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.

New Balance China (New Balance Trading (China) Co., Ltd.) has appointed oTMS to digitalize its complex omni-channel distribution process. This includes; connecting all internal and external systems, end-to-end process visibility, freight audit and payment, reports, dashboards and insights on all collected data.

About New Balance

New Balance was founded in 1906. New Balance’s purpose is to empower people through sport and craftsmanship to create positive change in communities around the world. New Balance continues to bring to market quality athletic leisure products marrying comfort and style. Since its entrance into the Chinese market, New Balance has become one of the most popular sporting brands in China.

oTMS Solution

About 20% of oTMS customers are in the fashion and apparel industry. oTMS provides an omni-channel digital distribution solution, both B2B and B2C for our customers. oTMS understands that the eCommerce (B2C) segment for the fashion and apparel industry is a fast growing and challenging process that requires a robust technological infrastructure to manage efficiently.

This partnership will allow both parties to think tank the current market challenges and user pain points and continuously reiterate the oTMS platform and New Balance’s process to meet the ever changing market demands. oTMS is excited to provide the scalability New Balance needs during peak and festive seasons.

Below are the suite of solutions that will be implemented:

• Connectivity:

oTMS will provide the necessary connectivity across multiple internal (New Balance) and external (Carriers) systems via simple EDI/ API.

By connecting all systems, we will be able to ensure timely and accurate information flow across all parties within the logistics chain. This will significantly reduce time and effort spent on manual communication of information via emails, WeChat, phone calls and eliminate all misinformation.

• Transport Order Management:

New Balance will be able to manage all transport orders via the oTMS platform ensuring all orders are executed in a timely fashion.

oTMS will allow New Balance logistics planners to optimize planning, automatically allocate transport orders to carriers. Furthermore, it will be able to immediately act on exception handling such as real-time status updates, real-time changes to transport orders, real-time alerts and anticipate aging orders to ensure timely deliveries improving customer satisfaction especially for the eCommerce business.

• In-transit tracking and exception handling:

oTMS allows New Balance to connect with all its carriers, providing real-time visibility of all events.

The real-time reporting of exceptions will allow everyone within the logistics chain to solve exceptions immediately, increasing customer satisfaction.

• Freight Audit and Payment:

oTMS will automatically rate all completed transport orders (ePOD) against the valid contracted rates residing in the rate management system. The freight bill will be generated against actual executed freight.

The automation of freight rating and freight billing will significantly reduce time and increase billing accuracy bringing about an increase in productivity and reducing logistics spend.

• Actionable Insights:

All data collected via the oTMS platform will be structured into a custom New Balance dashboard, e.g. Carrier KPI, Nationwide Distribution Network etc…

The dashboards and report will provide actionable insights for New Balance to look into continuous improvement initiatives and bring about the desired 3% Year-on-Year targeted logistics savings.

Inline with New Balance’s purpose to empower people and create positive change, New Balance’s decision to partner with oTMS to digitalize its transport management echoes that belief to empower its employees and carriers through technology and transform its supply chain to bring about connectivity, optimization and automation.