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Sunday, August 28th, 2011
The out of delivery area feature in SA-FMS plugs revenue loss, besides providing the consignee timely delivery of the consignment
The Indian postal system switched to PIN code system on 15th August, 1972. Since then, PIN codes have been used in addresses to ensure correct delivery of the mails and parcels. A unique six digit code was assigned to all branch post offices. Most of the parcel and courier services collect the entire address of the consignee including the PIN code which makes delivery of the consignment easier. Many parcel, cargo, freight and logistics providers use the Indian PIN code system for sorting the consignments and dispatching accordingly where door delivery is involved.
SA-FMS logistics software has the function to track the location of consignment delivery based on the PIN code. While entering the address of the consignee at the time of booking, the PIN code is verified whether it belongs to any area within the delivery circle. If not, the address is treated as “Out of Delivery Area” and pre defined door delivery charges are applied at the time of freight calculation.
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Saturday, April 23rd, 2011
Managing a volume based freight logistics business in the chaotic semi organised sector is challenging, and often results in waybills being dispatched in parts, wrongly marked or loaded into trucks scheduled for different destination. Reasons being many
- Limited space available inside metro limits
- Godown resource constraints
- Abnormal peak seasonal traffic
- Season based truck availability
- Traffic restrictions during business hours in central areas
- Clerical errors on marking waybill number
- Similar sounding location names
- Goods transferred directly into trucks from smaller vans / carts from suppliers
- Odd working hours for loading and unloading consignments
- Lack of standardisation in packaging
- Wrong consignee business name specified
- Incorrect entry in forwarding note from the consignor or supplier
- incomplete list of statutory documents provided
The central short excess register is a convenient feature offered along with the SA-FMS ERP suite for freight logistics that enables all the customer touch points access the central information system to mark internal and external complaints on consignments such as short, excess, damages, wrong marking, wrong dispatches etc. These are subsequently match on common attributes by the ERP software in order to bring about efficient tracking, to deliver the waybills to the designated consignee on time and within budget.
Posted in booking, delivery tracking logistics software, dispatch, Freight logistic, Logistics management, logistics-cost-savings, packages, RFID, sa-fms, tracking, transshipment, truck, waybill | No Comments »
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
Today's freight logistics business environment is complex and challenging, and to stand out from the crowd it is imperative for small and medium businesses reorient themselves and adopt informed decision making best practices so that senior managers and business owners can control what they can measure.
In an earlier post, we mentioned about management information from the Data analysis tool for SA-FMS. Here we are covering some valuable statistical data generated that can bring deep business insights for effective decision making.
Commodity analysis
- Business contribution of any given commodity transported
- Average freight realisation and packages carried by these commodities
- Percentage of short / excess reported on these consignments
Booking analysis
- Percentage of business contribution to different delivery centres
- Average freight realisation to all connected delivery centres
- Average dispatch time to between these centers
Transshipment performance
- Tonnage handled by each of the transshipment centres
- Wait time for consignment dispatches to various centres
- Consignment stock ageing analysis
Consignor and consignee business
- Business volume over a period with freight realisation
- Complaints registered on consignments
- Delays in booking dispatch, transit time and last mile delivery
SA-FMS is a logistics software solution that helps multi branch freight logistics service providers grow their business through better operational control and lower cost of servicing customers. Available in Mumbai, Bangalore, Indore, Kolkata and Kochi.
Tags: business insights
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Thursday, April 7th, 2011
A major concern faced by the freight logistics firms is the transshipment operations. It incurs hidden as well as direct costs due to lack of proper planning. Transshipment is the shipment of parcels or containers to an intermediate destination, and then from there to one or more destinations, applicable to transport companies that follow a hub and spoke model. Without a proper trans-shipment planning system, the organization will incur higher costs The major issues that arise as a result of improper trans-shipment planning include
- Delay in delivery
- Extra distance covered
- Additional fuel cost
- Wastage of time
- Wrong delivery of parcels
- Part delivery of consignments
- Consignment re routing
- Breakages and theft
- Regulatory hassles at border crossing
- Loss of business reputation
SA-FMS Freight logistics ERP solution has a route planner which helps to set an optimal route when there are multiple destinations to be covered in a single trip. This helps in reducing unwanted costs.
SA-FMS also offer ogdopus, an android smartphone based routing system that takes the pain away in the last mile of the delivery system
Tags: android smartphone logistics, consignment routing, freight cost savings
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Sunday, July 4th, 2010
We have implemented a web enquiry module for SA-FMS, our next generation cost saving ERP solution for freight and logistics industry. Our enterprise clients can enable customer self service for enquiries and would enable n back office cost savings.
