Electronic Freight Management (EFM)
The Electronic Freight Management (EFM) initiative is a USDOT-sponsored project that applies Web technologies that improve data and message transmissions between supply chain partners. It promotes and evaluates innovative e-business concepts, enabling process coordination and information sharing for supply chain freight partners through public-private collaboration. The CEFM (Columbus EFM) project was a successful 2007 deployment test which implemented web services and other components to support an existing international import truck-air-truck supply chain.
https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/technology/best_practice/index.htm
EDI Shipping & Logistics
Electronic Data Interchange, or EDI as it is most commonly referred to, is a protocol that allows two systems to connect with one another for the purpose of exchanging data electronically.
EDI BENEFITS
- 3PL MANAGEMENT
- AUDIT TRAIL
- CARRIER MANAGEMENT
- ALERTS/ NOTIFICATIONS
- ACCOUNTING INTERGRATION
- AUTO SCHEDULING
- BILLING and INVOICING
- BILL OF LANDING
- TICKET SCANNING
- BARCODING
- EXPORT/IMPORTING
- OCEAN/ RAIL SHIPPING
- QUOTES/ ESTIMATES
TOP 5 EDI COMPANIES RECOMENDED
- ORACLE NETSUITE
2. AscendTMS LOGISTICS SOFTWARE
3. QUICKBASE
4. TAI SOFTWARE
5. DESKTOP SHIPPER
