18/02/2022

Bridging visibility gaps between ocean and land

02/18/2022 | 6 min

How the new Transporeon Transportation Management Platform delivers a complete visibility package for overland and ocean with Logit One

Logit One are now a fully integrated part of the Transporeon Transportation Management Platform. This is great news for over 1,300 industrial shippers, 100 large retailers and 130,000 carriers who rely on the Transporeon network every day to manage and execute their transports. With the best-in-class ocean freight tracking activated in the platform, you can now achieve total end-to-end visibility around your ocean freights, and bridge the visibility gaps between ocean and land.

Logit One - Ocean Freight Tracking 

Logit One and the Transporeon Transportation Management Platform makes it easy to track a shipment based on multi-leg, multi-actor & multi-source data from within a single portal, so you can have total confidence when tracking a container from factory to port to customer. As specialists in ocean freight tracking, Logit One achieves industry-leading visibility accuracy by collecting data from a range of sources, and translating that data into real-time insights for decision makers. They collect actionable data from Ocean Carriers & Forwarders, Vessel & Satellite AIS-systems, and Port Operators, which they then consolidate, enrich and analyze to provide users with crucial real-time insights into their container's journey. This provides decision makers with the means to shift from reacting to situations, to proactively managing their operations to better reduce demurrage & detention charges, implement mitigation and resilience policies, optimize routes and identify bottlenecks before they occur.

Leveraging the Transporeon Transportation Management Platform

As part of the Transporeon Transportation Management Platform, ocean freight visibility can now be accessed within the context of a modular, agile and digitized service to drive even more value. Three immediate benefits for users include:

  • Digitizing processes

Many logistics companies are still overly-reliant on manual processes for transportation tracking owing to the low quality visibility data available to them. With Logit One and Transporeon, carriers and shippers can access high quality real-time visibility data which makes it possible to digitize important workflows and processes. FRACHT Group used this same RTV data to automate the sharing of ETAs with the customers from a single portal, which had the effect of boosting internal efficiency and improving customer service. By digitizing processes based on high-quality data, logistics companies are better to act more proactively with their customer service and instill transparency and trust.

  • Reducing emissions

Reducing transport emissions is another area in which the Transporeon Transportation Management Platform can improve ocean freight journeys. Logistics companies at all points of the supply chain are under sustained pressure to cut CO2 emissions, and ocean freight constitutes a huge blind spot for many companies. With Transporeon Carbon Visibility, you can monitor and measure all multi-modal emissions, including ocean. The seamless integration of ocean transports allows for automated reporting and sharing, while the real-time insights derived can show stakeholders where improvements can be made.

  • Cutting costs

As an end-to-end visibility solution, there is great scope for carriers and shippers to reduce transportation costs based on their ocean visibility data. Combined with Transporeon's Visibility Hub tracking for land, logistics companies can effortlessly connect the dots between different modes of their transport’s journey to streamline the entire transportation chain. In making highly accurate RTV data available within a single platform you can have absolute certainty when a container arrives and leaves a port, which in turn helps you better manage the connected land transports. This helps to deliver significant gains in reducing truck waiting times, improving yard management and optimizing mileage.

Transporeon Transportation Management Platform

The Transporeon Transportation Management Platform is fully equipped to meet modern supply chain needs. Our robust capabilities include, market intelligence, freight procurement, matchmaking & transport execution, dock scheduling, yard management & visibility. To further support this 360° approach to transport procurement and execution, we also provide settlement, payment and audit capabilities. All of this is fully deployable across the globe for continent-spanning multi-modal coverage that can handle any load.

With over 1300 industrial shippers, more than 100 large retailers, and more than 130,000 carriers on our digital freight platform, we are driven to provide industry best digital process efficiency in logistics. Our goal is to help all stakeholders to see benefits in their sustainability, resilience, innovations and growth. At Transporeon, we are bringing your transportation in sync with the world.

About the author

Bernard Van Hoorde co-founded Logit One in 2013 and after 9 years of continued success, the company moved to become part of the Transporeon Transportation Management Platform. With a background in Industrial Science and Business Consultancy, Bernard is 100% dedicated to getting things organized so that delivery and operations happen smoothly for every single customer.

