As we approach the final chapter of 2024, the year has been marked by significant global geopolitical risks, the AI revolution, and the robust development of new productive forces. In this dynamic landscape, supply chains across various industries are rapidly adopting digital and automated technologies.

The Transportation Management System (TMS) industry has demonstrated a steady upward trajectory on a global scale, with particularly rapid advancements in the Asia-Pacific market. Amidst these changes and innovations, oTMS has navigated the landscape effectively, achieving consistent growth in both order and customer volume. This success is attributable to our ongoing optimization of products and services, as well as the innovative development of functions and modules, enabling an increasing number of Asia-Pacific enterprises to achieve their digital transportation management goals.

Looking ahead, we invite you to explore some of the notable “new” moments that oTMS has experienced in 2024, infusing fresh vitality into our endeavors for the upcoming year.

New functionalities

Since the establishment of its entity in Singapore in 2022, oTMS has launched the international version of its SaaS TMS and has replicated its successful experiences in China to the Asia-Pacific region and also has made localized adjustments & innovations in system functionalities, which provide multi-language, transport modes, vehicle types, time zones, currency display, and Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) calculations to meet the diverse needs of enterprises in different countries regarding logistics planning and execution.

• Local Application in local language, including Thai, Bahasa Indonesia, Filipino and etc.
• Time Zone Setting: users can set the corresponding time zone according to each company’s country.
• Currency Display:The system displays currency information relevant to each company’s country, providing clear financial context for users.
• Notification: TMS can be Integrated with WhatsApp, a popular instant messaging tool in foreign countries, to send notification of pickup and delivery of orders to instant messenger, so that users can easily check and receive the messages.
• Carbon Emission Statistics: Users can automatically calculate the carbon emission data for each order based on order data (distance, quantity, weight, volume) and vehicle data (vehicle model, load capacity, fuel type, emission standards, and fuel consumption). The system provides a unified data dashboard and supports data export.

New Honors

In 2024, oTMS’s products and services have been recognized for their outstanding performance and innovation, being featured in several industry reports. The implemented cases have also gained industry recognition and have won awards in various fields:

• Mentioned as a NOTABLE VENDOR in the 2024 GARTNER® ASIA/PACIFIC CONTEXT: ‘MAGIC QUADRANT™ for Transportation Management Systems.
• Listed in the Log Research’s 2024 China Supply Chain Logistics Technology Innovation and Development Report.
• Won the award of 2023 Home Distribution Center Excellent Engineering Case.
• Won the 2023 CFLP Typical Case of Liquor Logistics Supply Chain.

New Milestone

After the successful implementation of projects in Indonesia and Thailand in 2023, oTMS has further accelerated its investment in the Asia-Pacific region to expedite the digitalization process for more countries/regions:

• DSV embarked on a digitalization journey with oTMS to connect, automate and optimize its operations in the Philippines.
• GOODPACK appointed oTMS as the Transportation Management System (TMS) of choice to achieve digital transportation management in the Thai and Indonesian markets, advancing carbon emission management throughout the entire logistics process.

As we enter the new year, oTMS will continuously refine its products and enhance customer satisfaction. By joining hands with more enterprises, oTMS aims to achieve deep integration with local markets and bring value, while continuously promoting digital transformation and upgrading in the Asia-Pacific region.

Recently, oTMS has reached a cooperation with Chongqing SISYPHE Culture Communication Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “SISYPHE”) to help it upgrade its logistics and transportation management in multiple aspects. During the cooperation, oTMS will empower SISYPHE to realize data interaction within the enterprise systems, real-time transport visibility, accurate online freight cost management and so on.

Customer background

SISYPHE was founded in 1993, adhering to the value concept of “participating in the composition of the local spiritual life”. It is deeply involved in the field of book retail and reading culture, insists on continuously providing high-quality book products and reading experiences for the general readers, and is committed to becoming a cultural platform service provider that integrates cultural retail, cultural content, and cultural resources.

