Why AVAAL Freight Management (AFM) Suite?

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AVAAL Technology Solutions

• Consulting Training Technology
• Transportation Management

Software-as-a-Service Transportation Management
System
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Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)

• Technology platforms are accelerating the
  maturation of transportation and logistics
  solutions.
• How to Benefit from SaaS Transportation
  Management System
• SaaS is a single-instance, multi-tenant
  environment where customers and their partners
  access a shared solution via the Internet.
  Carrier has to integrate with each user
  separately.
• Competitive Advantage
• Cost SaaS is sold as a service, not a product,
  which increases and accelerates a user's return
  on investment as it moves from implementation to
  integration.
• Scalability can be as simple as having immediate
  access to additional carriers already in the
  network, on-board new customers, carriers
  suppliers. Add and upgrade services on demand.
• Accessibility increases as more partners are
  integrated on a single platform and more data
  travels across the same environment.
• Partners are all in the same environment,
  Visibility is that much greater. Real-time
  communication is enhanced. Every party knows what
  is happening, when, and why.
• With greater visibility, businesses can share
  information faster and more efficiently. Vendors,
  carriers, and shippers can Collaborate to work
  across each other's networks.

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• Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)

It is important for shippers to know what makes
SaaS unique from other deployment models.
SaaS The technology runs on a platform and the
customer accesses it via the "cloud." SaaS
supports a multi-tenant network that allows
multiple business partners to integrate on the
same platform. Hosted Technology is accessed
on demand, much like SaaS, but does not have a
multi-tenant architecture, therefore requiring
separate implementations for each user, and
integrations for each carrier. On-premise
Technology is installed and runs on the
customer's hardware, requiring administrative
resources and additional cost for databases and
infrastructure.
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Innovative technology initiatives help increase
supply chain efficiencies

• A Transportation Management System offers a
  return on investment (ROI) that will provide
  continuous process improvement while at the same
  time keeping freight costs under control. The
  integration can be influenced in real time by
  several factors, such as
• Freight volume
• Lead times
• Customer-specific routing requirements
• System capabilities
• Leveraging transportation management system
  capabilities such as shipment status retrieval,
  electronic invoicing and automated reporting
  helps shippers make better real time decisions
  and take immediate action based on up to date
  information.
• SaaS reduces the level of effort and expense to
  implement and maintain integration with business
  partners, ultimately providing a faster ROI.

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How to Select a Transportation Management Solution
Identify current resources and capabilities, then
look for transportation management system
providers whose capabilities complement existing
strengths and long-term strategies. Developing
a shared vision, clarifying strengths and
weaknesses, and understanding what an
organization needs in a transportation management
provider are initial considerations that dictate
future success. Define project scope and
expectations Technology integration, process
redesign, performance measures and identifying
performance metrics. Monitoring the
transformation and comparing results to project
goals and incorporating an exit
strategy. Evaluate ongoing performance with
prioritized metrics and encourage further
participation from project owners, evaluators,
and implementers.
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What your Transportation Management System Should
Provide
A Solid, Viable transportation management system
solution should be able to provide-

• Lowest cost carrier for a particular shipment
• Dispatch of shipments
• Confirmation that the pick-up
• Tracking the location of the shipment..
• Verify invoices received or produced
• Application of the correct account coding
  information on a shipment
• Reports to management on trends, totals, and on
  time transit factors for individual orders or a
  given supplier or freight carrier.
• Automatic sending of reports to anyone designated
  in the company

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Metrics for Tracking and Improving Carrier
Performance

• On-Time Pickup/Delivery - Measuring a carriers
  on-time percentage
• Communication By comparing the time a carrier
  notifies you of a delay to the actual appointment
  time, you can determine how well a carrier
  proactively communicates.
• Fallouts A fallout is when a carrier accepts a
  load tender and, for any reason, hands the load
  back due to lack of capacity.
• TMS Updates The carriers with a higher update
  frequency usually have a better handle on the
  status of their trucks.
• Tender Acceptance Measuring the percentage of
  tenders that each carrier accepts or eliminates.
• Rate - Measuring the rates being paid to the
  carriers

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How Tech Is Reshaping Logistics
RFID Technologies Technology is evolving every
facet of logistics, enabling much smarter,
simpler supply chain management. RFID
technologies ensuring the right goods are at the
right place at the right time, products can be
scanned, counted, and registered in an
organizations system simultaneously. Real-time
RFID insights allow supply chain managers to
measure the time it takes for each step in the
production cycle. Cloud Integration Integrating
cloud-based technologies into logistics makes it
possible to digitally track a product throughout
each stage of its lifecycle. Cloud-based
technologies are universally accessible, which
means systems can be accessed from virtually any
location, at any time. Everyone from drivers to
account managers can log into the cloud to
download relevant files, or communicate the
status of a shipment on any internet-enabled
device. IoT Enhancements Internet of Things
will influence supply chain management in
profound ways. IoT in logistics is integrated in
the overall management of a supply chain.
Specifically, IoT technologies communicate with
Bluetooth, RFIDs, and cloud technologies to
quickly organize, monitor, and route products to
meet the growing demand of consumers and
providers.
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Contact AVAAL
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cost-effective and time-saving solutions to
members of the transportation industry. We offer
cost effective Transportation Management
Software, e-Manifest Software and Services, and
Consulting Services in Canada, USA, and India.
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