Transportation & Logistics
We are independent consultants providing expertise in system selection, best practice and business process improvement for transportation and warehousing industries.
Not all ERP systems are created equal. There is a big variance in functionality for a specific industry and for the size of company. Small companies don’t need the complexity required for larger companies. There is also a big difference in the ERP vendors which can be:
- Vendors with solutions for multiple industries. These systems are more complicated to setup because of all the industries they support.
- Vendors that offer a solution for a specific industry.
- Vendors that offer an extension developed by a 3rd party for a specific industry.
Our objective on this page is to provide you with some guidance in terms of unique Transportation & Logistics industry requirements, functionality of applicable ERP systems for Transportation & Logistics and Transportation & Logistics ERP implementers with the hope you might want to speak with us to learn more.
Unique Transportation & Logistics industry requirements include
Warehouse Management:
– Rate management
– Quotations
– Products are customer specific
– Customer portal
– Storage and handling charges
– Accessorial activity charges
– Rates can vary by customer/consignee/product/carrier
– Restrictions by pallet type, height, trailer temperature…
Transportation Management:
– Rate management
– Quotations
– Agent and customer portals
– Multiple routes with multiple stops
– Driver management
– Dispatching
– Truck load optimization
ERP Systems for Transportation & Logistics
Get critical information about ERP systems for Transportation & Logistics industry and their implementers with filtering by application, tier and industry.
- Tier 1
- Tier 2
- Tier 3
| Acumatica | Deacom ERP | Infor CloudSuite Distribution Enterprise | Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations | NetSuite | Oracle Cloud ERP | SAP S/4 HANA | TECSYS | |
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| Product Information | ||||||||
| System | Acumatica | Deacom ERP | Infor CloudSuite Distribution Enterprise | Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations | NetSuite | Oracle Cloud ERP | SAP S/4 HANA | TECSYS |
| Vendor | Acumatica | ECI Software Solutions | Infor | Microsoft Dynamics 365 | NetSuite | Oracle Cloud ERP | SAP S/4HANA | TECSYS |
| Description | Acumatica was born in the cloud, built to meet the ever-evolving needs of midmarket companies and their customers.
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DEACOM ERP - ECI Software Solutions is a leading provider of industry-specific business management software and services. Among their diverse offerings, DEACOM ERP is a complete enterprise resource planning (ERP) system that is comprehensive and tailored to the unique needs of batch and process manufacturers making difficult-to-handle requirements easy. DEACOM ERP is designed for smaller to midsized to larger manufacturing companies, with specific emphasis on food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, cosmetics, personal care, building components, paints, inks, coatings, adhesives, sealants, and specialty chemicals processes. DEACOM ERP is designed to streamline and integrate all core business processes within an organization. This extensive suite of tools ensures that businesses can manage their operations from a single, unified platform, thereby reducing the complexity and inefficiency associated with using multiple disparate systems. One of the key strengths of DEACOM ERP is its robust and flexible architecture that can be run in an on-premises private instance or in the cloud. The system is built to adapt to the specific requirements of process manufacturing customers, providing configurable and customizable features that can be tailored to fit the unique workflows and processes of each business. All necessary functionalities are built directly within the base code, eliminating the need for third-party bolt-ons and customizations--two of the most common pitfalls of traditional ERP solutions. Developed specifically for batch and process manufacturers, DEACOM ERP functionality includes formula management, batch production, warehouse management; inventory control; quality control, traceability, document management, Hyper-Tight Process Control™, order management, compliance, maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO); serialization; catch weight, integrated financials; chemical management system (CMS); direct-store-deliver; point of sale (POS); and mobile applications. All customers are able to leverage the DEACOM software, professional implementation, ongoing training, and expert support. For manufacturers, DEACOM ERP offers advanced production scheduling (APS), manufacturing execution (MES), inventory management, and quality control tools that enhance efficiency and product quality. Some distributors can benefit from sophisticated order management, warehouse management, and logistics capabilities that optimize the entire supply chain. DEACOM ERP also integrates powerful analytics and reporting features that provide real-time insights into business performance. These capabilities enable decision-makers to make informed choices based on accurate, up-to-date information. The software’s user-friendly interface and intuitive design make it accessible to users at all levels of the organization, reducing the learning curve and promoting widespread adoption. ECI Software Solutions is committed to helping businesses optimize their operations, improve productivity, and achieve growth and success in their respective industries. By leveraging the capabilities of DEACOM ERP, companies can streamline their processes, enhance their operational efficiency, and stay competitive in today’s fast-paced business environment. |
Built with your specific business needs in mind, our distribution ERP software provides tailored workflows that boost efficiency – from the warehouse floor to the customer’s door. It’s the smart way to compete in a fast-changing world. | Dynamics 365 launched in 2016 when Microsoft brought together Dynamics AX, its ERP application and the Dynamics CRM application. Microsoft was one of the first to make a move an offer an integrated solution. Given the dynamic nature of business and the likelihood of unique situations, it is becoming more and more important for software/solution providers to introduce applications that cater to the changing trends. Dynamics 365 is a comprehensive suite of services enabling all in one solutions so that you don’t have to pick and choose from the plethora of options available.
