution can utilize fulfillment rules to determine which paths shipments should follow based on a number of criteria and re-evaluate should the need arise. And by providing tender information, the system also serves as a unified platform for tracking and exception details, both real-time and reportable.

With each system having its own acronym, business case and set of features, it’s only natural that you’d have some questions about how they differ from one another. While some have similar capabilities, their applications vary, and different organizations have different technology requirements.

A TMS system helps with transportation planning and execution by offering features like carrier selection, route optimization, load planning and more. ERP software, on the other hand, provides capabilities for a wide variety of functional areas—from production and quality to sales and finance—while a WMS is primarily used for inventory management.

If your business does more than transporting goods—if, for example, you’re manufacturing products of your own—it can be beneficial to implement multiple solutions from our complete ecosystem of offerings. On the other hand, if your company is entirely dedicated to providing logistics services, you may only need one. Get in touch with our experts today to discuss your requirements and find the right solution.

Given how critical a proper implementation is for you to get the most out of your transport management system, we take a hands-on, collaborative approach to the process. That includes helping you create a timeline for the project, complete with milestones to accomplish, and in-depth training for your entire team.

How long your implementation will take depends on a variety of factors, including your current tech stack, your company’s size, the number of solutions you’re implementing at once, the deployment method and more, but the timeline normally ranges between eight and 12 weeks from kick-off. That said, our customers’ needs are our top priority, so we’ll work closely with your team to make sure your desired timeline is met.

In addition to integrating with a large number of carriers and data providers, our cloud TMS can be integrated with the rest of your tech stack, including any ERP or WMS, as well as our advanced routing and scheduling and ePOD software solutions. And if you need to integrate your TMS with multiple systems, our experts will be happy to help.

This can save you time by eliminating the need for data re-entry and help you avoid errors that could result from discrepancies between your systems. It also means you can turn to a single trusted provider for all of your transportation business technology requirements.

When you select Aptean as your technology partner, you can always expect to be on the cutting edge of technology. We’re proud to be AI-powered and cloud-native, and our dedication to innovation helps us set the bar higher with every improvement.

We also have a team of experts that have learned the ins and outs of the transportation industry through hands-on experience, so they understand the unique needs of shippers. What's more, our offerings include a complete ecosystem of best-in-class solutions, so you can get everything you need from one trusted provider.