Transportation Management Software

Choose from the best transport software Lite & Enterprise Edition

Best transportation management System !! 

Plan your limited IT budgets accordingly to implement ERP for improving logistics transportation management systems. Adopt digital maturity models, deploy freight forwarding, logistics invoice solutions in a phased manner, thus offering flexibility & guaranteed success. 

Deploying a secure and well-designed customer login portal, select the most suited version to overcome business challenges. Integrate financial accounting, payroll, tyre management, fleet management, warehouse inventory & cold chain monitoring

Not sure about which version suits you best? we suggest you engage our experts for free gap analysis to know more about the benefits of transport management system project implementation. The lite editions are the best solution for companies to get started with streamlining operations. Read about the benefits of transport management system.

Best transportation management software, freight forwarding customer portal
Ripples-FMS transportation management software for Afcfta region

A Transport Management System (TMS) that runs in the cloud and is perfect for large, medium, and small trucking companies.

Choice of on-premise and dedicated, fixed cost cloud installed transportation management system, with Transport management portal, fleet, tire rotation optimized freight forwarding operations. Online training, report building, and enterprise edition customization are also available to meet your specific requirements. 

Our domain experts & Transport logistics ERP implementation team will be spending time with your operational staff to install, train & implement the best transport software solution.  Freight management for planned executed supply chain management in real-time, providing inbound and outbound logistics, managed transportation, third-party logistics, tracking shipment, etc.

A great, unmatched bundle, of small business logistics transport management software for companies to get started with paperless operations. To reduce costs, improve operational efficiencies, greater controls, and transparency. This version is cloud-hosted, bundled with a set of standard reports and online training, implementation, helpdesk & technical support from among reliable TMS software providers. 

Cloud-based transportation management system (TMS) is hosted on a cloud computing platform and accessed over the internet. This type of TMS allows companies to manage their transportation operations from any location with an internet connection, without the need to install software on individual computers or servers.

  • Ready to deploy SaaS enabled TMS
  • Available in 3 distinct plans: Bronze, Silver & Gold
  • Multilingual/multi-currency TMS
  • Dedicated database with a highly secure firewall
  • FMS handles different cargo movements like containerized, flat bed, abnormal, bulk liquid & bulk loose
  • 3rd Party integration with Twilio/ Sage/GPS
  • Support available via ticketing system
  • Documentation & Online Videos
  • Yearly software updates / daily backups

Modules

Modules
  • Administrative Settings
  • Order Management
  • Trip Management
  • Vehicle Management
  • Fuel Management
  • Invoice Management
  • Standard Reports
  • Cashier Module
  • Emails
  • Multiple Branches
  • GPS Tracking
  • Finance Third Party Integation (Sage/Tally)
  • Human Resource & Payroll
  • MIS dashboard
  • Stores, Tyres & Workshop
  • Customer Portal
  • Third Party Integrations (SMS - Twilio/M Pesa/Biometric)*
Lite

Bronze

No. of Trucks (10 - 50) | User (3)
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Silver

No. of Trucks (51 - 200) | User (10)
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Gold

No. of Trucks (200 above) | User (25)
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Some benefits of cloud-based TMS include:

Cost savings

Cloud-based TMS eliminates the need for upfront infrastructure costs and can be more cost-effective than on-premises software.

Flexibility

Cloud-based TMS can be accessed from any location, allowing companies to manage their transportation operations from multiple locations.

Scalability

Cloud-based TMS can be easily scaled up or down to meet changing business needs.

Automatic updates

Cloud-based TMS is automatically updated by the provider, ensuring that users always have access to the latest version of the software.

Improved security

Cloud-based TMS is typically more secure than on-premises software, as the provider is responsible for maintaining and securing the servers and data.

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Enterprise Edition - Automated Transportation Management System

This comprehensive package covers all aspects needed for a logistics transport management company to run its operations. Bundled with 250 hours of onsite training, software customization, and a choice of cloud or on-premise hosting online, unlike the transport management system in sap. A bundle of 50 insightful MIS dashboard & reports is included in this version. The solution is a digital twin in transport logistics to provide value-added services such as customer login portal, warehouse optimization, production scheduling, cargo tracking & fleet monitoring so that every phase of your logistics operation would be transparent, efficient, and cost-effective and bringing business efficiency using tracking and monitoring, automated dispatches, driver management, cargo management & transport scheduling. Read more about Transport management software modules

 

Ripples-FMS Freight logistics management software

Logistics Operations

  • Order Entry & Quotation
  • Truck Allocation
  • Schedule Full Load Trips, Empty Trips
  • Add Return Load trips
  • Fuel issues
  • Driver Expense Management
  • Clearance document submission, auto email
  • Loaded Updation & Despatch
  • GPS Tracking or Manual Status Updations
  • Demurrage Entries
  • Maintenance Checklist before & after trip
  • POD Management
  • Trip Closing (Deductions & Driver Bonus)
  • Cargo deduction management

Finance management

  • Payment & Receipt Vouchers
  • Cashbook & Daily Reports
  • Statistical Reports like Ledger
  • Cashier report

Invoice management

  • Standard Customer Rates
  • Invoice Generation
  • Credit Note
  • Additional Cost Invoice 
  • Demurrage Confirmation
  • Invoices – Partial & Full

Logistics MIS

  • Revenue Performance
  • Tonnage Performance
  • Daily business summary

Standard reports in TMS system lite

  • Customer wise Order Details
  • Loads Available Report
  • Cash Book Report
  • Driver Expense Detailed Report
  • Fuel Issue Detailed Report
  • Transport management system pdf export
  • Missing Truck Deliveries
  • Drop Off Pending Report
  • Demurrage Details Report
  • Trip Control Report
  • Trip Closed Details 
  • Driver Bonus Detailed Report
  • Rate not updated Report
  • Invoice not generated Report
  • Trip wise Income & Expense

