inet-logistics Optimizing Multi-mode Transport Processes

The logistics and transportation industry is being redefined by growing transport volumes, changes in freight movement models, and the emergence of new markets across continents,” points out Oswald Werle, CEO, inet-logistics. For enterprises and supply chain stakeholders looking to augment their transport capacity utilization and improve their carbon footprint, implementing a Transport Management System (TMS) is a cost-effective and viable option. With a focus on optimizing transportation processes in real-time, Chicago, IL-based inet-logistics has established its presence as a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider in the logistics domain by offering dedicated modular logistics software— inet TMS. inet TMS is an assortment of various value-adding modules—transport management, freight cost management, container management, and transportation analytics—to enable real-time networking between supply chain stakeholders.

Concomitantly, inet TMS can be used module-by-module or as a highly-integrated transport management suite to connect global and multi-mode transport networks at both in- and outbound levels. For instance, if a company has a network of suppliers and logistics service providers, inet-logistics connects all these partners over their cloud-based transportation management platform. In addition to increasing the asset utilization ratio, automating administrative processes, inet TMS provides all the stakeholders access to a single consistent and complete database containing integrated and real-time data for compliance with directives, tracking and tracing of shipments, and KPI reporting. “The seamless integration of transportation planning and execution is a key differentiator for us,” emphasizes Werle.

By offering a comprehensive and intelligent freight cost management solution, inet-logistics helps logistics service providers forgo double-billing incidences while helping them minimize freight costs through usage-based cost allocation and audit-proof freight costs calculations. In one instance, a client in the automotive industry implemented inet TMS to manage their transportation network themselves. inet-logistics analyzed the client’s transportation networks to identify their supplier’s geographical location and the routes that needed to be covered.