Microsoft Dynamics 365 can be used for:
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NetSuite ERP is an all-in-one, AI-powered, cloud business management solution that helps organizations operate more effectively by automating core processes and providing real-time visibility into operational and financial performance.
With a single, integrated suite of applications for managing accounting, order processing, inventory management, production, supply chain and warehouse operations, NetSuite ERP gives companies clear visibility into their data and tighter control over their businesses.
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Oracle Cloud ERP is a powerful, cloud-based enterprise resource planning ERP system designed to help businesses streamline and automate their core financial and operational processes. It provides a comprehensive suite of applications that covers areas such as risk management, expense management, financial management, procurement, project management, supply chain operations. By integrating these essential business functions into a single, unified platform, Oracle Cloud ERP enables organizations to improve efficiency, reduce operational costs, and gain real-time visibility into their operations. One of the key strengths of Oracle ERP is its user friendly, flexibility and scalability, making it suitable for businesses of all sizes, from growing enterprises to large, complex global corporations. The Oracle Cloud infrastructure leverages cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and data analytics to provide predictive insights, automate routine tasks, and drive continuous process improvement. For example, its AI-driven financial management capabilities can help businesses predict cash flow, detect anomalies in transactions, and automate expense reporting. The ERP software suite also offers advanced reporting and analytics tools, enabling users to make data-driven decisions with real-time insights into their business performance. Its cloud-based architecture ensures that organizations can benefit from regular updates and innovations without the need for costly and time-consuming on-premises maintenance. Furthermore, the platform is designed with built-in security and compliance features, ensuring that sensitive business data is protected while meeting industry-specific regulatory requirements. Learn more about cloud services and its enterprise functions of Oracle at https://www.oracle.com/ca-en/erp/. | SAP S/4 HANA. As the market leader in enterprise application software, SAP helps companies of all sizes and in all industries run better by redefining ERP and creating networks of intelligent enterprises that provide transparency, resiliency, and sustainability across supply chains. SAP's end-to-end suite of applications and services enables customers to operate profitably, adapt continuously, and make a difference worldwide. | Serving healthcare, distribution and converging commerce industries, and spanning multiple complex, regulated and high-volume markets, Tecsys delivers warehouse management, distribution and transportation management, supply management at point of use, and retail order management, as well as complete financial management and analytics solutions. |
| Website | https://www.acumatica.com/ | https://www.ecisolutions.com/products/deacom-erp-software/ | https://www.infor.com/solutions/erp/distribution | https://dynamics.microsoft.com | https://www.netsuite.com/ | https://www.oracle.com/erp/ | https://www.sap.com/ | |
| Primary Tier | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Industries | ||||||||
| Apparel | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Construction | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Field Services | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Financial Services | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Food & Beverage | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Hospitality | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Manufacturing | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Nonprofit | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Professional Services | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Retail & ECommerce | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Certified | Yes | Yes | No |
| Transportation & Logistics | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Wholesale Distribution | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Certified | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Applications | ||||||||
| Accounting (General Ledger, Financial Reporting, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Budgeting and Cash Management) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Asset Management | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| CPQ (Configure Price Quote) | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| CRM | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Distribution (Order Processing, Purchasing and Inventory) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| E-commerce | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Field Services - Dispatching & Scheduling | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Field Services - Mobile Field Management | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Human Resource Management | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Manufacturing - Quality Control | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Manufacturing - Scheduling | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Manufacturing - Shop Floor Control | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| MRP | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Payroll | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Point of Sale | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Product Lifecycle Management | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Professional Services - Scheduling | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Professional Services - Timesheets | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Professional Services – WIP Management | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Project Management | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Transportation Management | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Warehouse Management | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Developer Information | ||||||||
| Number of customers - all products | Infor partners with over 80,000 customers globally | |||||||
| Number of customers - this product | over 2,000 | |||||||