Finance management

  • Profit & Loss
  • Trial Balance & Balance Sheet, etc
  • Third-Party Integrations 
  • Mobile / M-Pesa

Workshop

  • Workshop Job Description
  • Job Order & Bay Costing
  • Bay Costing & Job order Reports
  • Branch wise Job Order Report
  • Frequent Workshop Visits

HR module

  • Employee Biodata & documents
  • Document details expiry alerts
  • Leave Module
  • Payslip Configurations
  • Payslip Preparations
  • Employee Loan Management
  • Staff Deductions linked to Payroll
  • Disciplinary Actions & its alerts
  • Training Masters & Management
  • HR MIS
  • Deductions & Driver Bonus on Trips

Insurance claims

  • Incident Entries
  • Claims Dashboard
  • Insurance Entries & Alerts
  • Third-Party Integrations 

Logistics Invoice portal

  • View Order Details
  • View Trip Details with documents
  • Track In Transit Trips (Map View)
  • View Invoice Details
  • Order Details
  • Document Management
  • Task Management
  • Invoice Management
  • Quotation
  • CRM (Complaint Management)
  • Chat with Staff

Tire management

  • Purchase Order
  • Goods Receipt Note
  • Purchase Returns
  • Credit Note
  • Tyre Request
  • Tyre Issue & Returns
  • Regular Tyre Rotations
  • Retread & Recycle Management
  • Tyre Monitoring & Inspection
  • RFID Tyre Patches

Fuel management

  • Fuel Purchases & Orders
  • Fuel Stock Management
  • Fuel Request
  • Outside Fuel Issue
  • Fuel Advance
  • Fuel Adjustment
  • Third-Party Integrations 

Fleet spares management

Spare Groups & Category
Spare & Bin Location
Purchase Order
Goods Receipt Note
Purchase Returns
Credit Note
Spare Returns, Request & Issue
Stock Transfer Request
Stock Transfer Receipt
Stock Transfer Returns
Stock Adjustments
Spare Value/Qty Summary
Stock Query
Canceled GRN Details
Frequently Used Spares
Nonmoving spare details report
Maintenance costs trucks with Cost/km
Purchase Report
Purchase Order Register
Purchase Return History
Spare Issue Report
Spare Re-Order Level Report

Clearing & forwarding

  • Import & Export Order Management
  • Shipping Line, Vessel & Voyage
  • Expenses for Clearing & Taxation
  • Customer Rates
  • Expense Entry Management
  • Shipping Lines & Clearing Agents
  • Customer Billing
  • Bill Settlements (Partial or Full)

The integrated, best transport management software had undergone rigorous tests and, has been deployed in large installations with 2000+ operational trucks, and our clients continue to reap the benefits of reducing logistics costs. Agri logistics management companies can add various logistics software modules as your business expands and grows.

Our cloud-ready transportation management software versions are engineered by logistics professionals with 20+ years of experience in building complex business applications in retail, healthcare, and banking industries to suit the needs of the enterprise, and mid-sized logistics companies in the African region. Read about transport management success stories

Call us to know more about Logistics management ERP software solutions, starter kit for small business logistics companies, enterprise versions, and the pricing for Africa (Kenya, Ethiopia, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Tanzania,Mozambique, Rwanda & Djibouti).

Best transport software – Frequently asked questions

Customer Web order entry? – Yes
Does the system define orders and legs (shipments) separately? Can we create visible vs nonvisible legs for clients? – Yes
Can users be associated with an order for tracking and reporting purposes? – Yes
Appointment booking required by the customer ? – Planned release
Appointment management? (Contacted, Waiting, booked etc…)
Document management by order? – Yes
Notification system – Yes
Can a 24/48 hour notification be sent to the end-user? – Yes
Can Order verification notification be sent to the end-user to verify delivery requirements? : loading dock, hours of delivery, special requirements, inside delivery, etc – Yes
when an order is modified, will/can the revised notification be re-sent? – Yes
Can reporting create a report combining different business objects (Orders, Loads, Settlement Info, etc.)? – Yes
Can reports be scheduled? – Yes
Can reports be sent to an email address that does not exist in the TMS (Manual entry of email address)? – Yes
Does the system have the ability to export reports into different formats (PDF, Excel, etc.)? – Yes
Does the system provide dashboard reports? – Yes
Can users drill down from dashboard reports into summary reports and into the transactions detail? – Yes
Can we create our own reports? – Yes, with some training
Can your system identify and report on trends? – Yes
Can your system perform predictive analytics? – Yes, customised solution
Can notification be sent out? Booking confirmation / pickup notice / eta change notice / arrival notice/ delivered? – Yes
Can your system rate LTL shipments? – Yes
Can your system rate TL shipments? – Yes
Can your system rate LTL use tariff-based rates? – Yes
Can your system rate LTL use pallet-based rates? – Yes
Can your system rate based on weight, volume, distance, freight class, pallet count, and piece count – Yes
Does your product support rate blocking – Yes
Can FAK rates be set up? – No
Can your system define lanes? = No
Are accessorial charges supported within your system? – No
Does your system support effective dates (i.e. Start Dates, Stop Dates) for rates? Yes
Does your system support multi-currency billing? – Yes
-> What’s the platform based on Python Django, Low code development tools
-> SLA? 6 Hours Escalation
-> Can we have a private instance hosted Yes, our solution supports both Cloud-based and On-premise (linux, Windows) – Digital ocean, E2E networks etc.
-> Backup Can configure automatic backups and database replication
-> Support? – Online, ZoHo CRM After implementation, we will provide support through the Remote Desktop Connection, Teamviewer,Skype etc