Opportunistic, systematic and intelligent use of resources is the key to savings!

UltraShipTMS™ allows fewer planners to execute more loads annually

Operational efficiency is a significant source of savings

88% of companies are using or considering a TMS...

Cloud Based Delivery

• System designed as Multi-tenant, Multi-version application

• Modular coding shares many benefits of multi-tenant process

• Scalable and elastic to deliver total customization

• Data is totally independent from all other customers

• Each instance of TMS is fully compatible with every existing feature

Entering orders can be done easily via a web portal. There is no installation required. Manual order entry can be used in an inbound situation to force compliance with vendors and standardized the order entry process.

Entering orders can be done easily via a web portal. There is no installation required. Manual order entry can be used in an inbound situation to force compliance with vendors and standardized the order entry process.

After entering the origin and destination, you can enter specific item information as shown below.

The air freight tool gives users the ability to enter domestic shipments easily via a web-portal. Your carriers will have the ability to review the order and submit competitive bids in real-time.

Entering an international air freight order is done in the same fashion as that for a domestic order, with the only difference being that you will be prompted to enter a customs clearance and customs clearance HS Code, as shown below.

UltraShipTMS™'s EDI integration has proven connectivity to the clients' existing in-house systems and third party packages including Manugistics, SAP, Oracle, and more. It is capable of sending all EDI transaction sets such as 850, 204, 214, 210 and others.

Once the order is submitted, the system will auto tender the load to every carrier with a rate of file for the lane in question, starting with the lowest cost carrier. Each carrier will have a designated time period to respond otherwise it will timeout and be offered to the next carrier in the routing guide.

As an alternative to low cost carrier tendering, you can tender loads based on:

Email notification of tenders are available for carriers who do not have EDI capability, or would like to compliment their EDI transmissions. A typical email, shown below, provides load details such as order number, lane, delivery date, as well as a link that will take them directly to the order to view shipment details. Also any notes for special handling or special customer requests will be listed here as well.

Carriers who are offered these loads can submit competitive bids. The shipper will then compare their rates to others bidding on the same load, and award the load based on price and availability.

Any time information in a specific order is changed, carriers will receive an automatic notification.

UltraShipTMS™ allows your carriers to accept or reject loads that you tender to them right from their desktop. For each load that you offer to a carrier they will receive an email notification. Once they click on the email and logging into the system, they are taken directly to the order where they can view the load details.

UltraShipTMS™ allows your carriers to accept or reject loads that you tender to them right from their desktop. For each load that you offer to a carrier they will receive an email notification. Once they click on the email and logging into the system, they are taken directly to the order where they can view the load details.

After clicking on the link in the email and logging in, carriers are taken directly to the order where they can view order specifics at a glance.

After clicking on the link in the email and logging in, carriers are taken directly to the order where they can view order specifics at a glance. For loads that originate outside of the United States, carries have the option of entering a Point of Entry bid, a Final Destination bid, or both.

Orders can be sent for spot quote manually, or diverted when pickup and delivery may be delayed by carrier rejection or slow tender response.

Ultra's spot quote feature advertises your urgent transportation needs via a private, not public network in real-time. Carriers are able to simultaneously view your requirements and can offer additional services based on availability.

After clicking on the link in the email notification and logging in, carriers are taken directly to the order where they can view order specifics at a glance and submit a bid.

Anytime a carrier submits a bid for a load, you have to ability to compare their bid against bids from other carriers in the same lane. Carriers who you award the load to are automatically notified via email.

UltraShipTMS™'s air freight tool saves shippers money by enabling them to manage their domestic and international air freight tendering process at the lowest possible cost.

It allows you to:

• Work with a list of your preferred airfreight carriers instead of sending each load out for public bidding

• Your carriers have the ability to submit competitive bids on shipments instantly in real-time

• On one screen, you can compare rates and select a carrier based on cost and availability in minutes

The ability to tender to low cost carriers reduces air & expediting freight costs, and puts you in control of air freight spending.

As a result of using UltraShipTMS™'s air freight tendering feature, Easton-Bell Sports, a manufacturer of sporting equipment, was able to save over $2 million off its annual shipping expenses.

Bid Solicitation

• Streamlines air freight carrier selection process

• Utilize only your approved carriers

• Notify your carriers of your urgent shipping needs in real-time via a private, not public network

• Your carriers are kept informed of available loads and react quickly to your shipping needs

• At a glance, carriers can see loads offered, loads they have placed bids on, and bids that have been accepted by you

Shippers can review all loads that have carrier bids assigned to them.

