1、Transportation Management System(TMS)Buyers GuideDescartes Systems Group,Inc.|Transportation Management System(TMS)Buyers GuideGET STARTEDTransportation Management System(TMS)Buyers Guide 1Introduction:A comprehensive buyers guide to choosing the right Transportation Management System(TMS)for enterp

2、rise shippersTransportation Management Systems(TMS)have come a long way in recent years.They are more robust and configurable given the emergence of cloud architecture boosted by enhanced integration capabilities,and now AI.A TMS today should enable more than just planning and bookkeeping,it should

3、provide multi-party collaboration and real-time visibility that is essential for streamlined transportation operations.First lets define what an enterprise shipper is.While there is no one correct answer,for our purposes we will consider enterprise shippers as companies whose are not logistics servi

4、ce providers but do have enough complexity in their supply chain that requires coordination of multiple internal and external parties to move goods across one,or multiple,mode(s)of transport in one,or multiple,region(s)of the globe.An enterprise shipper may only have tens of millions of dollars/euro

5、s in freight spend,has a handful of people in their transportation department,and contracts with a dozen or so carriers.On the larger end of the spectrum an enterprise shipper may have 100 million,or over a billion dollars/euros,in freight spend,contracts with hundreds of carriers,has dozens of peop

6、le in transportation,and in many cases also has different business units(Bus)where each BU may have different back-end systems that creates more complexity.IntroductionTransportation Management:The basicsThe benefits of a Transportation Management System?Comparing potential software and vendors How