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PIN code system for Freight logistics software

August 16th, 2011 | by : Remil Rashid

The PIN code system was introduced in 1972 by the postal department. Before the PIN code system, the mails were sorted based on district. A unique six digit code has been assigned for every post office in India based on which the mails will be forwarded. Totally there are 155,000 post offices and 25,000 of which are departmental post offices (DPO). The rest are extra departmental post offices or branch offices (BO).

There are nine PIN zones in India and the first digit of the PIN code represents the zone.

First digit of PIN	Areas included
1	Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir (including Pakistan administered Kashmir), Chandigarh
2	Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand
3	Rajasthan, Gujarat, Daman and Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli
4	Goa, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh
5	Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka
6	Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Pondicherry, Lakshadweep
7	Orissa, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
8	Bihar, Jharkhand
9	Army Post office (APO) and Field Post office (FPO)

The second digit indicates the sub-region, and the third digit indicates the sorting district within the region. The final three digits are assigned to individual post offices. PIN codes of Mumbai start with 400001, where 4 shows the PIN zone and 40 determines the Sub region. Thane also belongs to the sub region “40”. Other sub-regions in Maharashtra include areas starting with PIN codes 41, 42, 43 and 44. The PIN code of Pune is 411001 and hence Pune belongs to sub region “41”. Kolhapur and Sangli also belong to the same sub region. Bhiwandi and Nashik belong to sub region “42”. Aurangabad belongs to sub region “43”. Nagpur has the PIN code 440001 and thereby belongs to sub region “44”. The third digit in PIN code indicates the sorting district within the region. The final three digits are assigned to individual post offices within the region.

The PIN code system is into the 40th year now and has certainly revolutionised the entire Indian postal system. Many parcel, cargo, freight and logistics providers sort their consignments and deliver them based on the Indian PIN code system.

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Two way SMS can reduce cost of customer enquiry

August 8th, 2011 | by : Remil Rashid

If a branch receives 1000 calls per month on enquiries and each call lasts for approximately 2 minutes, a total of 2000 minutes (34 hours) of an employee can be saved by using the two way sms feature. 34 hours account to almost 17% of the employee’s overall work duration per month. That means financial equivalent of 17% (17% of the salary) is saved or this saved time can be used for other productive purposes. Considering the approximate salary as Rs. 10,000 per month, the savings will be Rs 1700 per branch per month. If the company has 50 branches, the approximate savings will be Rs. 85,000 per month and the annual savings will touch Rs 10,20,000/-

SA-FMS has been providing SMS notification facility to the clients using which the status of the consignment will be sent to the concerned person when it is booked, despatched and delivered. Now we have moved a step further with a two-way sms feature for our logistic software clients’ customers.

With this feature, the consignor / consignee can send the waybill number as SMS to a given number, and the last status of the consignment will be sent back. For a consignment that has been booked, the SMS will have the details including consignment number, source and destination, booking date and booking time. If the consignment has been dispatched, a response will be the sent to the SMS which will have the consignment number, source and destination, dispatch date and dispatch time. If the SMS is sent for a consignment which has been delivered at the destination, the reply will be sent back with the consignment number, destination and the delivery date.

This feature reduces the workload of the employees, as the consignor / consignee will be able to know the status by sending SMS from his mobile phone. They don’t need to call the respective branches for knowing the status of the consignment. The accurate information hence increases the customer satisfaction as well as a reduced workload for the employees.

SA-FMS is powered by Software Associates, the pioneer among the logistics software companies

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Vaigai bus cargo saves cost by implementing Logistics software

July 27th, 2011 | by : Remil Rashid

Logistics Software in Chennai !! Vaigai Travels located at Cuddalore (Tamil Nadu) has successfully implemented SA-FMS edition for their cargo division. Vaigai cargo has daily Volvo bus 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.

We had an opportunity to interact with Mr. Karthick Raj, owner of Vaigai travels about the changes in workflow and the benefits they acquired as a result of implementing the logistics software. Mr Karthick was very much satisfied with the logistics management system and the support provided and was willing to share few of the benefits caused by SA-FMS.

The easy to use booking and delivery modules have considerably reduced the effort and working time of the employees. The well designed finance module has reduced the paper work in the accounts section and improved the transparency of the work-flow. The SMS module was also included in the package and this helps to let the customer know when his consignment is booked / delivered. The use of SMS facility resulted in improved customer satisfaction.

