TMS Interface
QAD Warehousing can interface with a transportation management system (TMS). This chapter describes the features, setup, and processing involved when interfacing with a TMS.
OverviewDiscusses how TMS can be used to improve safety inventory, order backlog, and carrier selection.
Key ConceptsDescribes key concepts including distribution orders, kits, TMS, and load optimization.
FeaturesOutlines some of the features and options of interfacing with TMS.
Load Optimization SetupIllustrates the optimization setup workflow, including exit routines, load optimization, control file parameters, specifying carriers, creating selections, exporting data, creating and editing loads, and adding loads to waves.
Processing ShipmentsDiscusses how warehouses process shipments and how load priority can be edited manually.
Printing Load Optimization PaperworkDescribes how to send and process shipment messages with RF Print Paperwork (3.8).
Canceling a ShipmentOutlines how to cancel a shipment with RF Cancel Shipment (3.9) and explains the effects this has on some programs.
Viewing Load Optimization DataLists the information which is sent to Warehousing by the TMS and outlines how to modify information received from TMS in Load Maintenance (4.15.2.17).
Deleting, Archiving, and Closing Load DataDescribes how to delete or archive closed order selections or loads.
Overview
Most companies attempt to reduce freight spending. By integrating QAD Warehousing with a transportation management system (TMS), you gain the benefits of solutions in a common supply chain flow that improves the following:
• Safety inventory - Inbound lead times are more accurate, resulting in less safety inventory.
• Order backlog- Customer service representatives are more certain of order arrival and can accept orders for the goods that are in transit instead of creating back orders.
• Carrier selection - Companies that operate private fleets can determine on a stop-by-stop basis whether to utilize their own or contracted carriers.
QAD Warehousing includes functions for a TMS interface in distribution picking, packing, and shipping. Specifically, wave planning, and the RF batch pick, container move, truck ship, print paperwork, and cancel shipment functions have flows that allow interface with a TMS.