TransWorks hosts advanced Transportation Management Systems / Supply Chain Execution solutions. Leveraging our extensive experience in automating complex transportation and supply chain processes, we enable innovative companies to effectively manage inbound and outbound transportation.

3. Major TMS/SCE Customers

4. Business Statistics
Transportation Spend Managed
$6,000,000,000+
Users
10,000+
Customers
20
Countries
30+
Locations
500+
Shipments Managed
5,200,000+
Carriers
6,000+

5. TransWorks TMS/SCE
 SaaS - No customer capital investment
 ROI measured in weeks
 Process improvement
 Employee Productivity
 Total Supply Chain Visibility
 Implementation in 30-60 days
 Relationship Management
 TW handles EDI all w/Carriers
 Freight awarded based on
Cost/Service
 Options to Eliminate 3rd party invoice
processor fees

6. Carrier Management
Automated information exchange between you
and your carriers, despite many technology
limitations
 Single point of integration from shipper ERP to
provide your carriers multiple communication
options
 Streamlined private web-based portal for
small and medium sized carriers
 Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
 Mobile apps (iPhone and Android)
 Auto-fax
 Relationship evaluation tools

7. Rate Management
Rate Management (RMS) can act as a stand-
alone rating engine and/or mirror your rate
database(s)
 Rates can be based on multiple criteria, such
as:
 Mode, carrier, equipment, customer, city,
state, zip, ranges, zones, equipment
types, commodity, etc.
 Mileage, flat, minimum, ton, hundred
weights, quantity, etc.
 Fuel surcharge and other accessorial charges
are applied to each shipment to determine
total cost
 RMS is used to make cost-based tendering
decisions and enable freight payment
 TL, LTL & Optional Rail RateSelect Module
available for complex route building

8. Rules-Based Tendering
Reduced cost per shipment by tendering to the
“best” carrier(s) in sequence, based on your
rules
 Assigned lane or load (auto)-no response
needed
 Single carrier-response required
 Allocation to multiple carriers
 Percentage of the Lane
 Number based
 Optimal (Service Level &/or Cost)
 Broadcast to all/select carriers concurrently
 Optimal Broadcast
 SPOT Rates
…or any combination by Lane, City, State,
Zone, Point, etc.

9. Optimization Option
Lowest TOTAL cost tendering, considering carrier
commitments & capacity constraints
 Building and leveraging relationships with core carriers,
leveraging carriers natural networks
 Leveraging existing network design and execution plan
 Flexibility to dynamically adjust supply chain rules
 Ability to review and execute all or parts of the plan
 Schedule or re-run multiple scenarios as needed

10. Optimization Plan Cost Savings
Minimum Cost $8,332 31%
Best Cost with Capacity Only $8,637 29%
Best Cost with Optimized Commitments $8,955 26%
Best Cost with Actual Commitments Honored $9,049 25%
Actual Cost $12,128 0%
Supply Chain Execution
Optimization Tool

11. RAIL Execution Option
 TransWorks product
integration with a strategic
partner to provide rail
tracking, rating, demurrage,
EBoL for carload shippers
 Allows TransWorks to provide
both truck and rail
functionality to our shipper
customer base

12. Appointment Scheduling
Carriers can set their own pick up appointment
after successfully accepting a tender
 Appointment schedule can be defined by
“loading” area/dock
 Multiple loading areas can be defined by
location, commodity, equipment, carrier, payment
terms, etc.
 Schedule slots and constraints are defined for
each area
 Slots can be added, deleted, or suspended by
authorized employees to accommodate holidays,
outages, etc.
 Carriers can self-schedule appointments as
part of tender acceptance or at a later time
 Appointment list/metrics allow both shipper &
carriers to keep track of appointment status

13. Exception Management
Proactive exception visibility and notification of
issues, before they grow into customer failures
 Key customer-defined events are tracked from
multiple sources
 Proactive exception notifications, based on
business rules and carrier preference
 Tenders, rates, pick up, delivery, exceptions,
Insurance
 Logging of events & status changes for
historical review
 Audit logs with time & user tracking
 Rail-Tracker option provides proactive rail
shipment management tool including real- time
visibility of inventory and equipment

14. Freight Settlement
Automated freight payment is enabled by
leveraging rate and exception management,
minimizing human interaction and error
 The TMS stores all key data required for
Auto-payment:
 Auto-Rated shipments
 Base freight, fuel and other accessorials
 Proof of Delivery
(via Exception Management module)
...TMS transmits “rated shipment” & ePOD
 Rail-Demurrage option provides control of
your demurrage expenses across all of your
shipping/receiving facilities and rail carriers

