Central Freight Management remains on the cutting edge of technology. We utilize VMWare® virtualization software with McLeod Software, a powerful transportation management and trucking software solution. Central Freight Management also has the tools to optimize your loads using TMW Load Optimization technology. Together these software tools provide a powerful solution to decrease costs, control routes, shrink fuel costs and reduce out-of-route mileage.
Central Freight Management has made a strategic investment to be absolutely certain that our team has the best tools and technology available. Our LoadMaster® Enterprise system from McLeod Software gives us the best access, availability, accuracy, and security of information in this industry. With LoadMaster®, our procedures are more efficient and fully automated, making us easier to do business with and better able to serve our customers more competitively. Central Freight Management gives you more information, greater visibility of your freight, and is more responsive to your service requests because of our technological advantage. We utilize electronic data interchange (EDI) for computer-to-computer communications of business documents for stream lining the information flow and accuracy.
Technology and Logistics Management
Our routing optimization software reduces total transportation expense and makes the most efficient use of available resources, from drivers and service people to vehicles and trailers. Central Freight Management is able to offer rapid and efficient route planning and scheduling for multi-stop, multi-order fleet operations, which are critical in the food service, direct store delivery and restaurant suppliers. Keeping drivers on-time, improving vehicle utilization and maintaining continuous cost control are important aspects of any distribution or service operation. TMW’s Appian scheduling and routing software helps improve distribution efficiency and customer service, while dramatically reducing planning time and overhead as well as wasted mileage.
Tracking and tracing is a key component to any logistics management system. The more closely packages or shipments can be tracked in real-time, the more smoothly the supply chain can flow. This tracking information can allow decision-makers to quickly respond to any delays, divert goods to where there is insufficient supply, or perform other similar adjustments. Wireless communication allows real-time tracking information to be passed along over huge distances automatically. In addition, advances to vehicular systems may also allow them to automatically transmit relevant information such as location, fuel consumption, and mileage to a central location.
Analytics, Reporting, and Logistics Management Technology
The arrival of these and other technological advances in logistics management has meant that the raw data available to our managers and decision-makers has hugely increased. However, data is no good if it is not actionable or understandable. So, logistics management technology in and of itself, is not enough. This is where CFM Logistics comes in with our strengths in supply chain analytics and reporting.
We do not just collect information on inventory supply, location, vehicular speed, temperature, and so on. We also make it a point to process and organize this information in ways that are more easily understood and digested by the end-users. By providing our clients with properly formatted information and reports, they are ultimately able to use the logistics management technology to make quicker, more accurate, and better decisions.
Learn More About Our Logistics Management Services
If you would like to learn more about how CFM Logistics can help bring the latest technology to your logistics management, trucking, or other supply chain management solutions, please feel free to call us at 314-737-4300. Our staff is ready to answer your questions regarding how our logistics company services can benefit your particular firm.