Mr. Karthick also made a special mention on the various reports provided. Vehicle-wise reports provide a clear idea about the status of vehicles in different routes and inturn helps in tracking the revenue per truck. Centralised waybill enquiry module helps in tracking the status of the consignment and since it is easy to use, every employee is able to retrieve the status of the consignment using the enquiry facility.

Mr Karthick Raj and his employees are much satisfied with SA-FMS. The workflow in the organisation has changed now and they are benefited in different ways after implementing SA-FMS.

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CTI Logistics, Kolkata

July 7th, 2011 | by : DS

We take pride in announcing the acquisition of our first client in Eastern region of India, CTI Logistics Kolkata who will be implementing SA-FMS Freight Logistics management system ERP suite to power their existing branches in order to bring about operational efficiency and improved customer service, tight control over truck fleet, and the scalability to enable expansion into various parts of the country.

Brand CTI, replantation and goodwill
ISO Certified organization
Fastest connectivity to N.Bengal, Sikim and Bhutan
Fleet strength has increased by 4000% in last 6 years
High client retention ratio
Strength from a very diverse fleet, owned from 1 ton capacity to 36 ton capacity
IBA Approval
Impressive Clientele
Awards and Achievements
ISO Certification
AGSI Certification+

logistics software kolkata

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Software for logistics – implementation guidelines

July 7th, 2011 | by : Remil Rashid

Few insights that will help in successful ERP implementation of Logistics Software

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Operational costs and pricing pressure in logistics industry

June 30th, 2011 | by : Remil Rashid

The recent diesel fuel price hike has considerably increased the operational and other costs incurred by the freight logistics firms. A hike of 3 rupee per litre on diesel fuel will increase the operating expenses considerably as most of the full load trucks have a fuel economy of 4 to 7 kilometres per litre.

A 30 MT truck that has a fuel efficiency of 5 kilometres per litre will now have an additional expense of .60 rupee per kilometre with the new diesel price. Consider a truck that covers 500 kilometres a day. The fuel price hike will bring in an additional cost of Rs. 300 per day. If there are 50 such trucks for the firm, the total additional cost per day shoots up to Rs. 15,000. This in turn produces as monthly value of Rs 450,000/-. Thereby the approximate annual operating cost goes up by Rs. 54,00,000/-. The hike will also affect the companies those hire trucks from outside. The rate for hiring the trucks will be increased by the truck owners and this will again cause a burden to the transport firms.

From the past trends, it is evident that the price of the diesel fuel will keep on rising and in near future we can expect the diesel price touching the 65 rupee per litre mark and the petrol price reaching Rs 100 per litre. With the series of hikes happening and the huge amount of additional cost incurring, the best way to improve your profits is by simplifying back office operations, reducing the cost of serving customer etc, and here, SA-FMS ERP advantage pays off with its cost saving benefits for freight and logistics industry.

Some features of SA-FMS include:

Incorporates best practices in Freight Logistics industries
Excellent controls for accounting and inventory to avoid pilferage
On time and within budget implementation practices
ERP with guaranteed return on investment (ROI) through operational efficiencies
Time tested ERP solution for large and small freight logistics companies

INR 100 = USD 2.2

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Multi lingual help for logistics software

June 27th, 2011 | by : Remil Rashid

SA-FMS freight logistics ERP solution has successfully completed over 750 installations for clients all over India. Implementation works were completed at these locations and proper training provided to the staff by the well equipped SA-FMS team based on the professionally crafted training program. However there were concerns raised by few staff from some branches about a training kit in Hindi, which will make it easier for them to understand the product in a better manner.

As a part of that, a knowledge base was added by the SA-FMS team which explained various operations and modules in SA-FMS in Hindi. It was integrated with a flash demo which shows various operations that can be performed with the freight logistics system. The Knowledge base is accessible online and we received feedback and suggestions to add more “how to” attributes

Ravi Chand, booking staff of Bhilwara branch of one of our clients said, “The Hindi help system with visual demo has helped us to train the new staff. They are able to understand the operations easily as the description is provided in Hindi. This helps them in self learning and in understanding the logistic ERP management software quickly. Moreover a senior staff is not required to train the new staff, as the file explains every basic process in detail and shows it visually.”

