Transportation Management Systems

May 25, 2014

Tasked with making the movement of freight between trade partners easier, cheaper, and more efficient, Transportation Management Systems (TMS) have been playing a role in the smooth running of the supply chain since the 1980s. Having evolved significantly over the last 30 years, such systems are typically available as standalone software packages, as part of a larger Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution, or in Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) formats.

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