"Being part of the Transporeon Transportation Management Platform represents a great opportunity to really deliver for our customers. We are seeing more and more demand for a unified visibility portal to enable their visibility journey. We are now able to offer transport execution and visibility solutions across all transport modes and legs, delivered in a single platform, where all users benefit from the integration of ocean visibility data."

Our solutions for your transport and logistic needs.

Visibility Hub

Visibility

Visibility
  • Reduce check calls and automate processes.
  • Increase performance and customer satisfaction.
  • Reduce wait and dwell times with more accurate ETAs.
  • Increase your on-time performance and avoid penalties  
  • Reduce CO2 emissions and empty mileage.

Freight Audit and Payment Hub

Analytics

Analytics
  • Pre-fill and validate fields from the Transporeon platform.
  • Easily transfer documents to ERP systems via the interface.
  • All relevant parties maintain access to the latest versions of all documents.
  • Get automatic reminders and notifications for requirements documents.
  • Instantaneous and traceable digital transmission of all documents.

Transport Execution Hub

Attachment Services

Attachment Services
  • Pre-fill and validate fields from the Transporeon platform
  • Easily transfer documents to ERP systems via the interface
  • All relevant parties maintain access to the latest versions of all documents
  • Get automatic reminders and notifications for requirements documents
  • Instantaneous and traceable digital transmission of all documents

Freight Sourcing Hub

Autonomous Procurement

Autonomous Procurement
  • Automates procurement using data and behavioural science.
  • Analyses how carriers make pricing decisions.
  • Achieves requested capacity at lower freight rates for road transports.
  • Fully automated process of predicting, framing offers, and concluding assignments.
  • Entirely carrier specific and automated process.

Transport Execution Hub

Best Carrier

Best Carrier
  • Access the spot market more easily.
  • Cut transaction costs by up to 19%.
  • React quickly to market fluctuations.
  • Improve process efficiency with better integrations.
  • Cloud-based system provides real-time transparency.

Freight Sourcing Hub

Carrier Premium Account

Carrier Premium Account
  • Apply for suitable calls for bids with one click and win new customers.
  • Make your business known on the platform and in the service provider database.
  • Clear distribution of competencies and tasks between Head Office and Branch Office.
  • Optimize internal processes through additional functions and reports.

Dock & Yard Management Hub

Digital Transport Documents

Digital Transport Documents
  • Paperless management of the consignment note through all involved parties
  • Easy usage due to conveniently comment and signing of the eCMR on a mobile device
  • Provide the eCMR in real time via Transporeon platform plus additional communication channels

Platform Capabilities

ERP Interfaces

ERP Interfaces
  • Integrate the Transporeon platform into your ERP system using the ERP interfaces.
  • Stay within your ERP system while using the full-service power of the integrated Transporeon platform.

Transport Execution Hub

Event Management

Event Management
  • Track transports from collection to end-point delivery with digital event management.
  • Events can be defined and provided to customer needs.
  • View actual delivery status and trigger subsequent processes.
  • Reliable information about time of arrival for all parties.
  • Enable proactive reactions or automated platform based mitigation tasks.

Dock & Yard Management Hub

Extended Yard Management powered by Peripass

Extended Yard Management powered by Peripass
  • Reduce manual efforts by digitising the registration process.
  • Save on reception costs and reduce waiting times.
  • Keep an overview of your site and how capacity is used.
  • Shorten lead times, increase volumes and reduce waiting costs by 85%.
  • Get a real-time overview of all trucks, containers, trailers etc on site.
  • Centralise and digitise the operations of shunters, forklift and truck drivers and security personnel on site.

Freight Audit & Payment Hub

Freight Audit

Freight Audit
  • Full visibility of process, data and carrier performance.
  • Logistics should no longer deal with invoicing.
  • Underbilling is reported.
  • Receives alerts about rejection/approval.
  • Cost allocation of freight audit costs are automated.

