Best Easy-to-Use TMS Software of 2024

TMS software, or Transportation Management Systems, are crucial tools for businesses that move goods. Their core purpose is to optimize and manage the entire transportation lifecycle, from shipment planning and route optimization to carrier selection and real-time tracking. By automating tasks, improving visibility, and streamlining workflows, TMS tackles logistical challenges like inefficient routes, manual processes, and lack of coordination.

Introduction

Transportation Management System (TMS) technology has evolved and changes over the years from early on highly complex TMS solutions to today with cloud-based easy to use TMS technology. We believe TMS technology is only as good as it’s ability to be widely used across your organization and scale with you.

If you have warehouse locations needing to book shipments, sales teams needing to quote invoices for potential customers, having something to get your teams up and running will help drive adoption and compliance throughout your organization. This is why we believe ease of use and scalability are the two most important factors, when determining a potential TMS solution.

Why ease of use is critical when looking at TMS technology.
In speaking with logistics, supply chain, or transportation teams, we hear that they have spent a lot of time and energy negotiating rates across their entire network, they found the best carrier for the best lane, they worked directly with the carrier – but this all falls down if they don’t get widespread adoption across their organization. If the warehouse continues to call the same broker they have for 5 years, then what good is the rate that has been negotiated? That is why an easy to use, frictionless TMS system, helps to ensure your strategy gets widespread adoption. Widespread TMS adoption isn’t just a nice to have, it is critical. If a system is deemed as “clunky” or “hard to use,” then the likelihood of your team using it is minimal.

Top Core Differentiator Tools for Use Case
Here are some key features within Kuebix TMS and each team that might work with the feature.

• Ship It Feature: This allows you to easily create a shipment or get a rate.
  • Who is it best for: Logistics, Warehousing, Transportation or Supply Chain teams that need to book a load. Sales teams that need to understand the potential cost of an upcoming load during the quoting period.
• Kuebix Fast Track: This allows you to easily track with one click any PO, SO, BOL or PRO Number.
  • Who this is best for: Customer Service teams who need to know where an item is. Logistics, Warehousing, Transportation or Supply Chain teams that need to know when a shipment will arrive.
• Book Shipment: Easily book a shipment and auto-schedule a pick up with the carrier.
  • Who this is best for: Warehousing and Transportation teams to not have to call to schedule a pickup from a distribution center. Note: if you already have daily pickups with carriers you can bypass this option.
• Bill of Lading (BOL) Creation: Easily generate a BOL document including auto-assignment of PRO Numbers.
  • Who this is best for: Warehousing and Transportation teams that need a scannable BOL document with a PRO number, including allowing for customization with a logo in the corner.
• Invoice Audit: Through a match pay process, carriers send Kuebix TMS the invoice, we look at what was invoiced vs. what was booked. If these amounts don’t match, then Kuebix will flag any exceptions under the “Manage Rate Exceptions” tab.
  • Who this is best for: Accounting teams looking to ensure they are paying the correct invoice, or identify any erroneous accessorial charges to alleviate effort during the Freight Audit and Payment process.

Why shippers choose Kuebix TMS?
We have customers reporting on the hours saved daily, they have widespread usage across their teams, and have complete visibility – because Kuebix TMS is that easy to use with the features to drive adoption across your organization. No matter which TMS you choose even if it isn’t ours, try to understand how adoption will be driven across your organization and how you get widespread compliance with your teams.

Happy shipping!