- 24 x 7 access to information
- Shows up to date information on waybill
- Booking, dispatch, transit and arrival details
- Lower cost of providing freight related information
- Works as plugin on your existing corporate website
- Firewall friendly and hack proof
- Connects to FMS enterprise database
- Easy to install adobe flash application
- Truck location
- Optional GPS tracking with google maps
Tags: freight logistics, logistics software, web enquiry
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Thursday, June 24th, 2010
Applications from Android smart phones and Tablets
Thanks to the i (innovation) age, Android smartphones, iPods, iPhones and iPads have become game changers. The music industry, mobile phone market and now the netbook segment is set to undergo sea change. With the growth of Android seen on the horizon, the open source alternative for Tablet PC is soon becoming a reality. These new generation – royalty free touch screen devices that runs on google Android operating system on Android smartphones should come as a boon to the semi organized freight and logistics industries in the developing world. Ease of use, breaking language barriers, lower cost of ownership. ease of maintenance and mobile connectivity through existing modes are key reasons for acceleration in adoption. Ogdopus is a hosted product for logistics that enables home delivery management using Android smartphones. Some of the areas where mobile computing could help freight and trucking companies are as follows
Applications for freight logistics using android smartphones
- Warehouse and yard management
- Tracking of consignments from warehouses and open spaces
- Door delivery consignment monitoring
- Ease of inspection and compliance
- Verification of accounts
- Monitoring of trucks from yards and workshops
- Enabling accurate information on dispatches
- Performing routine maintenance of trucks on the move
- GPS integrated services
- Cost reduction in providing door delivery services
- City map and route planning
- Provide customer service in remote locations
- Introduction of eWaybills for security and convenience
- Customer locality applications that could run on android mobile handsets
- Ensuring safety of consignments using tablet PC
- Organizing en-route information of goods loaded and unloaded
- Home delivery services such as florists, pizzas, cakes etc
Tags: android app logistics, android smartphone app, cost saving logistics software, logistics-cost-savings, ogdopus
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Monday, March 1st, 2010
Here is a versatile management information tool which can give you new perspectives on how your freight logistics business is performing. Gives insights on branches, trucks, trips, customers, delivery centres, transshipment points etc. The easy to use tool has a combination of over 1000 report views to choose from to aid management in informed decision making.
Logistics information system
- Station analysis with from,To, Freight,Weight, Avg wt / package. Avg freight / consignment
- Dispatch – Tonnage, Freight, From, To, Truck or broker consolidation
- Stock position – Branch wise, From, To, tonnage, Avg freight / consignment
- Dispatch analysis – From,To, Packages, Weight, Avg time (days)
- Booking – Delivery time (Unloading date – dispatch date) From – To station
- Delivery point stock aging (packages, freight, weight)
- Top 50 consignors, to pay,paid,to be billed, From,To, Commodity
- Top 25 routes, freight, Packages, Weight analysis
- Commodity analysis – From,To,Freight,Weight, Average wt / consignment, avg freight
- Monthly branch performance analysis
Freight logistics Data Analysis – Features and benefits
- Carry the snapshot data on your laptop to do the analysis while you are on the move.
- One click information access
- Export to excel, word or other formats for presentation purposes
- Lightweight application, One click install
SA-FMS, the logistics ERP solution is used by by customers in cities like Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kochi, Madurai, Coimbatore, and Lucknow
Tags: branch performance, freight logistics, mumbai
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Monday, November 30th, 2009
SA-FMS, though its secure remote client management module allows Consignors and Consignees engage in self services whereby the cost of servicing the client reduces considerably – helping Freight Logistics companies to compete in the ever challenging markets.
End user benefits
- Track waybill status online – with GPS tracking integration
- Register complaints online
- Tracking of short and excess consignments
- Bulk booking online
- Waybill enquiry
- Proof of delivery document
- Monthly dispatch statement
Organisation benefits
- Offer dynamic pricing offers
- Loyalty bonus programmes
- Interface with third party accounting and ERP solutions
- Measure customer share of business
- Reduce cost of servicing clients
- Provide value added services such as priority loading, GPS consignment tracking etc
Posted in consignment tracking, crm, dispatch, Logistics management, logistics-cost-savings, loyalty, pricing | No Comments »
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
Our customers who use SA-FMS Freight Logistics ERP have a lot of telephonic calls from corporate consignors and consignees enquiring about the status of their consignments, causing considerable bandwidth crunch on their communication lines and front office staff
To tide over this problem, we recently developed a thin client browser like application that requires no installation procedures, using the award winning secure remoting tools that allows our customers who use SA-FMS to provide consignors and consignees self service login access to the Logistics ERP so that consignment related dispatches, loading, unloading, trans-shipment and delivery information are available 27 x 7 through a password enabled reporting screen, thus freeing valuable head office resources and bringing about cost savings and improved customer service
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