Transport Execution Hub

Freight Matching

Freight Matching
  • Maximize profitability and productivity by equipping your teams to utilize available capacity opportunities within your trusted network, faster.
  • Enable your carriers to realize their full potential by matching with the loads that are right for them.
  • Manage your carrier relationships with more transparency from increased number of data points.
  • Stay in control of your shipments and provide end-to-end visibility to your customers, and eradicate check calls.
  • Reduce manual effort, and increase accuracy with full digitalization.

Freight Sourcing Hub

Freight Procurement

Freight Procurement
  • Smart purchasing strategy.
  • Achieve optimum freight rates.
  • Reduce administrative effort and costs.
  • Find suitable partners worldwide.
  • Audit-proof the tendering process.

Freight Sourcing Hub

Procurement Advisory

Procurement Advisory
  • Save up to 19% on freight costs.
  • Save 30% on administrative effort with e-sourcing.
  • Use only quality-approved data for tender processes and RFQ events.
  • Ensure 100% compliance with tendering processes.

Freight Audit & Payment Hub

Freight Settlement

Freight Settlement
  • Save time by resolving billing issues before the invoice is sent.
  • Simplified control of individual invoice items.
  • All settlement transactions are displayed in their entirety to provide complete transparency.
  • Company-wide and standardized coordination process.
  • Can be also used as stand-alone-solution also compatible with other products.

Insights Hub

Market Insights

Market Insights
  • Monitor the contractually agreed rates between shippers, logistic service providers, and the spot market.
  • Use important "indirect" indicators to illustrate the capacity situation on any given lane or market.
  • Define the lanes and metrics that you want to monitor.
  • Get a clear overview of the biggest market changes and top movers.

Freight Sourcing Hub

Strategic Benchmarking

Strategic Benchmarking
  • Persistent freight cost savings with up to 8% with our state of art benchmarking approach.
  • Get the most comprehensive overview of all markets and for all modes.
  • Profit from insights into latest market developments & forecasts.
  • Get a deeper understanding of rate developments & costs drivers.
  • Receive regular information with market overviews, developments, cost drivers.

Transport Execution Hub

No-Touch Order

No-Touch Order
  • Automated shipment execution processes.
  • Fewer empty runs.
  • Cut process costs by up to 30%.

Transport Execution Hub

Rate Management

Rate Management
  • All freight rates and freight contracts in one centralized database.
  • Rate query engine factors in multiple currencies, surcharges and total chargeable cost per available carrier.
  • Optimization of inquiry processes and better usage of internal resources.
  • Fully integrated process of assigning transports and management of rates in an organization.
  • Centralized interfaces and import/export functions.

Visibility Hub

Real Time Workflow

Real Time Workflow
  • Less labor-intensive solution due to electronic workflows and paperless management of transport documents.
  • Integration of drivers into the digital workflow.
  • Immediate updates about status changes and shipping stages of the goods to be delivered.
  • Photographic documentation of transport damage and proof of cargo safety.

Dock & Yard Management Hub

Real-Time Yard Management

Real-Time Yard Management
  • Improve overall visibility and ability to predict changes.
  • Combine yard, transport, and warehouse management.
  • Automate arrivals, check-ins, and call-offs.
  • Avoid costs and fees caused by idle and inefficient processes.
  • Monitor, measure, and improve KPIs.

Dock & Yard Management Hub

Time Slot Management for Retail

Time Slot Management for Retail
  • Increase handling capacity by up to 20%
  • Reduce driver wait times by up to 40%
  • Shorten loading times by up to 60 minutes
  • Audit and legal security
  • Completely documented processes

Platform Capabilities

SAP Add-on

SAP Add-on
  • The SAP Add Ons integrates all Transporeon functionalities without a need for interfaces or middleware into the SAP ERP system.
  • Benefit from the Transporeon UX within your standard SAP system.

Market Intelligence & Benchmarking

Supply Chain Advisory

Supply Chain Advisory
  • Know-How from more than 1,700 supply chain projects and 25+ years of experience 
  • Gain full global network transparency  
  • Achieve cost savings through supply chain optimization
  • Support for all phases, from conception to implementation into your supply chain
  • Deep knowledge of all modes of transport
  • Specialized Benchmarks with proven Market Intelligence methodology