In the fast-paced world of transport and logistics, maintaining control over your operations is essential. It’s all about speed, insight, and adaptability. Adaption responds to this need with an innovative solution within the Transport Management System (TMS): the Planboard. This powerful and visual planning module allows you to efficiently manage transport activities from A to Z—from order receipt to final delivery.
The Planboard is an interactive, graphical display of both scheduled and unscheduled transport orders. Through one central interface, planners have immediate visibility into all relevant data, such as:
Thanks to its intuitive drag-and-drop functionality, changes can be made quickly and easily. Think of rearranging trips, adding last-minute shipments, or rescheduling deliveries due to delays. The Planboard supports real-time decision-making, enabling logistics organizations to respond more rapidly.
Visual Clarity:
A clear and visual overview of all active and upcoming transport movements provides direct operational control.
Flexible Planning:
Planners can move orders to different vehicles or routes with a single mouse movement—no complex manual actions required.
Real-Time Insight:
Always up-to-date information on trips, expected arrival times, and statuses. This allows changes to be communicated immediately to drivers and customers.
Everything in one place:
Documents, statuses, contact details, and order information are linked and accessible from the Planboard—no more scattered Excel files.
Time Savings & Error Reduction:
With less manual work and more automation, the risk of errors is reduced and valuable planning time is saved.
This image shows the planning board within the Logistics Cloud Suite. In this example, three trips have been scheduled, while two remain unscheduled. Thanks to the clear layout, the planner can immediately see when the unscheduled trips can be planned. In addition, the planning board provides direct access to all relevant information about the already scheduled trips.
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A transport planner starts his workday and opens the Planboard. At a glance, he sees all trips scheduled for the day. A driver soon calls to report a 45-minute delay due to traffic. Two deliveries are at risk.
Via the Planboard, the planner selects the affected orders and, with a simple drag-and-drop, moves them to another truck that still has capacity. The planned times are automatically updated, and customers receive immediate notification of their new delivery time. The issue is resolved within five minutes—without chaos, phone calls, or manual recalculations.
Without the Planboard, this process would take much longer and be more prone to errors. Thanks to this smart tool, the planner remains fully in control, customers stay satisfied, and deliveries are made on time.
The Planboard is not a standalone module but a fully integrated part of Adaption’s TMS. And it goes further—combined with the Warehouse Management System (WMS) and Forwarding Management System (FMS), it becomes a comprehensive logistics solution. Think automatic links between warehouse inventories and available loading capacity, or real-time updates on shipment statuses and rates. This creates an efficient workflow from order to delivery.
Adaption’s TMS with Planboard offers companies in the logistics and transport sector a unique combination of visibility, flexibility, and real-time insight. By streamlining processes and minimizing manual errors, you increase efficiency, reduce costs, and improve customer satisfaction. Whether you work with your own fleet, charters, or multimodal transport, Adaption keeps you in control.
Want to reduce errors, shorten lead times, and optimize your logistics processes? Discover the power of Adaption TMS and experience the benefits of the advanced planboard for yourself.
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