At present, SISYPHE has formed a comprehensive system of business, management, and team. It currently has more than 360 directly operated chain stores in more than 80 cities across 29 provinces in China.

oTMS Solution

SISYPHE has already applied ERP and WMS for management and is now looking for a TMS to solve the problems such as slow synchronization of order status, no in-transit tracking and errors in manual freight cost management. Therefore, oTMS has provided SISYPHE with a comprehensive solution that includes system data interaction, unified carrier management, logistics order management, online billing, and BI analysis.

After the project is online, SISYPHE can realize end-to-end digital management of the whole transportation chain. It improves the management efficiency of carriers and transportation orders, while also saving reconciliation time and avoiding manual errors. The accumulation of online data also provides a foundation for subsequent logistics optimization.

In the field of digital transportation management, oTMS is willing to move forward side by side with SISYPHE, leveraging professional transportation management solutions and rich implementation experience to help SISYPHE integrate more closely into the market and support it with our powerful technology.

Foton Daimler, one of the world’s largest automotive manufacturers of quality heavy commercial vehicles is in partnership with oTMS to digitalize its logistics operation. oTMS will bring about efficiency and intelligence to the Foton Daimler parts distribution operation by providing end-to-end visibility and digitalized management of all its logistics service providers (LSPs). This initiative echoes Foton Daimler’s values to continuously improve its business and strive for customer experience excellence.

Founded in 2012, Beijing Foton Daimler Automobile Co., Ltd (Foton Daimler) is a joint venture that marries European cutting-edge production technology with Chinese manufacturing prowess and China’s growing need for state-of-the-art heavy commercial vehicles. Foton Daimler has nationwide sales and service coverage throughout China with more than 1.2 million users, 800 dealers and 2,000 accessories stores. 

The oTMS x Foton Daimler partnership is for the parts logistics business unit. oTMS aims to solve two key pain points:

1. Foton Daimler’s is experiencing large volumes of parts transport orders, and the continuous volume growth poses a challenge for the Foton Daimler team to accurately monitor shipments manually. 

2. Foton Daimler’s nationwide distribution is complex with distribution from their CDC to multiple cross-dock locations. The multi-party (Foton Daimler, LSPs, Customers) and manual communication (Emails, Calls, WeChat) of shipment status creates inefficiencies in its ever-growing distribution operations. 

oTMS Solution and Impact

1. oTMS will provide connectivity by integrating with the Foton Daimler’s Production Management System (PMS) to automatically create transport orders ready for planning optimization and/or allocation to LSPs.

Impact: It ensures accurate information is disseminated to LSPs and their drivers, thereby increasing productivity. The 2-way integration closes the loop on all sales orders on the Foton Daimler PMS. 

2. oTMS will create all the workflows to automatically consolidate all LTL transport orders to ensure they are optimized and automatically allocate transport orders to LSPs based on the lanes they are awarded and/or most competitive rates and services.

Impact: Optimizing all the LTL transport orders and automatically allocating all transport orders to the right LSPs will bring about significant logistics cost savings, while at the same time streamlining communication between Foton Daimler and their LSPs.

3. oTMS will be able to provide real-time visibility (RTV) of all transport orders by equipping all drivers with the oTMS Driver App. All parties within the logistics chain will be able to receive RTV on all transport orders.

Impact: All parties are able to take prompt action based on shipment status and plan resources accordingly. Focusing on exception handling will help to close gaps and increase customer satisfaction.

4. oTMS will allow Foton Daimler’s customers to receive transport orders via sign-on-glass and leave remarks for all transport orders. 

Impact: ePOD will remove the need to process paper PODs. The POD information will be immediate and accurate. Foton Daimler’s customers can provide feedback on the delivery service. All these reason codes will be consolidated for Foton Daimler to have better performance conversations with their LSPs.

5. All logistics data collected via the oTMS platform will be displayed in a structured and meaningful manner on the oTMS dashboards and reports. 

Impact: Make better informed business decisions based on actual data collected. From ensuring your logistics setup is aligned with your distribution network, managing LSPs performance with the power of data and continuously improving by addressing gaps highlighted by your data. 

oTMS is excited to have Foton Daimler onboard our platform.