What is ShipperPlus?
ShipperPlus
ShipperPlus is a game-changer for anyone in shipping and logistics! Shipping costs can really add up and affect your overall manufacturing expenses. The main goal here is pretty straightforward: deliver your customer's goods on time and without breaking the bank.
Why Shipping Matters
In real life, creating operational plans to handle lots of LTL orders for many customers is no small feat. You need a solid strategy to:
- Create smart transportation plans that cover consolidation, routing, scheduling, and carrier selection.
- Cut down on total operating costs.
- Stay flexible and respond to changing customer demands.
What is ShipperPlus?
ShipperPlus, developed by Prophesy, is a top-notch Transportation Management Solution tailored for manufacturers and shippers. It combines load-building optimization with rating and routing decision support, helping you find the least-cost options for both outbound and inbound shipping.
A Few Awesome Benefits
- Boost Profitability: Take advantage of real-time opportunities for shipment consolidation.
- Lower Transportation Costs: Automated load planning can save you between 10-20% on shipping costs!
- Save Time: Make last-minute adjustments even late in the shipping cycle.
- Satisfy Customers: Meet dock schedules and deadlines every single time!
- Improve Operational Efficiency: Optimize distribution patterns with smart carrier selection, dynamic pooling, route building, and cost analysis.
The Power of ShipperPlus
This software delivers results right away! Users can:
- Consolidate shipments in real-time.
- Create efficient routes for profitability.
- Select carriers wisely (including private fleets).
- Handle pooling options as well as LTL and multi-drop/pick scenarios.
- Easily accommodate last-minute changes from customers.
Your team will gain greater control over operations while responding faster to changes. Plus, you could save 10%-20% on overall transportation costs!
Integration? No problem! ShipperPlus works with your existing applications without much hassle. It can be set up quickly at a fraction of the cost compared to other products out there. For those using private fleets, ShipperPlus, along with Prophesy Dispatch & Accounting offers a complete solution for load building and shipments!
A Look at Key Features
- Create consolidated orders by customer or drop-ship location.
- Import orders from any system.
- Plan loads later in the process to ensure profitable shipments.
- Maximize fleet utilization.
- Route shipments through pool points or cross-dock locations.
- Manage both outbound & inbound shipments.
- Dynamically recalculate pooled loads using different carriers/pool points.
- Handle an unlimited number of depots and delivery locations.
- Build multi-pick/drop loads.
- Full-featured LTL and TL rating system with user-defined rates.
- Compare private versus public fleet costs.
- Interactive decision support via profitability analysis and cost allocation.
- Supports CPM, CWT, flat rate, pallet rating.
- Supports split state rates, stop-off charges, accessorial charges, and fuel surcharges both variable and fixed.
- Rate shipments for costs and charges then calculate profitability of shipments.
- Accommodate unlimited customer charge (revenue) rating structures.
- Seamlessly export customer transactions to your billing system.
- Generate load plans, bills-of-lading, and other shipping documentation.
- Accommodate last-minute shipping changes with revised documentation.
- Review loads and shipments on interactive maps.
- Interact with maps to change plans.
- Integrates with existing Financial, ERP, WMS, and SCM applications.
- Interfaces to outside rating services.
- ODBC Compliant.
- Support and maintenance via Software Investment Protection Plan (SIPP).
- Comprehensive end-user and technical training.
