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advanced functionality. For example, routing is one of the lane benchmarking rates. Customers are therefore able
two areas in which the largest numbers of respondents to access current lane benchmarks as well as historical
get their savings. Outbound, multi-stop truckload (TL) trends – a vital tool for optimising the transport network
routing is the most common form of routing and its and negotiating the most competitive rates.
prevalence suggests that most TMS suppliers do not
have problems supplying savings in this area. However, In South Africa, customers can now access this
jointly routing inbound and outbound shipments to same capability. As an example, a company whose initial
reduce empty miles, or jointly routing carriers and private focus was to use the TMS for tendering, routing and
fleets, can be very complex. optimisation could harvest the information from its TMS
to drive better transportation procurement.
In these different savings categories, a TMS achieves
savings based on visibility, process enforcement, analytics Working with a TMS full-service provider, the company
and optimisation. Visibility is a key driver of transport could leverage managed procurement services and
savings. This is made possible through a multi-tenant, benchmarking data. This can then be used to compare
network-style TMS that captures anonymous data on all the rates being offered by the carriers to the industry
the moves, made by all clients, on all lanes. Customer benchmarks in the network. When it comes to visibility
data is aggregated in a manner that protects the privacy like this as a driver of transport savings, it is hard to beat
of individual shippers while allowing for the creation of the new breed of network-based SaaS TMS solutions. •

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