We have been receiving similar responses from many of our clients about the knowledge base. As part of providing the best services and benefits to our clients, we are committed to move ahead with additional languages and functionalities which will indeed help us to reach better heights.

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Beackon Logistics goes online with SA-FMS

June 17th, 2011 | by : DS

SA-FMS Logistics software in Pune !!. Established by a committed group of industry professionals, Beackon logistics is a global market leader in Domestic & International Express, Overland Transport and Air Freight movement of documents to bulk cargo to any part of world, with corporate office located at Pune and head office at Mumbai. After stringent evaluation process, Beackon decided to implement SA-FMS Freight Logistics ERP solution to improve operations.

Vision and Values

To be amongst the best in the express industry in India and globally
To be acknowledged among the clients and Industry community as an ethical, professional & Socially responsible
Establish life long association & develop conscious values adding individuals to the enterprise and society at large

Road ahead

Position as the preferred, seamless link to a country projected to become an economic superpower of the 21st century. Through our technology development, premium services, quality network and strategic alliances, we plan to carve for ourselves a leadership position in the industry as India’s and the region’s link in the world.

Continue to develop domestic & International worldwide base with the realisation that we live in a global economy & our future lies in becoming a worldwide Total Transportation Solution Service Provider.

Network of 77 own branches in India
Workforce of 300 committed people
Fleet of 150 plus trucks
Warehouse area of 300,000 sq.ft

Branches

AGRA, AHMEDABAD, AJMER, AKOLA,, ALANDI, ALIGARH, ALLAHABAD, BHUVNESHWAR, ALWAR, AMBAD, AMBALA, AMRAVATI, AMRITSAR, CHANDIGARH, BHAYANDAR, BHILAI, BHILWARA, BHIWADI, BHOPAL, BILASPUR, BOKARO, BUTIBORI, CHAKAN, DHULE, ERNAKULAM, ERODE, FARIDABAD, FURSINGI, GANDHIDHAM, GHAZIABAD, SHIRGAON, GONDIA, GORAKHPUR, GURGAON, JAMSHEDPUR, JEJURI, JHANSI, JODHPUR, KAKINADA, KALAMBOLI, KALYAN, KANHE, KANPUR, KARAD, KARNAL, KHED, MARGOA, MATHURA, MEERUT, MEHSANA, MIRAJ, MOHALI, MORADABAD, MUMBAI, MUZAFFAR, MYSORE, NAGPUR, PITHAMPURTALAWADE, PONDA, PONDICHERRY, PUNE, QUILON, RABALE, RAE BARELI, RAJAHMUNDRY, RAJKOT, RANCHI, RANJANGAO, RATNAGIRI, TATHAWADE, THANE, TIRUPATI, TIRUPUR, TIRUVALLUR, THIRUVANANTAPURAM, TUMKUR, UDAIPUR, UDIPI AND UJJAIN

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Logistics management software – Client speak

June 13th, 2011 | by : Remil Rashid

Mr. Sagar, Staff of Booking Office, Sharma Transports, Bangalore sharing how SA-FMS Freight Logistics software transformed their workflow and improved the work efficiency. Logistics software Bangalore

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Logistics software to control pilferage

June 9th, 2011 | by : DS

The senior manager of Mumbai booking region has been embezzling the freight logistics organisation for a decade and it took a few years for the management and audit team to realise the fraud

A Indore based consignor filed for missing package claim at booking office and Bangalore delivery tracking locations, collected claim cheques from both these centers.

3 bundles of a consignment reported missing from Kolkata by a consignee was sold in the black market by one of the freight logistics franchisees at Jaipur.

A branch manager from Hubli and a head office audit clerk at Chennai worked hand in glove to cheat the freight logistics company lakhs of rupees

Sounds familiar ? Yes it happens in most of the traditional parcel service companies… Why does this happen ?

No checks and balances in the business process.
Poor reporting methods and holding back information for head office
Misuse of official stationary such as waybills and delivery receipts
Lack of standard operating procedures
Outdated methods adopted in reconciliation of vouchers
No periodic audits for consignments
Excess cash balances at branches and agencies
Not yet adopted core banking at branches

SA-FMS Freight logistics software to plug loopholes in business processes and guarantees you peace of mind. Now available at Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi, Indore, Kochi and Kolkata.

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