Let Us Enable and Optimize Your Transportation Operation
You’re trying to stay on top of costs while improving service, deal with more transportation options than ever before and changing cycles of capacity availability, boost visibility, juggle customer requirements and more.
Plus, the lines between carriers, 3PLs and brokers are blurring while LSP’s expand their service offerings and carriers also move into the space; and shippers are considering whether to outsource their freight, or use a dedicated fleet, or keep Transportation in house. Suffice it to say, the industry is changing and will continue to change rapidly.
3G-TM manages the full order-to-cash process in real-time and within a single system. It is the only TMS in the world powerful enough to handle the most complicated projects, yet intuitive enough to be used by all transportation professionals.
3G-TM manages the full order-to-cash process in real-time and within a single system. It is the only TMS in the world powerful enough to handle the most complicated projects, yet intuitive enough to be used by all transportation professionals.
- Rating and Contract Management
- Planning and Optimization
- Execution and Visibility
- Freight Settlement
- Integration
- Reporting
- Portals
We rate parcel, LTL, truckload, and intermodal accurately. We determine the real cost – the actual invoice amount – by factoring contract terms, weekly fuel, and accessorial charges upfront; as well as identifying the least cost carrier and managing upcharges.
The bottom line: You get fast, intuitive access to multiple rate options and the ability to develop accurate, audit-quality rating results that inform the best planning scenario for shipments.
More about our cost-saving Rating & Contract Management
- Accessorial and fuel surcharge management
- Flexible negotiation of both buy-side and sell-side rates
- Advanced capabilities help you manage hundreds of thousands of pricing profiles
- Accurately calculate customer savings through automated benchmarking
- Enhance RFP responsiveness with detailed batch rating and analysis capabilities
- Extensive qualifiers and constraints for billing contracts, including tiered rates based on any combination of factors
- SMC3 and native LTL rate base support
- Carrier qualification and optimal carrier assignment
- Support mark-up pricing that considers multiple factors; exempt specific accessorial charges from mark-up; or apply mark-up by percentage difference than freight charges
- Choose either individual client pricing or “blanket” pricing for a group of clients
- Buy-side and sell-side routing guides
The 3G-TM planning and optimization capabilities are like nothing else on the market: They take into account all real-world constraints to build loads that you can actually execute, giving you the best options for delivering an order and taking into account all requirements. And as conditions inevitably change, our embedded optimization engine continuously shows you the effects of those changes on the routes and whether there are new routing options to consider.
The bottom line: The ability to factor in all real-world constraints from the beginning to the end of an order is a game-changer for our customers, saving them significant amounts of time and money.
More about our industry-leading Planning & Optimization
- Consider all options, including multi-stop, LTL, pool distribution to manage even the most complex routes
- Dynamic pooling and cross-docking
- Continuous Pool Optimization – plan shipments in to a predetermined consolidation point or dynamically determine the optimal consolidation facility
- “What if” planning analysis
- Load map view
We give you several options for tendering to help you get the best possible freight rates and improve efficiencies across all aspects of transportation rates, including surcharges and discounts. Once a shipment is in progress, our visibility tools ensure you have transparency into the shipment and can share key data with partners and customers via our configurable portals.
The bottom line: A solid peace of mind that you have the best possible freight rates; greater visibility that improves communications and service for partners and customers.
More about our Execution & Visibility
- Leverage a range of carrier tendering options, including waterfall and broadcast tendering
- Leverage messaging to adjust ETAs or inform partners and customers about a delivery delay
- Ability to manage by exception
- Ability to convert a variety of order layouts to XML and then EDI, CSV, JSON, fixed positional and more
- View shipment/load savings and profit sharing to further incentivize customers to consolidate freight internally or with other customers’
Customer billing, invoice payments and audits have never been easier. Our state-of-the-art technology simplifies the entire work flow process, from data entry and information processing to reporting and data analysis.
The bottom line: Save time on freight claim filing and increase savings with better automation, data sharing, and accurately allocating freight costs.
More on how our Freight Settlement can save you time and money
- Audit freight bills, backed by full transactional audit trail
- Support mark-up pricing that considers multiple factors; exempt specific accessorial charges from mark-up; or apply mark-up by percentage difference than freight charges
- Choose either individual client pricing or “blanket” pricing for a group of clients
Our integration speeds are second-to-none. In fact, our customers tell us that the ability to quickly integrate with other systems and onboard customers was a key factor for choosing to partner with us. Get connected and reap the benefits faster – for you and for your customers – with our unique Integration Hub.
The bottom line: Reduce the cost and complexity associated with the integration of complimentary solutions including Order Entry, ERP, Partner/Carrier EDI and API’s and so on.
More on our solution to Integration
- 100% web-based GUI and architecture
- A library of templates for ERP, accounting and EDI that enables you to connect with anyone
- Pre-established connections with most major LTL carriers
- An ever-growing stable of Web Services/Carrier APIs
- A hub and spoke design that’s infinitely scalable; integrate once and connect everywhere
- Match shipments to orders and customers, including for complex pool moves
Gain greater visibility into every area of your transportation operation with 3G-TM: With insight into items, orders and shipments, you can plan with confidence and deliver superior service.
The bottom line: The intuitive nature of the reporting options and role-based/configurable dashboards simplify and allow you to manage and share intelligence with vendors, partners/carriers and customers
More on our solution to Reporting
- Full suite of flexible reporting options, including carrier metrics, compliance, delivery performance and more
- An integration layer with intelligences that cleans up bad data and fills in the blanks – beyond simply matching API formats
- Intuitive, role-based and fully configurable dashboards help you understand, manage and share intelligence with vendors, carriers and customers
Our intuitive portals break down old visibility barriers with your vendors, carriers and customers. Streamline your communication, increase efficiency and accuracy – and deliver superior customer service.
The bottom line: The vendor portal enables communication amongst trading partners, including allowing users to input purchase orders, create routing requests and request routing instructions.
More on our solution to Reporting
- Fully configurable and customizable portals to your customers’ and partners’ needs
- Communicate with buyers and receivers through our Vendor Portal; users can input purchase orders, create routing requests and request routing instructions
3Gtms is an invaulable partner by helping us expand our reach and growth. The entire team’s level of performance is rare among IT partners — and it’s been a breath of fresh air.
Thomas B. Crowley, Jr.
Chairman & CEO, Crowley