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TransportGistics Releases New Application to Trace and Track Shipments

TransportGistics releases another “simpler is better” application that incrementally improves Transportation Management efficiencies

Bohemia – To face the ever increasing demands of faster and more reliable customer service, manufacturing and production planning, shippers and consignees are demanding zero delay in gaining access to current and accurate information. 

TransportGistics, the company that has enabled its customers to improve compliance through the implementation of RoutingGuides.com, has just released its newest product, FreightTracing.com.

FreightTracing is a low cost, easy to use web-based tool that focuses on managing the transportation functions of collaboration and optimization of transportation activities by aggregating and displaying up-to-the-minute shipment information such as location of a shipment, status (picked up, delayed, in transit, cross docked, consignee refused, etc.), and carrier and trailer numbers.  It enables users to manage their tracing and tracking needs in real time, by any carrier, by any consignee or destination, by any date or sequence, by any origin or pick up point, and by size or type of shipment. 

According to Alan Miller, President of TransportGistics, Inc., “while a multitude of carriers offer shipment tracking information on their web sites, the time and costs associated with obtaining shipment information has become excessive.”   Currently when a request to trace a shipment is received, vendors first have to identify the order number or Bill of Lading number, then have to figure out via which carrier the shipment was sent, and  then access the carriers’ web site to trace the shipment.  Also, alternative tracking and tracing methods typically are limited to simple status reports while FreightTracing provides proof of delivery and triggers alerts in the event that a shipment will be delayed or achieves other user configurable statuses.

Current FreightTracing customers agree “we simply got fed up with expense and lost time in trying to track our deliveries.  Now we don’t even need to have all our shipment numbers.  With only the basic detail of who, what or where, at a flick and a click, we can learn in real time the exact location and expected time of arrival of our carrier’s truck, or ship, or train, or plane, wherever they are in the world.”

Users also can create shipment status reports and then electronically e-mail them to anyone who needs to know.  They can activate an alert function to automatically identify problems or potential problems and be notified in time to make proactive decisions.  And they can use the delivery information to automatically send notices to consignees, warehouse, or accounts payable, all with the highest level of security because only those with appropriate levels of access can obtain the tracking information.

FreightTracing is a product of TransportGistics, Inc., a global, multi-product company that provides market leading, simple, incremental solutions for transportation management functions within the supply chain.  Their products address the inefficiencies in transportation management, simplify the functions to be executed, make transportation information immediately visible to all parties involved in the transaction process, improve communications, and increase productivity.