15. Trailer Pool
Shippers and carriers have visibility to track
all trailers at a facility (plant, warehouse,
etc.)
 Functionality available for one to many
pools, ready for pickup, etc:
 Trailer location & times
 Status of each trailer
 Empty, loaded, rejected (& reason),
docked, ready for pickup, etc.
 Detailed audits on each trailer, including
date and time stamp, as well as the user
making the updates
 Carriers have visibility to all trailers in your
location, along with the status and times

16. KPI’s/Business Intelligence
Objective carrier measurement, based on
individual metrics – cost, reliability and coverage
 Flexible web/reporting mechanisms:
 Leverage existing pre-defined reports on
demand or use to create customized reports
- Define and report on critical KPI’s
- Create ad-hoc reports
 Schedule reports to run hourly, daily, weekly,
etc.
 Many delivery options and flexible formats.
 Information can be stored, delivered via web
browser, emailed, printed and/or saved as
Excel, DOC, CSV, HTML or PDF

17. Flexible Visibility – what’s needed where
it’s needed:
– Enterprise Wide
– Location based
– Groups of Locations
– Employees/Contractors
– Carriers
– Customers
 Full controlled and configurable by user.
 Auditable– full history of rates, tenders
and LBT rules, shipment & carrier audits
End-to-End Visibility

18. ValuesDelivered
Area TMS Feature Benefits
 All Locations On
A Single System
 Corporate Visibility & Unified View of
Transportation for Multiple Legacy Systems
 Location Job Sharing or Vacation Coverage
 Application Flexibility; “easy” integration
from multiple legacy systems to ERP system
 Single Rating Engine Platform
 Automated
Tendering
 Time Savings; allow time to do planning
 New/Updated Load Detail
 Real Time Communication
 Exception Management
 Manual Dispatch
 Visibility
 Manual
Appointment
Scheduling
 Online Carrier
Appointment
Scheduling
 Time Savings
 Reduce Driver Detention
 Single Platform for All Appointments, Prepaid
& Collect
 Ability to track premium freight spend
 Estimate Annual Savings is 10-20% of Freight
Spend
 Optimal
Tendering Via
Low Cost
 Freight Spend
Customer Benefits

19. Customer BenefitsValuesDelivered
Area TMS Feature Benefits
 Real Time
Proactive
Communication
 Check Progress of Loads / Orders
 Improve On-time Pickup & Delivery %
 Improve Customer Satisfaction
 POD (Proof Of Delivery) Detail for Sarbanes
Oxley Reviews
 Improve Invoice Accuracy
 Exception Management
 Business
Intelligence (BI)
Tools
 Analysis for Additional Savings
 Detail & Scorecards for Carrier Reviews
 Canned Reports i.e. Lane Analysis, Low Cost
Analysis, Freight Spend, etc.
 Reporting
 Track & Trace
Capabilities
 Transportation IT
Support
 SaaS (Software-
as-a-Service)
 Quick Implementation; Other Than EDI
Integration, No IT Time Required
 Proprietary data
 TransWorks Hosts, No Software / Hardware
Costs
 No System Upgrades Required; Included as
part of the TransWorks Solution

20. EDI Transactional Flow of Data
(TransWorks TMS & Customer)
Carrier
Rates
Shipment
Status
Shipment
Information
Carrier /
Customer
Addresses
Invoice /
Freight
Charges
Tender
Response
TMS / SCE
ERP / Order
Management
System

21. ValuetoCarriers
Area TMS Feature Benefits
 All Locations On
A Single System
 Automates communication with you - their
customer
 Ease of use and integration with their
standard processes
 EDI, Web, Mobile App, Email, Text, Fax
 Appointment times can be self-scheduled
 Automated
Tendering
 Real Time Communication
 New/Updated Load Detail
 Exception Management notifications
 Standard performance Metrics / Scorecard
 Dispatch
 Visibility
 No Fees to Carrier
 Protects bids & commitments
 Payment authorization Triggered by POD
 Eliminate 3rd party payment processors
 Optimal
Tendering Via
Low Cost
 Freight Payment
Carrier Benefits

22. EDI Transactional Flow of Data
(TransWorks TMS & Carrier)
Shipment
Status
Updates
New
Tender /
Shipment
Request
Shipment
Updates /
Changes
Tender
Response
(accept /
reject)
CarrierTMS / SCE
Security is paramount
AS2/ FTPs/ sFTP

23. Customer Support
TransWorks Customer Support allows you to focus on your
business by supporting you through every facet of the
implementation…
 Pre-Implementation
• Business Rules Gathering
• Carrier / Shipper on-site and web-based Training
• Test go-live
 Post-Implementation
• On-site go live
• Customer Support / Help Desk available 24x7
• Customer reviews
• Account Management
• Periodic releases of new functionality
• Business Intelligence / Reporting support