Major TMS/SCE Customers

Business Statistics

Transportation Spend Managed

$6,000,000,000+

Users

10,000+

Customers

20

Countries

30+

Locations

500+

Shipments Managed

5,200,000+

Carriers

6,000+

TransWorks TMS/SCE

SaaS - No customer capital investment

ROI measured in weeks

Process improvement

Employee Productivity

Total Supply Chain Visibility

Implementation in 30-60 days

Relationship Management

TW handles EDI all w/Carriers

Freight awarded based on Cost/Service

Options to Eliminate 3rd party invoice processor fees

Carrier ManagementAutomated information exchange between you

and your carriers, despite many technology

limitations

Single point of integration from shipper ERP to

provide your carriers multiple communication

options

Streamlined private web-based portal for

small and medium sized carriers

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)

Mobile apps (iPhone and Android)

Auto-fax

Relationship evaluation tools

Rate Management

Rate Management (RMS) can act as a stand-

alone rating engine and/or mirror your rate

database(s)

Rates can be based on multiple criteria, such

as:

Mode, carrier, equipment, customer, city,

state, zip, ranges, zones, equipment

types, commodity, etc.

Mileage, flat, minimum, ton, hundred

weights, quantity, etc.

Fuel surcharge and other accessorial charges

are applied to each shipment to determine

total cost

RMS is used to make cost-based tendering

decisions and enable freight payment

TL, LTL & Optional Rail RateSelect Module

available for complex route building

Rules-Based Tendering

Reduced cost per shipment by tendering to the

“best” carrier(s) in sequence, based on your

rules

Assigned lane or load (auto)-no response

needed

Single carrier-response required

Allocation to multiple carriers

Percentage of the Lane

Number based

Optimal (Service Level &/or Cost)

Broadcast to all/select carriers concurrently

Optimal Broadcast

SPOT Rates

…or any combination by Lane, City, State,

Zone, Point, etc.

Optimization Option

Lowest TOTAL cost tendering, considering carrier

commitments & capacity constraints

Building and leveraging relationships with core carriers,

leveraging carriers natural networks

Leveraging existing network design and execution plan

Flexibility to dynamically adjust supply chain rules

Ability to review and execute all or parts of the plan

Schedule or re-run multiple scenarios as needed

Optimization Plan Cost Savings

Minimum Cost $8,332 31%

Best Cost with Capacity Only $8,637 29%

Best Cost with Optimized Commitments $8,955 26%

Best Cost with Actual Commitments Honored $9,049 25%

Actual Cost $12,128 0%

Supply Chain ExecutionOptimization Tool

RAIL Execution Option

TransWorks product integration with a strategic partner to provide rail tracking, rating, demurrage, EBoL for carload shippers

Allows TransWorks to provide both truck and rail functionality to our shipper customer base

Appointment Scheduling

Carriers can set their own pick up appointment

after successfully accepting a tender

Appointment schedule can be defined by

“loading” area/dock

Multiple loading areas can be defined by

location, commodity, equipment, carrier, payment

terms, etc.

Schedule slots and constraints are defined for

each area

Slots can be added, deleted, or suspended by

authorized employees to accommodate holidays,

outages, etc.

Carriers can self-schedule appointments as

part of tender acceptance or at a later time

Appointment list/metrics allow both shipper &

carriers to keep track of appointment status

Exception Management

Proactive exception visibility and notification of

issues, before they grow into customer failures

Key customer-defined events are tracked from

multiple sources

Proactive exception notifications, based on

business rules and carrier preference

Tenders, rates, pick up, delivery, exceptions,

Insurance

Logging of events & status changes for

historical review

Audit logs with time & user tracking

Rail-Tracker option provides proactive rail

shipment management tool including real- time

visibility of inventory and equipment

Freight Settlement

Automated freight payment is enabled by

leveraging rate and exception management,

minimizing human interaction and error

The TMS stores all key data required for

Auto-payment:

Auto-Rated shipments

Base freight, fuel and other accessorials

Proof of Delivery

(via Exception Management module)

...TMS transmits “rated shipment” & ePOD

Rail-Demurrage option provides control of

your demurrage expenses across all of your

shipping/receiving facilities and rail carriers

Trailer Pool

Shippers and carriers have visibility to track

all trailers at a facility (plant, warehouse,

etc.)