| Technology | ||||||||
| % of application that is web based (just need a browser on workstation) | 100 | 100 | ||||||
| On premise, cloud or hybrid | On Premise | On Premise, Cloud | Cloud | On Premise | On Premise | On Premise | On Premise | On Premise |
| Private or Public Cloud | Private | Private, Public | Private, Public | Private | Private | Private | Private | Private |
| Tenant Architecture | Multi-Tenant | Single-Tenant, Multi-Tenant | Multi-Tenant | Multi-Tenant | Multi-Tenant | Multi-Tenant | Multi-Tenant | Multi-Tenant |
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| Without changing source code | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release |
User-defined fields
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User defined screens
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| Share inventory across companies | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release |
| Share customers and suppliers across companies | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release |
| Automate balancing of transactions across legal entities | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release |
| PO of 1 company automatically generates the sales order in another company | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release |
| Multiple Currencies | ||||||||
| Maintain source and home currency amount for each transaction | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release |
| Date effective currency exchange rates | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release |
| Work Flow | ||||||||
| Can apply an approval process to any transaction such as a journal entry or any master file such as a supplier or inventory item | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release |
| Can generate alerts/escalation if something expected is late or reminders | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release |
| Configurable approvals or alerts without needing programming | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release |
| Mobility | ||||||||
| Optimized for Android and iPhone | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release |
| Offline mode and synch when internet connected | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release |
| Sales tax compliance | ||||||||
| Canadian sales tax compliance | In Current Release | In Current Release | 3rd Party Supported Application | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release |
| US sales tax compliance | In Current Release | In Current Release | 3rd Party Supported Application | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release |
| Reporting/Business Intelligence | ||||||||
| Reporting | ||||||||
| Industry standard reporting tool and can change existing reports or add new ones | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release |
| Ad-hoc reporting (don’t need a programmer) with filtering, sorting and summarizing options | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release |
| Dashboards | ||||||||
| Based on real time updates from all transactions | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release |
| Role specific | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release |
| Configurable dashboards - don't need to be a programmer to create or change dashboard | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release |
| Analytics | ||||||||
| Drag and drop dimensions | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release |
| Visualization/graphic representation of data | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release | In Current Release |
Implementers of ERP System for Transportation & Logistics
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Why You Should Hire 180 Systems as Your ERP Consultant
1. Independence
We are independent ERP consultants and do not accept any compensation from vendors or implementers.
2. Requirements Analysis
Our analysis is mostly based on business process reviews rather than generic requirements checklists.
3. Strategic alignment
We have extensive experience in system selection and implementation across a wide variety of industries with many references for each industry.
4. Transportation & Logistics Experience
We have extensive experience in selection and implementation of ERP systems for Transportation & Logistics.
5. Methodology
We have a documented best practice methodology with numerous proven templates to manage selections and implementations.
6. Efficient
We don’t waste anyone’s time. For example, vendors are asked to only respond to critical requirements in an RFP with the goal of 20% of requirements deemed critical.
7. Cost
Our fees are low because we have little overhead, and don’t exceed a maximum unless there is a change in scope and it has been approved.
8. Trusted Advisors
Our clients know that we will always act with integrity and honesty.
Testimonial
From clients we’ve helped with Transportation & Logistics ERP System Selection
We found Michael very detailed and in a nice way a "pain in the ass", he kept on building on the requirements more and more, willing to extract more at times for clarification. Challenges he had, the transportation industry has very limited opportunities for product selection. He could filter the vendors well through his methodology. His approach to get to a smaller pool was a definite benefit, not only me but our IT Department accepted his approach. That's an accomplishment in our world, since our mother company has a lot of project experience, but his methodology was embraced and will be used in the future.
180 Systems is very thorough and gets down to the nuts and bolts of the business to get a thorough understanding of what our user requirements are and understanding of process flows. They ask a lot of good questions about why things are done a certain way and are very good at probing users to discover their issues and formulate requirements that a new system needs to address. 180 Systems gets people relaxed and engaged quickly, focuses on the issues and keeps things moving along. For companies that don't have someone on board that has ERP selection experience, 180 Systems is a great help. They get beyond the "dog and pony show" of vendors, cutting through to the core functionality that does or does not meet your requirements. I'd recommend 180 Systems to any medium sized company where IT resources are scarce, even to larger companies where IT departments don't have the experience with what S/W is out there, whereas 180 Systems has it all and been there done that.
