7/23/2002 Press Release

New Advance Transportation Management System RFP is Delivered with New Time Saving Features

Industrial Data & Information, Inc. Announces the Advance Transportation Management System (TMS) RFI product. It is designed to rapidly speed up the TMS software selection process significantly.

The TMS RFI has 900 detailed questions! Features include precise questions with pop-up text that clearly explains each question, validated responses, and color highlighting that matches vendor responses. Color highlighting of vendor responses (green for positive response, yellow for negative response) give a visual advantage of vendor side-by-side software comparisons of their strengths & weaknesses.. In addition, precise questions are extremely important in any RFP, RFQ, or RFI.

Full Question Text permits easy printing of the full text of all questions, including the pop-up text. This greatly assists the selection team in reviewing questions and weighting them.

The Advanced TMS RFI has approximately 900 detailed questions on:

• Basics: Security, Languages, Support...
• Interfaces to WMS Systems
• Interfaces to ERP Systems
• Interfaces to Call Center
• EDI - XML API
• Customer Setup Issues
• Consignee / Shipto Setup Issues
• Carrier Setup Issues
• Outbound Shipment Planning - Advanced Planning
• LTL Freight Rates & Options
• TL Freight Rates & Options
• Ocean Freight Rates & Options
• Air Cargo Freight Rates & Options
• Parcel Rates & Options
• Airborne Express, DHL, Fedex, UPS, USPO Detailed Rates & Options
• Freight Quote Entry
• Freight Order Entry
• Freight Order Management
• Carrier Selection
• Tender to Carrier
• Freight Order History
• Load Sequencing - Routing
• Shipment Detail Capture
• Freight Documentation
• Freight Audit
• Freight Billing
• Customer Reporting
• Freight Payment
• International Shipments - International Trade Logistics (ITL)
• Import / Export Issues
• Import / Export Documentation
• Import / Export Reports
• Container Tracking System

Full Question Text - To assist the selection team, we have provided a new feature, the Full Question Text. One may print this off easily and have the selection team review questions.

Philip Obal, President of Industrial Data & Information, says, "Use a strong set of detailed questions early on and a company can save significant time and money in the selection of a TMS product. By leveraging the answers of accurately worded questions, one can filter out the weaker solutions and have finalists that have strong software solutions that meet your needs." Obal asks, "Why waste time & money on exploratory learning trips, when you can use a strong set of questions to filter out the weaker solutions and locate the stronger solutions?"

Single copies of the Advanced TMS RFI on computer media are $995 US. The publisher is Industrial Data & Information, Inc. For screen snapshots and additional information on the TMS RFI, see http://www.idii.com/tmsrfi.htm.

About Industrial Data & Information, Inc. (IDII)

Industrial Data & Information, Inc. is an independent research consulting company that assists companies in selecting and implementing software solutions. IDII is focused on the supply-chain and has expertise in software evaluation, selection, and implementation. IDII also produces tools for software selection projects in WMS, TMS, and ERP. For more information on IDII, visit our web site at www.idii.com or contact IDII at 918-464-2222 or e-mail at philobal@idii.com.

Keywords:

Transportation software, TMS, ITL, Import, Export, international freight, domestic freight, Warehouse software, Logistics software, WMS, LES, SCE, SCM, SCP, Supply Chain, Logistics, Inventory software, RFP, RFI, parcel, shipping, freight, load, outbound planning, APS, routing, scheduling, YMS, SMS, ERP, slotting optimization, load optimization, Supply Chain Execution.