How does TMS increase the company’s profit?

In today’s world, where logistics has become a key business component, efficient transportation management is a crucial part of successful enterprise work. Traditional methods such as manual route planning and delivery control have become outdated due to the introduction of transportation management system (TMS).

How does TMS increase the business profitability?

1. Route optimization: TMS allows you to plan the optimal delivery routes, saving time and fuel. Reducing fuel costs and increasing drivers’ productivity directly impacts on reducing the overall costs and, accordingly, on increasing the profit. For example, using TMS lets you avoid excessive mileage, resulting in up to 20% of fuel cost savings.

2. Efficient resource management: TMS enables you to use your transport fleet efficiently. Due to automated planning and routing, you can maximize the use of your own and rented transport. For example, choosing the optimal route, considering all factors, allows you to raise the efficiency of vehicles’ use by 15%.

3. Increasing customer satisfaction: By ensuring timely and efficient delivery, you increase customer satisfaction. Satisfied customers mean more repeat orders and positive suggestions that have a direct effect on business profitability. For example, timely delivery with TMS can increase the level of repeat purchases by 25%.

4. Analysis and optimization: TMS provides data access on logistic operations that enables you to analyze and optimize delivery processes in detail. This allows you to make justified strategic decisions aimed at raising the efficiency and increasing the profit. For example, data analysis from TMS permits you to identify the efficient and inefficient aspects of logistic processes and to make the necessary changes that lead to an increase in profit by 10%.

We have surveyed our customers who have been using TMS ANT-Logistics for more than half a year and received the following average figures:

In summary, we can note that the TMS implementation facilitates accurate and competitive logistics, which has a positive impact on the company’s profitability, and most importantly, on the understandable and clear business processes.

What about strategic decisions?

Efficient transportation management not only reduces costs but also plays an essential role in creating competitive advantages. This, in turn, makes it possible to think about increasing manufacturing volumes, expanding delivery geography, and reaching new business heights.

Let’s summarize the results of 2023

We suggest you remember what updates were made in the ANT-Logistics service in 2023.

  1. As we promised, the speed of calculations has increased significantly. Now routing for 2500-2600 points is done in 18 minutes.

  2. The second important update is a change in UX/UI design. We changed the top panel, highlighted separate Configuration and Settings menus.

  3. Delivery control — this functionality has already been appreciated by many of our users. This year, we expanded it: we added the rule of maximum speed, control of task execution, priority of rules.

  4. Another useful feature — now you can set a break in the service for cars.

  5. We released AРI 2.0. The new AРI is more convenient and flexible than the previous version. It also has a new UI interface for testing. Thanks to this, the process of integrating ANT-Logistics with other services has become simpler and more comfortable.

  6. Added new opportunities for integration with CRM (test query, formulas, list of fields).

  7. We have improved the exchange of information between the service and the mobile application. So, now the user will see information without time delays and additional manual synchronizations. It is no longer difficult to see the actual balances in the warehouse, changes in the route, new tasks. The app has been updated with new features and improved functionality.

  8. And the most expected thing is that the basic version of integration for fiscalization of payments is already ready. It remains to wait a little while, and it will be available to all our users!

And now we will talk about our plans for 2024. For the next year, we want to improve the calculation speed even more — 2500 points in just 10 minutes. It is also planned to develop the existing functionality, including international routes, to expand the capabilities of mobile applications based on Android and IOS. And of course, we want to finish updating the design of the service to provide a pleasant and modern interface for customers.

New API version: create an access key and session ID

ANT-Logistics has released a new version of the API (v2). In this article, we tell you how to create an access key and perform a request.   Pay attention! The previous version of API (v1) also works, but it will not be updated and developed.  Let’s go to Settings 1 > Access keys 2. Add a new access key using the «+» button 3. In the new Adding record box 4 enter a free description and, if necessary, the key’s expiration date. Click OK.

After that, an access key will be generated. Click Copy Access Token.

Next, go to the updated API > Auth & Session 1. Click Try Out 2. In the Access_code field, insert the Access Key copied 3. Click Execute 4.

Copy the session ID. It will be necessary to use it to perform the methods.

From the side menu, select Directory and the type of method you plan to work with 1. Three types of methods can be used in the API:

 

 • GET – used to retrieve data;

 • POST – used to edit data;

 • DEL – this type is used to delete unnecessary records.

 

Click Try Out 2. Insert the copied session identifier into the Session_Ident field 3. If necessary, enter the number of pages to receive information 4 (GET methods in the API are available page by page, the limit is 500 records per request). Click Execute 5. After that, the answer to the completed request will be available below.

Pay attention! To be able to use ARI in the ANT-Logistics service, it is necessary to set the Type of SP code mapping: numeric or text.

 

If you are interested in the described functionality, we are ready to demonstrate its operation, perform the necessary settings and provide access to the service. To do this, leave an application on the ANT-Logistics website.

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Use Ukrainian service

 

Friends!

 

Currently, in connection with the rejection of Russian products and services, many companies are looking for high-quality software for organizing logistics processes. For such businesses, we suggest switching to the Ukrainian service ANT-Logistics. 

 

We can proudly say that the functionality of our service is one of the best among competitors, while the cost is 2-3 times more affordable. Our company has been working in the field of transport logistics for more than 9 years. We perform efficient planning and routing of deliveries for 900 customers. We provide each client with an individual approach, moreover, we are product developers, so we are always open to new offers.

 

Pay attention! ANT-Logistics is a company founded and registered in the Ukrainian city Dnipro. Our employees — Ukrainian citizens — are in safe places and are ready to provide full consultations to clients.

 

We welcome all companies that want to learn more about us. For them we offer an individual online presentation of service capabilities and a free logistics audit. For this, you need to submit an application on our website.