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Need to select a Transport Management System?

(Online) System selection methodology and approach

Outcome of the opportunity identification can be that the performance of a Transport Management System (TMS) needs to be improved (see our blog on this topic) or a new TMS is needed.

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Expectations regarding the value and functionality of these systems have increased significantly. Supply chains have become more complex and TMS platforms must integrate with numerous internal applications and external partners. Software providers have responded by expanding functionality and integration capabilities but this has not made selection and implementation any easier. So how can organizations identify the right TMS within a limited timeframe?

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To select the right TMS in a short time frame, three things need to be combined:
- Independent TMS expertise and market insights
- A proven, business-led selection methodology (see overview below)
- A purpose-built AI tool: the TMS Selection Agent

 

The TMS Selection Agent supports the entire selection process: from scoping and requirements analysis to longlist and shortlist creation, based on structured intelligence covering more than 85 TMS solutions. It also supports proposal preparation and evaluation, contracting and business case analysis.
 

The result is a TMS provider and solution that genuinely fit your business, a decision you can confidently explain to your stakeholders and a selection process that can be up to 50% faster.

 

Do you want to know more?  Get the free practical guide  which explains in more detail how to select the right TMS up to 50% faster using a purpose-built TMS Selection Agent. 

Area

Approach

Outcome

Kick-off and requirements

review

Conduct (online) work sessions to:

  • Kick-off the project

  • Assess current and future TM processes/services

  • Determine business, functional and technical requirements

  • Derive data objects

  • Design the To-be IT solution architecture and Integration concept
     

Description of TMS requirements
Application diagram including TMS

Prepare short list potential solutions/providers

​Conduct (online) work sessions to:

  • Finalize TMS scope and agree on selection criteria

  • Screen and evaluate potential transport management solutions/ providers (see also TMS overview)

  • Agree on long list

  • Collect and evaluate additional info

  • Agree on short list

Analysis of the RFI outcome

Request and evaluate proposals

​Conduct (online) work sessions to:

  • Approve Request for Proposal

  • Review proposals

  • Have meetings with providers to discuss and demo their solution

  • Evaluate meetings and finalize overall evaluation

Overview TMS software modules

Decision making, contracting

and project planning

​Conduct (online) work sessions to:

  • Draft costs/benefits overview and roadmap/ implementation planning

  • Decide on preferred provider

  • Contract preferred provider

  • Prepare project plan

Project plan for implementation of a TMS

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