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A Web Tool for Logistics Companies and Their Clients
About the client
The customer is a logistics management solution provider. Their objective was to create a platform capable of meeting the requirements of a wide network of shippers, suppliers, retailers, cargo recipients, and carriers.
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Project overview
The project's objective was to create a cloud logistics platform capable of matching the requirements of a wide network of shippers, suppliers, retailers, cargo recipients, and carriers. In order to successfully build such an IT solution, the customer approached Andersen to augment its in-house software development team, as we are known as a company with an extensive track record and industry-specific expertise.
Andersen's cross-functional team also helped with creating a reporting system and a freight bid management platform. We contributed to the optimization of the platform performance and extension of its functionality, including a platform for time slot management and a rate management app. On top of that, our professionals contributed to back-end software development, ensuring the security and effective functioning of the customer's hybrid mobile apps.
As a result of this collaboration, customer's business underwent extra digitization of logistics and experienced significant savings, with thousands of euros saved monthly due to the transition to freely available types of data uploads. The customer was impressed with our proficiency in various technologies and ability to integrate seamlessly into their in-house team.
Andersen’s expert team of developers and AQA specialists was entrusted with resolving a complex tech challenge for over 1,300 active global shippers and over 120,000 carriers. They needed a platform to manage transportation flows, cargo, and goods more efficiently and sustainably than ever before.
As the project was ambitious and long-running, we formed several teams in collaboration with the customer's employees. Together, these teams worked on and accomplished several different tasks ranging from building a mobile application in addition to the web platform to delivering various modules. The modules included such components as a slot management tool, transport assignment feature, and many more.
App functionality
While being involved in this complex and multi-faceted project, Andersen successfully handled a lot of challenges, including:
- Real-time visibility (keeping shippers, carriers, and recipients fully informed and constantly updated via a smart solution relying on the existing telematics data);
- An eCMR (with such capabilities as creating ePDF docs, transferring them directly to shippers and carriers, etc.);
- Thorough analysis of network organization, transport flows, and locations with subsequent optimization of transportation flows, centralization/decentralization, inventory allocation, automatic offer validation, etc.;
- A transportation execution module (i.e., a freight execution solution that helps to manage and execute contracted shipments between partners within a single platform);
- Analysis of industry trends and developments for more accurate target rates, effective budget planning, and access to the up-to-date market knowledge;
- ETA calculation, customized notifications, delivery confirmation, and controlled temperature monitoring;
- A rate management tool (import and export of Excel and CSV files, smart spreadsheet formatting with all data stored in one database, and fully customizable rate tables and rate structures).
Solution
Together with the customer's team, we have successfully accomplished all the objectives. Andersen helped the customer company digitize its logistics business via modern solutions made easily available for multiple end-users. Also, our team contributed to the optimization of the platform performance and extension of its functionality.
During this cooperation, we were working on the development of several solutions. One of them was a platform for time slot management, via which 23 million time slots are booked every year. On top of that, it can optimize the efficiency of warehouse functions and significantly reduce the waiting time for trucks.
Another software solution we developed is the rate management app. It uses several defined criteria to find the most suitable forwarding agent and calculates the related transportation prices. Namely, users can flexibly specify their rate structures and store associated rates in the system. They can also benefit from pricing based on various transportation parameters within the user interface.
A lot of work was dedicated to back-end software development. The purpose was to ensure real-time visibility and the effective functioning of the customer's hybrid mobile apps. Further, we were asked to ensure their security, authentication, SSO, and authorization.
Andersen's cross-functional team also assisted with creating a reporting system (stores documents in a centralized fashion and links them directly to the relevant transportation units) and a freight bid management platform.
Finally, we helped the customer with setting proper testing flows.
Project results
- Collaboration between Andersen's experts and the customer's in-house software development team has resulted in a mobile app with various modules;
- The customer now saves more than €10,000 monthly due to the transition to free data uploads and libraries;
- The solution has allowed the customer to digitize their logistics business and optimize platform performance and functionality.
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