Forwarding Management Software

Organize shipments quickly and efficiently in the Cloud through FMS

Forwarding Management Software for best shipping

As a freight forwarder or expeditor, you want to be able to offer your clients the best possible service. Managing and steering the supply chain, you offer your customers added value by utilizing your logistics expertise having shipments transported in time and within budget. Organizing and managing your customers’ supply chain activities as efficiently as possible ensures a gain in competitive advantage.

No shipment is the same and each shipment requires careful planning, management and execution. Using a reliable and intelligent FMS, you’ll be able to ensure your customers of an increased overall efficiency and greater profit margins.

Advantages of Forwarding Management

One file
One file covering all supply chain activities
Complete Solution
Succesfully manage and retain control over your supply chain with a complete set of tools
Managing partial shipments
Manage import to your warehouse and export of partial shipments from your warehouse to multiple locations
Simple outsourcing
Outsource activities to internal or external partners

Simple calculation of costs
Automatically calculate invoice costs and revenues of all activities
Integration options
Various possible interfaces and EDI connections
Intercompany options
Extensive intercompany options, for optimal integration of all business units/ business entities within an organisation
Direct link Customs
Direct customs declarations of products with NCTS, EMCS, DSU or AGS status

Forwarder Management software for overall view

Freight forwarders and expeditors want to have easy, up-to-date and comprehensive insight into all logistics activities. Adaption’s FMS is file driven, which means that all (logistics) activities linked to the shipping of goods can be controlled within a single dossier.

Users will be able to access all required information within one file providing a clear overview and deeper insight into activities. From client request to invoicing, all freight forwarding activies are registired and filed in the Forwarding Management Software. The FMS provides freight forwarders and logistics service provideres with total control over it’s (outsourced) activities.

Comprehensive & Quick
Work more efficiently and quickly with clear files, real time information and clear planning. The incident management module allows you to be up to date on any changes and allows you to take action in a timely fashion. The flexible setup of FMS results in low implementation costs and quick linking to the system.

Import & Export
Import and export documents can be easily generated and shared. In the FMS, all documents are automatically linked to a file or dossier of the applicable customer/ supplier.

All modalities
The FMS has no limitations when it comes to utilizing modalities. Whether it is transport by road, railway, water or air, all options are included in the system and can be easily planned.

FMS in the Cloud

A FMS should enable logistics processes to run smoothly and provide a complete overview and deep insight into your open and closed files, anywhere and at any time. FMS cloud-based software by Adaption allows for the Forwarding Management Software to be available anywhere and on any device.

The benefit of using cloud-based Forwarding Management Software is that suppliers and customers can easily and quickly be connected. This enables all supply chain parties to provide pricing details and shipment data even faster. The purchase and use of cloud-based software is also much cheaper than on-premise based software. It guarantees users with periodic releases and updates, providing software that is always up-to-date and automatically adding new functionalities.

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Properties of Adaption’s Forwarding Management Software

Quotes

Quote rates are automatically extracted from a database with pre-set price agreements or can be simply requested with the quote request function. The special quotation module offers you the possiblity of tendering freights/ shipments. The requested rates are easily converted into a customer quote and communicated through the click of a button.

Customs link

The FMS offers an instant connection to customs. This simplifies and speeds up the customs declaration process of goods with a NCTS, EMCS, DSU or AGS status.

Groupage

Simply combine several shipments into one greater shipment. This allows you to not only cut costs, but also to increase your profit margin.

Incident management

Do action differ fron planned data registered in the FMS? An incident is immediately and automatically registered and created when actual data differs from planned data. Notifications are created and communicated instantly providing whichever responsible and affected party with the possiblity of taking timely action.

Tracking & Tracing

24/7 insight through a tracking and tracing functionality, enabling you and your customer to remain up to date on the latest shipment status.

Invoicing

All required information for invoicing is registered under a customer, making invoicing easier than ever. All shipment data, such as, handling and document costs, are automatically calculated and added to an invoice.

Document management

Nothing is more important to a freight forwarder or expeditor than structured and correct management of documents. Our FMS automatically generates all required documentation and provides the user with the possibilitiy of automated communication with pre-set parties.

Intercompany options

Does your organization exist of various business units or entities, such as forwarding, transport and warehousing? The intercompany module enables you to process customer orders through one record. Revenues are calculated, invoiced and allocated accordingly through the use of our FMS.

File driven

The FMS uses customer-based rather than activity-based files. These files or dossiers contain all necessary information concerning a customer’s shipment and offers users a comprehensive overview of all activities linked to the shipment.

Integrations

There are various integration options. The FMS software offers interfacing and integration options through EDI, FTP, CSV and customer/supplier portals. We’re able to connect to and interface with any available piece of software, for instance SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, Portbase, Inttra and PTV.

“Pre-defined Logistics scenarios and connected workflows aid users in entering orders quickly and without error.”

Eric van der Stel,
General manager NBK Forwarding

More information on the FMS

Curious on how the FMS can help you grow your business? Please feel free to contact us and we’ll be happy to provide you with more information.

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