Functionality available for one to many

pools, ready for pickup, etc:

Trailer location & times

Status of each trailer

Empty, loaded, rejected (& reason),

docked, ready for pickup, etc.

Detailed audits on each trailer, including

date and time stamp, as well as the user

making the updates

Carriers have visibility to all trailers in your

location, along with the status and times

KPI’s/Business Intelligence

Objective carrier measurement, based on

individual metrics – cost, reliability and coverage

Flexible web/reporting mechanisms:

Leverage existing pre-defined reports on

demand or use to create customized reports

- Define and report on critical KPI’s

- Create ad-hoc reports

Schedule reports to run hourly, daily, weekly,

etc.

Many delivery options and flexible formats.

Information can be stored, delivered via web

browser, emailed, printed and/or saved as

Excel, DOC, CSV, HTML or PDF

Flexible Visibility – what’s needed where

it’s needed:

– Enterprise Wide

– Location based

– Groups of Locations

– Employees/Contractors

– Carriers

– Customers

Full controlled and configurable by user.

Auditable– full history of rates, tenders

and LBT rules, shipment & carrier audits

End-to-End Visibility

Val

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Area TMS Feature Benefits

All Locations On

A Single System

Corporate Visibility & Unified View of

Transportation for Multiple Legacy Systems

Location Job Sharing or Vacation Coverage

Application Flexibility; “easy” integration

from multiple legacy systems to ERP system

Single Rating Engine Platform

Automated

Tendering

Time Savings; allow time to do planning

New/Updated Load Detail

Real Time Communication

Exception Management

Manual Dispatch

Visibility

Manual

Appointment

Scheduling

Online Carrier

Appointment

Scheduling

Time Savings

Reduce Driver Detention

Single Platform for All Appointments, Prepaid

& Collect

Ability to track premium freight spend

Estimate Annual Savings is 10-20% of Freight

Spend

Optimal

Tendering Via

Low Cost

Freight Spend

Customer Benefits

Customer BenefitsV

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Area TMS Feature Benefits

Real Time

Proactive

Communication

Check Progress of Loads / Orders

Improve On-time Pickup & Delivery %

Improve Customer Satisfaction

POD (Proof Of Delivery) Detail for Sarbanes

Oxley Reviews

Improve Invoice Accuracy

Exception Management

Business

Intelligence (BI)

Tools

Analysis for Additional Savings

Detail & Scorecards for Carrier Reviews

Canned Reports i.e. Lane Analysis, Low Cost

Analysis, Freight Spend, etc.

Reporting

Track & Trace

Capabilities

Transportation IT

Support

SaaS (Software-

as-a-Service)

Quick Implementation; Other Than EDI

Integration, No IT Time Required

Proprietary data

TransWorks Hosts, No Software / Hardware

Costs

No System Upgrades Required; Included as

part of the TransWorks Solution

EDI Transactional Flow of Data(TransWorks TMS & Customer)

Carrier Rates

Shipment Status

Shipment Information

Carrier /Customer Addresses

Invoice / Freight Charges

Tender Response

TMS / SCE

ERP / Order

Management

System

Val

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to C

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Area TMS Feature Benefits

All Locations On

A Single System

Automates communication with you - their

customer

Ease of use and integration with their

standard processes

EDI, Web, Mobile App, Email, Text, Fax

Appointment times can be self-scheduled

Automated

Tendering

Real Time Communication

New/Updated Load Detail

Exception Management notifications

Standard performance Metrics / Scorecard

Dispatch

Visibility

No Fees to Carrier

Protects bids & commitments

Payment authorization Triggered by POD

Eliminate 3rd party payment processors

Optimal

Tendering Via

Low Cost

Freight Payment

Carrier Benefits

EDI Transactional Flow of Data(TransWorks TMS & Carrier)

Shipment Status

Updates

New Tender /

Shipment Request

Shipment Updates / Changes

Tender Response (accept /

reject)

CarrierTMS / SCE

Security is paramount

AS2/ FTPs/ sFTP

Customer Support

TransWorks Customer Support allows you to focus on your

business by supporting you through every facet of the

implementation…

Pre-Implementation

• Business Rules Gathering

• Carrier / Shipper on-site and web-based Training

• Test go-live

Post-Implementation

• On-site go live

• Customer Support / Help Desk available 24x7

• Customer reviews

• Account Management

• Periodic releases of new functionality

• Business Intelligence / Reporting support