We’re spoken much in the recent past about the huge number of hauliers that have gone to the wall, particularly in 2021 and 2022. That recent rash of haulier failures has had some unexpected consequences, notably for pallet networks who now, (unlike in the past) HAVE to share their members’ services with previously competing networks - thus changing the very nature of how the entire market operates. That’s a perfect real world example of how necessity became the mother of invention; a case of needs must driving change.
What is key about this specific case is that because their IT systems had the ability to make the change from an old to a new way of doing things, it allowed the successful constituent companies of those transport markets to benefit from new (and unforeseen) opportunities. So, today a freight operator's transport management system (TMS) has simply got to be an ‘enabler', allowing the operator to respond and adapt rapidly to changing market conditions. A TMS has to be able to integrate with other IT systems easily in order to allow diverse operators to collaborate seamlessly to deliver on their customer promises. Furthermore, this kind of collaboration will be required of operators not only from an economic aspect but also from an environmental one as well.
If you think that your particular TMS cannot achieve such change easily, please contact bashir.khan@deltion.co.uk and he will be happy to explain how a SaaS-driven TMS such as our own CarrierNet can do so - and prove it to you via a free trial.
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