A TMS typically "sits" between a warehouse/distribution module and an ERP or legacy order processing module. A typical situation would involve the TMS Planning Module evaluating both inbound (procurement) and outgoing (shipping) orders and providing the user with a number of suggested routing options. The Transportation Management System Market provider analysis programme selects the best mode and least expensive provider after the user assesses these alternatives for reasonableness. The technology often generates electronic load tendering and track/trace when the best supplier is chosen to carry out the optimum shipment with the chosen carrier, and later to assist freight audit and payment (settlement process). Links to Warehouse Management System (WMS) programmes are sometimes secondary to links to ERP systems (after orders have been converted into optimal shipments).
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