Archive for the ‘logistics-cost-savings’ Category
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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Friday, April 1st, 2011
Cuddalore (Tamil Nadu) based Vaigai cargo has selected SA-FMS lite edition, the leading Freight Logistics ERP suite for small and medium parcel operators to power their network of branches spread across the state to bring about improved operational efficiency and higher customer satisfaction
Vaigai cargo has daily parcel service operations to major cities in Tamil Nadu such as Chennai,Trichy, Madurai, Coimbatore, Salem etc and to tier 2 / 3 towns such as Virdhunagar, Sivakasi, Dindugal, Theni, Cumbum, Cuddalore, Panruti, Neyveli, Chidambaram, Kumily, Periyakulam, Virudhachalam, Batalagundu, and Puducherry
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Wednesday, March 30th, 2011
We often see that the cost of servicing the consignor is not taken into consideration while computing the freight, whereas clients are always on the lookout for the most competitive freight charges from logistics service providers . There is often the tendency for sales and marketing departments to offer special rates to consignors and consignees without proper knowledge on the expenses incurred on each transaction. It is often difficult calculate cost involvement manually for every waybill. The costs could include attributes such as
- Door collection charges
- Truck hire (Shared/full load)
- Loading and unloading charges
- Basic freight
- Door delivery charges
- Delivery collection
SA-FMS has intellgent reports that allow customers evaluate the cost of each transaction by applying the costs at various centers from booking, transshipment and delivery for the parcel service industry
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Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011
Lets face facts. Freight logistics industry today faces stiff pricing competition due to lack of service differentiation, and often squeezed by rising fuel prices, higher operating costs etc. One of the constant thoughts of the owner would be on how to raise the service levels to customers without increasing the cost of servicing.
Imagine having regional offices in 10 locations, serving 200 plus branches and an agency network in tier 2 and 3 cities across the country, effectively utilising a central goods control system to monitor the overall activities of freight logistics business.
SMS technology provides simple, easy to use and low cost ways to provide consignment and related business information to customers, agents and business partners on standard GSM phones.
We have implemented these technologies for clients in Freight Logistics and Healthcare industries to provide information on demand services to assist their business eco system, thus enabling speedy and affordable information flow using existing IT infrastructure.
Supervisory information
- Critical alerts on daily collections
- Trip delays
- Customer complaints
Customer benefits
- Status of consignments
- Branch location information
Branch / Agent benefits
- Status of the consignment
- Confirmation of delivery
- Tracking report at each transshipment
- Promotional messages / Policy alerts
- Account balances and payment reminders
SMS technology can help freight logistics companies lower the cost of servicing customers, offer higher levels of service to help beat competition.
Tags: freight logistics, sms for logistics
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Thursday, March 10th, 2011
- Incorporates best practices in Freight Logistics industries
- Excellent controls for accounting and inventory to avoid pilferage
- Hybrid offline / online technology to assist in business continuity
- On time and within budget implementation practices
- Software with guaranteed return on investment (ROI) through operational efficiencies
- Time tested for large and small freight logistics companies
- Management Information System to aid informed decision making
- Range of modules to choose from to buy as you grow
- Choice of on premise installation and rental models
- Open source technology with no hidden cost on system software
Logistics Software India – Backed by a 20 year old organisation with superior support and product engineering skills. Availabie in India, Africa and the Middle East
Tags: freight logistics erp
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Monday, January 10th, 2011
The software rental model is here !! No more servers to purchase, no more leased lines to rent, no software updates, no backup worries. no power related problems.. We are offering SA-FMS logistics software on a cloud hosted (web service) model to small and medium transport operators.
- Waybill booking, delivery and accounts operational in under 24 hours
- Centrally managed world class hosted server with 24 x 7 availability
- Enables centralised tracking of consignments
- Expand freight logistics business safely and quickly with complete control
- Ease of co-ordination between regional offices and branches
- No investment required on hardware such as servers, routers
- Remote monitoring of stock for audit purposes
- Zero software licencing for server operating system and desktop
- World class power conditioning and security monitoring
- Online backup of data to ensure that no information is lost
- Central branch enquiry for speedy customer service
- Reduce inter branch communication costs
- Quick reconcilliation of key transactions such as booking, cash transfer
- Efficient traffic and truck routing through central stock monitoring
- Single point software updates for branches
- Piggyback on the reliability of cloud computing
- Automatic maintenance of software system
SA-FMS is a leading freight logistics software for Freight Logistics operators in India, Africa and the Middle East region with 750 plus client deployments. HOSTING services are being provided through one of the leading infrastructure providers in India.
