Seamless digital supply chain collaboration

Table of contents:

1. Why email, phone and fax cost time and money
2. The benefits of digitized shipment execution 
3. All-in-one communication solution
4. Integration and onboarding within a few weeks
5. IMPARGO ShipperPortal leverages the CargoApps network
6. Why the IMPARGO ShipperPortal best suits your needs

Why email, phone and fax cost time and money 

Shippers tend to rely on manual or only partly digitized processes when it comes to their supply chain collaboration with carriers. For example, even if some processes like the assignment of loads are digitallized with an email process or similar, there are multiple underdigitalized follow up processes which induce high manual effort in the operations of an organization. These inefficiencies hold a great potential for cost reduction.

Uncertainties and additional costs in a shippers in- and outbound logistics operations typically arise from a few key sources:

• Inability to control and monitor the execution of transport assignments
• Time spent on completing transport assignments by phone / e-mail
• Deviations from the transport schedule due to unplanned incidents 
• Human errors in manual data entry

These issues lead to bulky processes and unnecessary logistics costs. 

The benefits of digitized shipment system 

To avoid uncertainties and lower your logistics cost in general, a fully digitalized and flexible system that feeds information in both directions - from the potential carriers back to you and vice versa - is needed. The shipper needs complete information on his upcoming, running and past transports, the carrier needs all necessary information to conduct the transports. During shipment execution, all relevant information, such as Estimated Time of Arrival ETA, changes in order, status and proof-of-delivery, can be monitored in real time by the shipper.

Freight orders are transmitted directly from an in-house system, such as a ERP/TMS, to a shipment system , and then forwarded to the contracted carriers. The carrier then has the option to accept or reject an assigned order. This process is known as fully digitalized shipment execution. The main purpose is to quickly send freight orders to your carriers, and then coordinate and monitor them in real-time.

Some systems even go a step further, apart from working with a fixed set of carriers, rule-based carrier selection can also be performed on those online cloud-based systems. Sophisticated systems offer access to a pool of potential carriers. 

Computer aided organization and real-time monitoring of your logistics greatly increases transparency and visibility of your operations. In its core, it boosts efficiency of your dispatcher and gives him the ability to quickly respond to any unwanted deviations that arise and uncover optimization potential.

• Save up to 10% on transportation costs 
• Assign 3 times more of truckloads per day
• Create and assign transport orders within 50 seconds
• Less input errors and instant feedback
• Increased customer and supplier relationship
• Reliable carrier answers in minimal time 
• Instant data submission in both directions 

All-in-one communication solution

IMPARGOs ShipperPortal acts as your logistics departments single-window or interface to your carriers. In other words it is the single point of data entry and the single information source for your dispatchers. No email, phone or messenger needed to share data, documents, requests or information. It allows you to easily manage your transports from creation to fulfillment, including digital offer request, order submission, Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) tracking, changes in transport orders and digital proof-of-delivery! 

The IMPARGO ShipperPortal provides all the benefits from digitized shipment execution. We are simplifying your transport management process to a flexible standardized format that can be used for in- as well as outbound shipments.

The fully digitalized shipment execution provides transparency and a great reduction in manual work by automating repetitive and error prone work. 

Request offers from carriers 

Assign orders to carriers

Edit order after assignment

Integration and onboarding within a few weeks

While developing the ShipperPortal the focus was usability and integrability. The outcome was one of the most easy-to-use and easy-to-integrate transport execution systems in the market. Depending on the customer requirements and amount of users an implementation can take from a few days to several months. 

IMPARGO ShipperPortal leverages the CargoApps network

The ShipperPortal (solution for shippers) connects you to your existing as well as to IMPARGOs carrier network via the CargoApps platform (solution for carriers). The IMPARGO carrier network is derived from the IMPARGO CargoApps solution, which is the leading web-based logistics software for truck route calculation, transportation management and features powerful tracking capabilities. With over 7.000 active users your benefit is the potential access to a large pool of carriers, and the ability to use the same fully digitalized order submission process for each one of your carriers too within a couple seconds. 

The ShipperPortal and the CargoApps are intuitive and easy-to-use web based applications. They do not require IT or other infrastructure support since access only requires a web browser, allowing transport companies to quickly support their Shipper’s request for digital data submission. ShipperPortal and CargoApps are designed to onboard new users in less than a day, making them the ideal solution for connecting your existing carriers in no time. You will not have to get involved in the onboarding, just talk to the IMPARGO Team and we will take care of the carriers. 

The best part: the CargoApps can be used for free. Your carriers get a free dispatching tool for the optimization of their routes and transport orders.

Additional benefits for carriers include:

• Accurate truck mileage and truck driving time
• Free dispatching tool with tour optimization
• Cost transparency
• Managing all the orders on one system
• Easy communication with the drivers and shippers

Why the IMPARGO ShipperPortal best suits your needs

• Easy and flexible onboarding
• Cloud-based solution
• Integration and onboarding within a few weeks
• Free AND beneficial usage for your carriers
• Fair pricing approach for you as a shipper
• Simple pricing with no hidden cost 
• Flexible solution for in- and outbound transports
• Suitable for suppliers, shippers, freight forwarders and carriers
• Benefit from the CargoApps huge carrier network
• IMPARGO is a pure tech company and carrier independent
• Suitable for corporates as well as small- and medium-sized businesses

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