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Freight
forwarding and shipping is a tough business, specially now
Operate, integrate,
and collaborate across your global trading network with IFPro
Suite™, the next generation logistics solution for freight
forwarders, transporters, carriers, cargo communities and 3PLs.
Only one thing
is constant in the shipping world: competition, efficiency, information
and constant change. To stay competitive, profitable and on the
top, one must be operationally efficient and cost effective, have
instant information from remote offices and instant visibility of
shipments. The consumers have become more demanding and increasingly
require high quality service at a low price.
Freight forwarders
and carriers must streamline, standardize and integrate their processes
in order to grow.
Business
issues you face
- Front &
back office operations are inefficient and expensive
- Lack of proper
control and business view of remote offices
- Communications
costs between shipment partners are very high
- Lack of instant,
timely and accurate visibility of shipments
These result
in
- Lower profitability
- Lower customer
service & satisfaction
Whether you
are a carrier, freight forwarder, supply chain management service
provider, supplier, buyer or a 3PL: it affects your bottom-line.
You now have
the perfect solution. IFPro Suite™.
What is it and how does it solve your myriad problems?
It is not just
a product but a whole solution platform which has been developed
keeping in mind the business needs of the freight and cargo industry's
needs to adapt and grow in an increasingly competitive market. The
whole solution has been designed and developed with the help of
industry experts who have been in the freight, cargo and supply
chain industry for years.
IFPro
Suite™
automates front and back office operations, integrates data and
communications, seamlessly with branch offices, and enables collaboration
with trading partners. The result is efficient, any-point-to-any-point
visibility of your global trading network. It is not a web-only
solution: it is an entire solution suite that includes operational
desktop applications as well as web-based solution to facilitate
collaboration with trading partners. It is highly scaleable and
flexible - it can be configured in a variety of ways based on your
exact needs.
It consists
of various modules that integrate seamlessly allowing the users to
upgrade as per their needs.
IFPro-OLAi™ automates your front and back office
operations, from AWB entry, carrier and country specific documents
printing to accounting.
IFPro-Integrator™ enables you to transfer and update data
periodically or as-needed, from remote locations in a cost effective
and efficient way. It enables complete visibility of your remote
offices.
IFPro-WCP™ helps you to collaborate across all shipping
partners for instant and accurate, any-point-to-any-point visibility
and status alerts.
IFPro-WMSi™ provides you with the basic WMS
functionality and also integrates with both the exports and imports
operations.
IFPro-AMSi™ is a web based application that enables
you to comply with "US-Customs 24-Hour Advance Cargo Manifest Declaration Rule"
for both the Sea & Air shipments.
The instant
benefits
- Accurate
and instance information
- Cost-effective,
fast and efficient
- Virtual control
and instant updates of remote data
- Collaboration
between all shipping partners for accurate and instant visibility
- Immediate
and high ROI (Returns On Investment)
Innovations:
The industry's firsts
Distributed
Data Model And Seamless Integration
- Auto-integration
of sites with WCP
- Seamless
co-existence of Web-native and desktop sites
Benefits
of DDM (Distributed Data Model)
- Eliminates
single point of failure
- Distribution
of operations and control
- Provides
enormous business intelligence per
Site
Group of sites (business units, zones)
Company
- Reduces operational
overheads significantly
- Immediate
and significant ROI
Documents Sub-system
- Printing
on pre-printed or plain stationery
- Easy customization
of the documents
- All export/import
documentations
- Auto-shipment
of documents through WCP
Reporting Sub-system
- Customize
in any fashion
- All the data
and metadata available to the user
- Comes with
predefined system reports
- Supports
Virtual sites, with reports generated for a group of sites
- Supports
tabular, comparison, aggregate, aging reports
- Bars, pies,
line graphs
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Operate
AWB/B-L
entry
Country
& carrier specific documents
Invoicing
& billing
EDI/XML
data exchange
Integrate
Communicate
with branch offices
Configure
remote offices centrally
Integrate
shipping data
Control
data centrally
Collaborate
Collaborate
with partners
Achieve
real time visibility of shipments
Web
based orders & rates management
Automate front & back office
Integrate data from remote offices
Collaborate across the supply
chain
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