Bohemia, NY (PRWEB) January 12, 2005 -- TransportGistics Inc., a leader in online technology solutions for transportation management today announced the addition of new features to its RoutingGuides.com solution including web based creation and retention of NAFTA Certificates and Manufacturers Affidavit of Origin.
To be effective, freight transportation purchasing programs should be represented by a documented freight transportation purchasing profile. To be successful, this program must include Routing Management and Control.
Routing Management and Control, is the policy that:
1. Manages the freight, internally and throughout the supply chain
2. Administers the rules of engagement
3. And executes the functional tasks
Its overall influence on the supply chain is palpable; and when you drill down to the operating components it manages, it should be clear that an effective and efficient Routing Management & Control policy plays a mission critical role in driving successful freight transportation practices and relationships.
With RoutingGuides.com:
* The production, maintenance and distribution of Routing Guides is easier, faster and less expensive by eliminating the need to print, distribute and track the receipt of new or updated Routing Guides.
* It is easier for shippers to comply with routing instructions by eliminating paperwork, the need to find the most current version of a particular Routing Guide and by providing a simple Route Inquiry tool.
* Communications are improved as RoutingGuides.com provides a mechanism to convey all of your logistics requirements to your vendors, customers and DC's.
* Overall freight expense and costs associated with transportation management are reduced.
* Carriers, customers, and vendors access as needed secure, intuitive, user-friendly screens that enables them to easily obtain and configure correct route assignments, corresponding rules, conditions, and exceptions.
New features take advantage of the inherent channel established between RoutingGuides.com, its customers and their vendors. As the world?s third largest appliance manufacturer, BSH Home Appliances Corp. has been using RoutingGuides.com to communicate their rules of engagement, including import rules and carrier selection to their vendors. According to Guy Wynant of BSH?s Foreign Trade Compliance, "our vendors have been accessing our routing guide on a regular basis to acquire our trading partner rules of engagement, yet we needed a methodology to collect information from them. RoutingGuides.com was the perfect vehicle for this.?
Today, BSH?s vendors can execute their NAFTA Certificate of Origin and Manufacturer's Affidavit of Origin through RoutingGuides.com. The vendor can enter the data, sign the forms online, and print the form for their own records. BSH can then download the source data directly from RoutingGuides.com, execute the necessary paperwork and reproduce the printed forms.
According to Wynant, ?we?ve streamlined the entire process and anticipate quicker filings, with less effort and the elimination of clerical errors.?
RoutingGuides.com simplifies and enhances the entire compliance process and concurrently leverages all shipment volumes to drive down transportation costs. It identifies a shipper?s choice of carriers to be used for shipments of merchandise varying in weight and service, and it identifies all shipping, packing, marking, and communications requirements as well.
?We are pleased with the natural expansion of our RoutingGuides.com product. By virtue of its position as a facilitator within the customer ? vendor relationship, we continue to create additional functionality to improve the flow of information between our customers and their trading partners? stated Alan Miller, President of TransportGistics. ?By leveraging our technology and linking RoutingGuides.com with our other products, our customers have the unique ability to collect, manage, and execute on information that is not readily provided by other solutions.?