What does TMS transportation mean in logistics?

Tms is the abbreviation of (Transportation Management System), which translates into logistics transportation system. It is usually used as a subsystem under the enterprise main system such as SAP or erp, and is mainly used for the specific management of logistics and transportation links, such as vehicle management, transportation management, goods inspection, etc.

Traditional logistics transportation mainly depends on traditional contact methods, such as waybill delivery, vehicle dispatching, cargo information viewing, cargo receipt viewing, etc. Inquiry information can only be communicated by telephone, WeChat qq and other contact methods, which is inefficient, and the obtained data has certain subjective initiative and low accuracy, resulting in poor customer satisfaction. Moreover, data statistics rely on manual statistics, which is large in quantity and difficult, and wastes a lot of manpower and material resources.

Based on the disadvantages of traditional transportation and the rapid development of information technology such as Internet and Internet of Things, in order to be in an invincible position and obtain a more favorable market, in addition to the continuous innovation of products, the transportation link from production to consumption has to become a magic weapon for enterprises to improve their competitiveness, and enterprise information systems have emerged. The logistics information system connects the owner, carrier, driver and consignee on the logistics transportation platform in an all-round way through the waybill, which improves the transparency of the whole logistics transportation and is convenient for managers to view order information, vehicle information, receiving status, in-transit abnormality and big data analysis in real time.

Logistics information system not only improves the competitive soft power, customer satisfaction and turnover efficiency of enterprises, but also improves the transparent management of the whole logistics and transportation link.