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How a TMS supports you on the road to growth
We know through our experience of working with hauliers that business growth is a struggle without the right systems and processes in place. Manual processes make it difficult to manage an increase in new work.
Business growth is certainly something to get excited about, but it also could mean that managing a growing workload could become more challenging, without the proper tools in place.
A growth in demand for your services could require staff to work harder and longer hours to keep up the pace and there may come a time when you realise that your current systems or processes are no longer sustainable if you are to continue to grow, and improvements are required.
Adopting the right technology and systems can help. Perhaps you’ve been using spreadsheets to plan work, or manual day sheets and whiteboards. Or, you’re using a bespoke transport management system which now doesn’t support the way you want to work.
Here are five ways a transport management system can support your business growth:
- Improve your work-life balance
Are you finding your team has to work longer hours to get through your growing workload? Work smarter, not harder, and achieve greater results with the help of a transport management system (TMS). A TMS can help you to reduce your growing admin workload, such as ensuring proof documents are returned, and matched up to the correct paperwork. Your POD process can be digitised using a TMS and integrated driver Manifest app to speed up the whole process of POD returns and invoicing. This is just one way a TMS can help you to improve efficiency, and free up time for other tasks. - Improve how you communicate with staff, customers, and sub-contractors
Whether its giving work to your drivers, keeping customers informed, or keeping track of your sub-contractors, a transport management system can help you to improve communication, saving time and effort. With a TMS, all the information you need is saved in one place and proactive notifications and updates keep everyone informed. - Speed up your order-to-cash cycle
Maintain a health cash flow by managing the whole lifecycle process from order to invoicing with one system - Create and execute the perfect plan
Use transport management solutions to create realistic, achievable plans, validated against KPIs and monitored with
exceptions identified and effectively managed - Deliver your promises
Make it easy for your customers to work with you, keep them informed, and meet their expectations with real-time data and
accurate electronic documentation