Logistics/transportation Software Development

By Author: Homer Reynolds
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Human civilization would have never reached its present stage of development if it did not evolve a fine mode of transportation. From the original form of transport by walking and then using domesticated animals to transfer goods and people, transportation and logistics has evolved to its present stage. Imagine if people of different places made immense progress in various sectors like medicine or food manufacturing, but none in the field of transport. All the other inventions and discoveries would have been restricted only to the place of origin without being transported to other regions - such is the important of transportation. Transportation involves a wide variety of jobs. There are jobs like maintenance of the vehicles and repairing them which need to be done by humans. But there are certain other jobs in transportation as well as logistics that could be performed better by automation. You need to oversee the movement of goods and services. You also need to keep track of inventory, packaging, any undue delays in between and even security of the goods transported. You need to figure out the most efficient route and means ...
... of transport to get the goods from A to B. All information needs to be collected, recorded and schedules need to be decided. These are important jobs as they require efficiency in each and every step. If they are manually done, they will consume several man hours. Instead, use the right transportation and logistics software to run your business smoothly and efficiently.

Transport software Management provides a number of solutions for courier bookings. These include receiving client bookings via data entry, client onsite systems or through web bookings over the Internet. These bookings flow into the radio dispatch area where the requirements are communicated to the delivery vehicles. When a booking has been completed, it moves into the booking review area for pricing adjustments. After the adjustments have been finalized, the booking is passed on to invoicing. The accounts system can then allocate incoming payments and keep track of debtors. An automatic status update for a booking may be sent back to the client either by email or by CRM. Once a booking has been made, customer service screens are available to review bookings within any screen. Review screens differ depending on whether the booking is a distribution run or a standard booking. Internal electronic "Chat sessions" can be conducted by staff to discuss particular bookings. The cost of a new booking is automatically calculated by the freight rating engine. Transportation and Logistics form an important part of the supply chain that regulates an efficient flow of goods and services. The software helps the companies lower their transportation and logistics costs, increase their turnover and profitability and reduce the inventory costs. It helps mobilize global inventory and also helps you get the goods and services to your customers at the right time and place.

Mindfire's Logistics/Transportation Software Development is a Comprehensive, Integrated, Modularized and User-friendly Software for the supply chain and distribution industry. Our in-house development teams use the absolute best technology coupled with a proven engineering discipline to produce client-driven results better than any software company in the industry. We have developed various projects and given below are some sample:

GPS based Vehicle Tracking System
Truck Tracking System

To outsource your Logistics/Transportation management Software Development Services, you can mail to info@mindfiresolutions.com or call us at 1-248-686-1424.