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FreightSupplyChainTrinity Business Solutions Limited
International Freight Consolidators
March 2001
Trinity Business Solutions Limited
International Freight Consolidators
March 2001
Freight Supply Chain
Overview
• FreightSupplyChain provides quantifiable business benefits to Importers and Freight Forwarders.
• Internet based Business to Business system• Low cost of entry • Better management of logistics from Freight
Forwarder perspective
System Context
ImporterFreight Supply Chain
TransportAgencies
QuarantineService
CustomsAgents
FumigationAgents
OverseasAgents
OverseasSupplierFreight
Forwarder
Features & Benefits (Importer)
• Order Management– Negotiate and finalise Orders with suppliers in real
time. No paper work involved, reduced time.
– On finalisation, automatic routing of Orders to supplier and Freight Forwarder.
– Re ordering based on historic orders and quantities unable to be shipped.
– Status of Order available at any time.
Features & Benefits (Importer)
• Order Tracking– Importer defined tracking dates. Importer can be
automatically advised of a change in ETA.
• Customs and Duties– Customs Tariffs are stored against all products.
– Landed costs for individual line items is available in real time, once the customs agent’s exchange rates are entered
Features & Benefits (Importer)
• Low Cost of Ownership– FSC can be hosted on secure Internet servers. No
software needs to be installed on your computer servers
– A user only needs a standard Web Browser and Internet connection to access the system. No installation or maintenance is required on users PC’s
Features & Benefits (Importer)
• Inventory Management.– Quantity shipped and to be shipped are available in real
time for all products. Critical information for your inventory management systems
• Warehouse receival planning– View expected orders to be received over a nominated
period . Can be used to trigger the appropriate warehouse receival processes.
Features & Benefits (Importer)
• Interfacing with other systems– Custom Interfaces can be written to interface your
Inventory and ERP systems with FSC. Trinity can cost-effectively deliver such solutions
Features & Benefits (Forwarder)
• Manage business in real time– FSC is a real time system with system generated E-mail
notifications to the relevant external parties.
• Purchase orders are Visible– See finalised Purchase Orders immediately they are
finalised by the client - no longer have to wait for faxed copies.
Features & Benefits (Forwarder)
• Customer Loyalty– By providing FSC to your Importer Clients, you can
add value to your customer relationships and build market share
• Reduce data entry– Overseas Agents can now directly enter shipment
information into the system , rather than it being sent via Fax or E-mail and then re-entered by the Freight Forwarder
Features & Benefits (Forwarder)
• Cost effective solution for Freight Forwarders– Software and support can be leased on a monthly basis
or can be licenced.
– Can be hosted on a secure site. No capital costs in purchasing, installing and maintaining hardware and software on your site
– Can be installed on a Forwarders site. Software is compatible with all major hardware and software platforms - low cost of support for your IT staff.
Specifications (User machines)
• User requirements:– PC or Macintosh running
• Internet Explorer version 4.x or above
• Netscape Navigator version 4.x or above
– SMTP Email server access
Specifications (Server)
• Server requirements (if installed on site)– Web/Application Server
• Unix running Apache, Web Sphere
• NT running IIS4
– Database Server (if applicable)
• OEM ODBC database
• Oracle, SQL Server, UDB etc
• Server requirements (if hosted externally)– None
Pricing (Services)
• Configuration and Training• Licensing Options include:
– Software Licence fee
– Monthly Software Lease agreement
– Transaction Fee per finalised purchase order
• Additional Consulting services
Pricing (Hosted & on Site)
• Installed on your site– Server Hardware cost
– Server System Software cost
– Software Installation fee
• Hosted at Tele-housing site– Monthly Hosting fee only
Availability
• Version 1– Controlled availability March 2001
– General availability July 2001
• Version 1.1– General availability Oct 2001
• Hosted services– Available from July 2001
– Using purpose built tele-housing facilities