Transport management system
CarLo
Transport management system CarLo
Master Data
In the past, information about customers, vehicles and employees was managed in a myriad of Excel lists or programmes; with the transport management system CarLo, you can pool all of the information in one central system.
Digital order management
One of the most time-consuming tasks is the entry of orders. The TMS CarLo offers optimal support for this task, no matter if you enter orders manually, via an interface or via text recognition.
- Prevention of errors due to automatic checks
- Quote management
- Templates
- Workflows
- Cyclically recurring orders
- Web service interfaces (API)
- Processing of XML/text/CSV/Excel files
- Automatic import and export
- Formats frequently used in the industry, such as IFTSUM, Fortas, etc.
- Connection to freight exchanges
- Collaborations with Cargoline, Online Systemlogistik, and many more.
- Create orders directly from PDF files or e-mail texts
- Text recognition (OCR) also for scanned documents
- Reading of tables in order to create item rows
- Editor for the creation of templates for each customer
- Automatic determination of the appropriate template
- Additional details can be found under Document management
Intelligent transport management
Intelligent transport planning helps you plan tours more efficiently and facilitates everyday planning work. Our truck management software provides an intelligent truck route planner as well.
BASICS
- Customisable
- Multiple editing possible
- Conditional formatting
- Drag & drop
- Restriction tests
TELEMATICS
- Transfer of tours and orders
- Actual-time and status messages
- Chat functionality
- Data exchange of photos and documents
- First telematics system with voice control of app functions
- You can find more information HERE
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
- Effective tour planning based on experience
- Estimates of delays and reliability of drivers
- No loss of knowledge in the case of personnel changes
- Individual restrictions
- Continuous and independent adjustment of the model
- You can find out more about artificial intelligence in transport planning HERE
MAPS & ROUTING
- Visualisation of vehicles and orders
- Tour planning via drag & drop
- Truck management system with truck route planner
RESSOURCE USAGE PLANNING
- Timeline view of all resources, vacations, sick days, appointments, bank holidays
- Conditional formatting
QUICK STEPS
- Individual restrictions such as loading metres, weight, volume, etc.
- Optimal grouping of transport orders
- Enhancement of utilisation and efficiency in tour planning
Calculation
With the help of powerful calculation functions, the transport management system CarLo supports you in determining prices for your invoices or credit notes. No matter whether you work with flat rates or complex tariff tables – everything can be performed fully automatically if desired.
- Calculation by flat rates, tariff tables and much more
- Invoices and credit notes
- Automatic calculation
- Manual or automatic allocation of incoming vouchers
- Reminders for dunning
- Barcode recognition for automated document filing
- Digitisation of existing documents
- Automatic grouping of related documents based on pages or barcodes
Statistics and reports
This area in the TMS CarLo allows you to quickly and easily evaluate and analyse all of the key figures that you need for your company.
- Visualisation as a diagram, table, traffic light or pivot table
- Automatic dispatch of Cockpits
- Possibility of export to Excel
Workflows
Automated work processes, so-called workflows, combine and organise the individual components and steps within a work process. In the logistics sector, that involves, in particular, the interaction of employees, plants, consignments or tours.
- Automatic data transfer in information fields
- Prevention of transmission errors
- Allows for scheduled printing processes and e-mail notifications
- Improvement of communication and process optimisation
Document management
Create and administrate all of your freight documents and invoices in the transport management system CarLo. They are customised according to your needs, printed, sent via e-mail or transferred via interface.
- Documents are filed with the corresponding data record
- A file name can be used for automated allocation
- Documents can be allocated to particular categories
- Display of document validities, for documents such as quotes and contracts
- Launch the scanning functionality directly from CarLo
- Barcode recognition for automated document filing
- Digitisation of existing documents
- Automatic grouping of related documents based on pages or barcodes
- 100% in-house development – one central contact
- Drag & drop of e-mails and PDF files in Document Entry
- Creation of .NET business objects such as orders and fleet
- Typing of documents, extraction of PDF files from e-mails
- Reading out barcodes in PDF files
Administration &
rights management
An elaborate user and role concept allows you to determine in detail which data and functions are available to the user. You can manage all settings easily and centrally.
- Individual user management
- Allocation of user accounts to specific groups
- Configuration and management is handled by own administration
- Data security and protection against unauthorised access
CRM
- Collection of customer data, activities and potential customers
- Individual categorisation of contact data
- Allocation of notes, tasks and alerts
- Easy maintenance, updating and checking of existing data
- Connection to Outlook
LOADING UNITS
- Overview of loading unit stock, e.g. palette accounts
- Automatic loading unit posting via Order Entry
- Reconciliation of accounts with loading unit invoices or credit notes
VACATION PLANNER
- Paperless administration of vacation requests and permits
- Central overview of the entire company
- Administration of sick days, absences and remaining vacation
- Well-arranged calendar view
- Restriction test within Transport Planning
