that make it highly effective in today’s dynamic supply chain environment. “Our TMS provides end-to-end visibility into transportation activities, allowing users to track shipments in real time and monitor key performance metrics,” Kontoravdis says. “This visibility enables proactive decision-making and exception management.” Fortigo’s TMS also excels at optimization capabilities, leveraging advanced optimization algorithms to maximize ef ciency and cost savings throughout the supply chain. The TMS considers factors such as routing, mode selection, carrier rates, and service levels to identify the most cost effective transportation options while following all enterprise business rules. In addition, the Fortigo TMS offers robust support for multimodal transportation, which allows users to seamlessly plan and execute shipments across different modes of transport. “This exibility enables shippers to leverage a combination of transportation modes to meet their speci c needs while optimizing costs and transit times,” Kontoravdis says. The Fortigo TMS seamlessly integrates with other supply chain management systems, including WMS and ERP platforms. This integration ensures data consistency and enables collaboration across different supply different supply
customers increased exibility when it comes to selecting a parcel carrier. “Our TMS parcel solutions allow customers to view all possible parcel carrier options, select the appropriate carrier based on shipping cost and transit time, print shipping labels directly from our website and then track those shipments in real time,” he adds. CONTROL TOWER POWER CTSI-Global has added control tower services to its TMS offering in the past three years. “Our dedicated teams on site at customer facilities oversee customer shipping volumes, work directly with their current carriers to book shipments, track those shipments using the Honeybee TMS in real time, and make decisions to reroute those shipments based on our analytics,” Gore says. Honeybee has a wide customer base representing a range of industries. Among its clients is a large medical device company that ships around the world. Some of the company’s shipments are extremely time sensitive. CTSI- Global has dedicated teams monitoring the company’s activity 24 hours a day. They ensure shipments are optimized and booked and sent back to the customer’s ERP within set time limits, guaranteeing medical devices that are urgently needed are ready for shipment on time. within set time set time limits, devices that are that are ready for shipment It’s an example of Honeybee’s versatility in action, and CTSI- Global’s determination to serve each client individually. “We’re able to support any and all supply chain operations,” Gore says. “Whether it is a global organization or a smaller, single-country-based organization with very speci c supply chain challenges, we’re able to customize our tools and our approach to meet their needs.” FORTIGO: Dedicated to Supply Chain Innovation Given the rapid changes in today’s supply chain environment, shippers changes in today’s environment, shippers Honeybee’s and CTSI- determination to serve each support any and all operations,” Gore says. global organization single-country-based speci c supply we’re able to and our approach to Chain Innovation
need a transportation management system that evolves with it. The Fortigo TMS has signi cantly evolved in recent years, primarily through technology advancements and changing market dynamics. “We are committed to continuous customer-oriented improvement and innovation in our TMS solution,” says George Kontoravdis, president of Fortigo, an Austin, Texas-based logistics software- as-a-service company. “We regularly enhance the platform based on the latest innovations and industry trends, ensuring we remain at the forefront of transportation management technology. “In the last year alone, we deployed over 80 enhancements to elevate our robust TMS capabilities,” he notes. “With core focuses on ef ciency and agility, our TMS simpli es the complexities of modern supply chains.” Additionally, Fortigo added AI-driven spend dashboards that maximize visibility and empower shippers’ supply chain data by tracking carrier performance and spend trends, and utilizing more than 200 customizable TMS reports. Fortigo customers are generally large, multinational companies—including the world’s three largest airlines—with complex constraints and global shipping across all geographies, using multiple modes of transportation. The Fortigo TMS offers an array of key bene ts modes of transportation. of transportation. The Fortigo TMS offers an array of key bene ts
Fortigo is committed to continuous
customer-oriented improvement and innovation in its TMS solution.
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