Similar to a domestic shipment, you can view carrier bids onscreen. You can also make changes to existing orders by easily editing the origin, destination or item information. Update or add any country, province, state or address with easy to enter fields. If the location is not listed, a new one can be added at any time. The system will remember all new information that you enter.

We Customize

We Deliver

Customized reports to meet your specific needs can be created easily and quickly at no extra cost. There is also no charge to modify existing reports.

Reports can be emailed to your inbox on a daily, weekly, monthly or on-demand basis. All report data is downloadable to Excel or comma separated files.

UltraShipTMS™'s reporting tools gives you unparalleled visibility to your entire supply chain. You have the ability to drill down by specific item, as well as analyze key customers, facilities or lanes, including variance from budget numbers on a regular basis. Reports are available online and always reflect the most up-to-date data. You can even perform live queries.

UltraShipTMS™'s ad hoc reporting tool gives users the ability to build, save, schedule and distribute their own web-based reports without having to know a complex computer language or IT intervention. Add or delete desired filters and groupings and sort to create results in the format that you specify.

Permissions Based Modular Framework

Core functions of the software are contained within independent modules, which combine to create a "Total Transportation Management Solution" that is based on your specific needs. Access to these modules is controlled through a highly customizable permissions system that regulates user capabilities and data access.

An individual user's security level is derived from combining the various privileges associated with their location, role & group. However, any individual permission acquired from a higher level can be overridden on the user level. This makes the permission system totally customizable on a user by user basis. This applies to both viewing and manipulating data.

Additionally, all user & system actions are fully auditable.

• On-site facility as well as SAS 70 Type II certified off-site data centers

• Zero system downtime

  • Multiple layers of redundancy and failovers

  • Multiple data trunks from different providers

  • On site backup generator

  • Regular failover tests

• Third Party IT Hosting Company

  • No limits on number of servers

  • Provides unlimited scalability for future growth

Mirrored servers

• Web and database servers located in geographically disparate data centers

Data redundancy

• All servers use redundant RAID hard drive array to eliminate data loss due to hardware failure

Data backup

• All files (both application files and database data) are backed up to tape nightly

• Stored off site to facilitate rapid system rebuild in the event of a catastrophic failure

Data access

• SQL database backups available as needed to provide additional layer of data backup integrity

• Automatic integration with a data warehousing provider is also supported

UltraShipTMS™ keeps a detailed history of changes to your lane rate matrix. Expired rates are never deleted from the system, they are simply updated to an inactive status. Whenever a rate is created or expired the user responsible for the change is logged for later reference.

UltraShipTMS™ keeps a detailed history of spot quote offers and bids. For each shipment sent to spot quote, the date & time the offer went out is recorded. Each time a carrier bids on the shipment, the date & time of the bid is logged. When a planner awards the load to a carrier, the date & time of the award is logged, as well as the planner that awarded the shipment.

UltraShipTMS™ keeps a detailed audit trail of all order actions taken in the system, regardless of whether the action was initiated by a user or automatically by the system. This includes, but is not limited to any changes to an order, all automatic tendering as well as override tendering and all emails generated by the system. Additionally we maintain 14 days worth of mail server logs, so we can verify that an email was actually delivered if a carrier tells you they never received a message.

UltraShipTMS™ provides you with the status of loads by offering monitoring and imaging capabilities, including online POD retrieval.

UltraShipTMS™ gives you the ability to manage fuel surcharges on a general or carrier-specific basis using the previous ten weekly national averages as a guide. Each mode you ship with can have independent Fuel Surcharge tables that can further be broken out by region or carrier. Each week the current national and regional averages are automatically downloaded from the DOT & go into effect on whichever day of the week you require them to.

UltraShipTMS™ allows you to manage your contracted carrier rates by origin or destination, by lane, by state, etc. online with the ability to add, modify or delete rates as desired. In addition, rates can be entered with future effective dates so that the lane matrix is up-to-date on the date rates become effective.

UltraShipTMS™ enables you to facilitate the approval and monitoring of returned materials (e.g., pallets, cartons, drums, cases). Being able to manage returns gives you the ability to streamline the return process, provides visibility during execution, and offers reporting on all events. Reports can be run to isolate certain facilities, carriers or products.

UltraShipTMS™ can connect with your Accounts Payable department or freight payment company. The freight payment tool is based on transactions, carrier excepted loads, delivered loads, etc. You have the ability to create and submit invoices electronically for payment. Carriers can check status online.