support more intelligent, cost-effective transportation execution across the shipment lifecycle.” CTSI-GLOBAL: TURNING LOGISTICS DATA INTO FINANCIAL CERTAINTY With freight costs representing one of the largest expenses for companies today, an effective TMS has never been more one of companies today, more critical. After all, a TMS can ensure that companies “do not leak money,” according to Brian Scott, executive vice president, global sales, for CTSI- Global, a Memphis-based rm that provides freight-invoice processing and supply chain management technology and consulting services, including the Honeybee TMS. “Cost control and visibility are a must- have and a strong TMS accomplishes these needs,” Scott says. With that in mind, CTSI-Global’s history helps give its TMS a distinctive edge, Scott says. “We have the best and fastest rate engine in the industry because we have been an auditing company for over 60 years,” he says. CTSI-Global includes control tower services as part of its TMS offering. Dedicated teams at customer facilities oversee customer shipping volumes, work directly with carriers, track shipments using Honeybee TMS in real time, and make decisions to reroute shipments based on analytics. For instance, CTSI-Global worked with a Fortune 100 global manufacturer that was executing a multi-year expansion of advanced production facilities. The initiative required precise coordination of high-value capital equipment, facilities infrastructure, and inter-site movements across North America, EMEA, and APAC. The company partnered with CTSI- Global to deploy a fully integrated Control Tower, Routing Center, and Freight Audit & Payment solution that had CTSI-Global operating as an extension of the company’s supply chain organization. CTSI-Global provided 24/7 Control TMS can ensure not leak money,” Scott, executive for CTSI- that ensure executive CTSI- cost-effective the processing and technology including the and a must- accomplishes CTSI-Global’s distinctive best
CTSI-Global’s Honeybee TMS streamlines transportation management with end-to-end visibility, intelligent load optimization, automated carrier selection, shipment execution, and real-time tracking capabilities that help shippers reduce costs and improve eciency.
Tower oversight for all capital equipment and facilities shipments through the partnership. That included end-to- end shipment orchestration; real-time tracking; daily shipment check calls and proactive issue resolution; coordination with onsite docks, warehouses, and crating and rigging partners; formal escalation within 12 hours for any shipment at risk; and business continuity planning to mitigate weather, labor, or transit disruptions.
created one source of truth connecting physical shipments to nancial exposure. The project encompassed considerable scale and complexity, including more than 117 freight and parcel carriers and more than 150,000 annual shipments routed and tracked. Global origins encompassed North America, Europe, and Asia, and the project required continuous coordination across transportation, facilities, nance, and operations. The business impact was sizable. Highlights included: • Zero late deliveries against committed installation milestones. • Reduced premium freight through disciplined routing and early issue detection. • 99% shipment visibility across execution, nancial, and performance dimensions. • Improved invoice accuracy and reduced nancial leakage. • Elimination of manual reconciliation between logistics and nance teams. • Enabled scalable ramp execution without adding internal headcount.
UPSTREAM EXECUTION To ensure disciplined execution
upstream, the CTSI-Global Routing Center managed all inbound and inter- site shipments. That service included supplier and internal shipment entry via the web-based Honeybee TMS portal. The result was consistent routing decisions, faster response times, and cost- controlled execution. As part of Freight Audit and Payment integration, nancial governance was embedded directly into operations and not just handled downstream. This
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