- Ability to host both Inbound & Outbound Services
- 24X7 Operation Command center
- Voice Infrastructure: AVAYA Media Server with IP Phones
- Network Security: CISCO PIX, ISA based Firewall
- Robust Anti-Virus and Anti-Spam Protection 100% Redundancy in UPS & Generator
- Some of the features of facilities/operations include
- Certified ISO 27001 ensure Data Protection
- Assured protection of intellectual property rights and project confidentiality
- Fail-over facilities
- Dedicated power generators
- UPS and associated backup mechanisms
- Network security implemented by deploying
- Firewalls, IDS and security audits as per ISO standards
- Protection against unauthorized access to all IT resources through access control, Authentication and accounting
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Monday, January 3rd, 2011
One of the key benefits of FMS ERP solution for freight logistics industry is the central monitoring system that saves time and money for key audit and finance personnel in tracking the authenticity of transactions being performed at the branches located at different centres.
The branch profitability report is a one click, drill down Management Information System that allows supervisors and senior decision makers get a birds eye view of the performance of branches on a monthly basis, take informed decisions on adding routes, introducing flexi pricing schemes, optimise transshipment points, manage cash flows, provide inputs to key departments such as traffic management, marketing & business development.
Few of the information includes
- Cash book summary
- Bank balances
- Top 10 receipts and payments
- Top 10 delivery destinations
- Top 5 trans-shipment centres
- Consignor business volume
- Godown stock valuation
- Consignment stock ageing
- Undercharged consignments
- Sundry debtors
Posted in erp, Freight logistic, Logistics management, logistics-cost-savings, management information, reports, roi | 1 Comment »
Friday, December 10th, 2010
To facilitate the Supply chain activities like procurement, distribution, transportation & storage, the warehouses are designed, strategically positioned and used. Warehouse is the key integrator in Supply chain process, a tool for competitive advantage to maximize service levels. Today’s modern warehouses are profit centers rather than traditional storage spaces. More focus on increasing the efficiencies of warehouses are essential due to Warehousing costs contributing 25% to 30% of the total Supply chain costs, increase in number of Third party Logistics Service providers, better utilization of costly space, increased number of SKUs, more JIT requirements, more demanding customers etc., In addition to traditional warehousing functions like picking, packing, cross docking, etc. modern present day warehouses support the supply chain with various value added services. Organizations are striving hard to improve their warehouse turnover and productivity by adaptation of Technology and various techniques.
To identify the various techniques and trends to handle effectively Warehousing, Transportation and Inventory functions, CII–IL is organizing a “Two days training program on Warehousing, Transportation and Inventory Management” on 19th & 20th Jan 2011 at Chennai. Visit website for more information
Tags: logistics-cost-savings
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Wednesday, December 1st, 2010
Logistics 2010, India's premier and only focused logistics and supply chain event that will attract the end users from Manufacturing, Retail FMCG, Pharma, Telecom, Railway, Surface transport, shipping, Ports Warehousing & distribution sectors.
Programme Agenda – Click here
Date : 13-14th December 2010
time : 9:00 – 17:30 hours
Venue – The Grand, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi
SA-FMS is a ready to use ERP software solutions for freight logistics industries and businesses who have door delivery services as part of the supply chain.
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Monday, November 8th, 2010
J&J Africa, a leading transporter specializing in international transportation between Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi and the Eastern DRC has chosen SA-FMS, the ERP solution for Freight and Logistics to power their operations.
With many years of experience in over-border transport, J&J Africa provides superior service for handling of bulk, containerised, project and out of gauge cargo, with flat-bed and drop-side trailers. J&J manages a large own fleet of trucks, as well as subcontracted vehicles provide unparalleled capacity to cargo management.
The bespoke version of SA-FMS manages supply chain, workshop management, spare parts, operations, finance and human resources.
Fleet management solution
- Truck information
- Alerts of dues
- Jobcard management
- Workshop activities
- Spare requisition and issue
- Purchase requisition and purchase order
- GRN
- Barcoding of spare parts
- Stock analysis
Tags: cargo management africa, freight erp software africa, freight logistics africa
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