Integrated workflow management for customized, agile transportation management

Efficient, high-performance logistics is increasingly becoming a competitive and differentiating factor for shippers. At the same time, logistics processes are usually very individual: Different production processes, product specifics, supplier and customer structures result in very specific processes and requirements.

Tailor-made process support is therefore particularly important in transportation management - and this is what our transportation management software is designed for. An essential element: Integrated workflow management using Business Process Modeling & Notation (BPMN), which enables the graphical modeling of your business processes.

When introducing a transportation management system, we collaborate with you to set up your processes in a graphic modeler using BPMN - quickly and easily via drag & drop. This creates transparency and a common understanding. The processes defined by using this method form the basis for our TMS and control the manual work steps as well as the automated processing.

Thanks to the integrated workflow management, the AEB TMS enables you to create step-by-step workflows that can be fully automated during operation. This allows your team to focus on exception handling while still having a clear view of the processes.

If disruptions and deviations occur in processes, automatic notifications can shorten the response time. In addition, emergency processes can be set up as part of exception management, which are triggered automatically if a milestone is not reached, for example. Thus, you are able to react quickly to incidents and ensure delivery quality.

The AEB Transportation Management System provides seamless logging of processes as well as lead and processing times. This makes it possible to identify bottlenecks, inefficient areas or frequent sources of error, derive optimization measures and implement them directly in the system.

For more in-depth process analyses, so-called heat maps can also be created in the graphical business process modeling: These visualize, for example, the frequency or intensity of certain activities within a workflow using different color codes.

With the help of the integrated BPMN business process modeling, you can also easily modify processes at any time. For example, the sequence of process steps can be adapted without major programming effort or new tasks can be added at the appropriate stage.

The following anonymized example shows how easy workflow management is handled in the AEB TMS and what added value it can deliver: Due to new international sanctions, a multi-national manufacturing company needed to expand its transportation management processes to check customers and partners against relevant sanctions lists. In the AEB TMS, a new business service with the corresponding specialist functionality was integrated into the process model and the processes were adapted.

Since then, the check takes place highly automated in the background. A check algorithm minimizes the number of "false positives" - i.e. supposed matches that turn out to be mere name similarities. If there is a match during restricted party list screening, the software triggers the processes defined in advance and informs those responsible. Users can do the necessary processing on tailor-made apps.

Optimize your transport logistics processes and easily adapt them to new requirements - with the AEB Transportation Management System with integrated workflow management. Make an appointment now for an individual online demo or for a discussion with our experts.