1C: Enterprise 8. 1C-Logistics: Transportation Management (description and features)

Logistics is a process of managing human, information and material flows on the basis of minimizing costs. To increase its efficiency, many enterprises use the software product " 1C: Enterprise 8. TMS Logistics. Transportation Management ". In the article, we consider its features.

general characteristics

The 1C: Logistics. Transport Management program is used to automate flow control. The main goal is to increase the profitability of operations.

The software solution "1C: Enterprise. Logistics. Transportation Management " was created on the basis of international experience, based on an analysis of the needs of domestic enterprises.

The system allows you to manage the transportation of inventory from a supplier to a warehouse and to the end consumer.

Who can use the product?

The software solution " 1C: TMS Logistics. Transportation Management " is focused on companies that seek to optimize the process.

The product can be used:

1. Transport companies carrying out transportation by any vehicle, including using mixed schemes. Enterprises can use not only their own fleet, but also use the services of other companies to transport cargo on certain sections of the route.
2. Transport and logistics units of production, trading and other companies that deliver goods and materials from suppliers to the warehouse and to the final buyer. Units can also use vehicles of their fleet or third-party enterprises.
3. The purchasing department in the process of planning and controlling the delivery of goods by the supplier. The system "1C: Enterprise 8.1c. Logistics. Transportation Management " allows you to take into account all current and future deliveries and to predict the trade and production work of the company.
4. The sales department in the planning and control of the shipment of products from the warehouse of the enterprise, if it is delivered to consumers.
5. Divisions of the company responsible for moving goods between warehouses.

Software Product Tasks

The system " 1C 8: Logistics. Transportation Management " allows you to solve the most common problems of transport logistics. In particular:

1. Ineffective use of types and models of vehicles due to the lack of selection algorithms that take into account the maximum use of the characteristics of vehicles (carrying capacity, etc.).
2. Increased mileage due to the lack of optimal routing schemes.
3. Lack / absence of data exchange between business units involved in transportation.
4. Lack of control of vehicle location and cargo condition on the way.
5. Lack of a reporting scheme for analyzing delivery efficiency and quality for making managerial decisions.

Cost minimization

The intensive increase in freight traffic and the need to improve the quality of service for partners and consumers are forcing enterprises to review the composition of transportation costs.

The automated control system "1C: Transportation Management " allows you to:

1. To increase the volume of transported goods without expanding the fleet of vehicles.
2. Reduce the proportion of "idle" runs.
3. Improve the accuracy and quality of execution of orders.
4. Reduce staff costs.
5. In automatic mode, generate travel and shipping documentation.
6. Receive relevant information on various performance indicators.

Fields of application

The software product "1C: Logistics. Transportation Management " allows you to:

1. Consider the transport and logistics department of the company as a financially responsible center. This, in turn, contributes to the adoption of informed decisions related to the involvement of third-party enterprises in the implementation of certain tasks in the transportation process. In addition, the unit gets the opportunity to maintain internal cost accounting, to formulate prices for services provided to other departments of the company.
2. Use in work various types and types of vehicles depending on the stage of delivery (air, courier service, etc.).
3. Carry out the management of transportation carried out by both own and borrowed funds.
4. Carry out the registration of goods both in the form of goods (according to the specification), and as anonymized units (places, pallets, boxes, etc.).
5. Monitor all stages of transportation.

"1C: Enterprise 8. Logistics. Transportation Management ": delivery description

A distinctive feature of the product is its simplicity. The software solution is easily implemented in the work of almost any enterprise, adapting to the specifics of organizational and technological requirements.

The product "1C: Logistics. Transportation Management " uses all the advantages of the 1C: Enterprise 8 platform: openness, ease of configuration, ease of administration, scalability, etc.

The software solution is compatible with Ingit electronic cards. Due to this, the work of the dispatcher in the preparation of the route for a particular vehicle becomes much more convenient.

The delivery of the product "1C: Logistics. Transportation Management " includes:

• A complete set of documents.
• Security keys (licenses to use the system and configuration for one workstation).

To expand the number of users, an enterprise can purchase an unlimited number of additional licenses. In the basic configuration there is also a six-month subscription to ITS (information and technical support). It can be considered a tutorial to "1C: Logistics. Transportation Management."

Functional

The software product " 1C: Logistics. Transportation Management" provides automation of management:

1. Needs for transportation of goods. Using a software solution, tasks are registered and monitored for orders from buyers and suppliers, and for invoices (for internal movement).
2. Transportation tasks. In particular, accounting and control over the execution of orders are ensured.
3. Cargo transportation. In an automated mode, routes are formed for the transportation of products specified in various tasks, flight control is monitored with tracking vehicles in transit.
4. Resources. In an automated mode, accounting and control of the satisfaction of applications for the provision of TS for the implementation of formed flights are carried out.

In addition, the software product provides:

1. Visualization of data on electronic maps.
2. Obtaining analytical information to assess the main parameters of the effectiveness of completed orders, depending on the type of vehicle, as well as to analyze the accumulated statistical information.

The software solution also allows you to organize functional work areas for purchasing / sales managers, dispatchers, logisticians, department heads.

Cargo needs management

These needs may appear on the basis of orders of the buyer, supplier, as well as the planned movement of inventory between the warehouses of the enterprise itself.

Registration is carried out by the manager of the procurement or sales department or the employee accepting applications. At the same time, the following are automated:

• Application for transportation and the indication of information available at this time. It includes, in particular, information on the nomenclature of the goods, the consignee, the sender and their addresses, the time interval for delivery, and data on contact persons.
• Cancellation of application prior to execution.
• Monitoring of execution: "refused", "completed", "executed".

Job management

In the framework of this area, using the software product, the design is automated:

• tasks based on information from the application;
• refusal to execute the application;
• delivery tasks.

In the latter case, the registration of the stock list, volume and weight parameters of the cargo and places, transportation conditions, delivery chain, information about the performer at each stage is performed.

In addition, the cancellation of a task is automated prior to its execution.

The control

In the "1C: Logistics. Transportation Management" system, tasks for multi- and unimodal transportation, consisting of several links in the logistics process chain, are recorded . The company directly accepting the applications and the third-party transport organization can act as the executor of the delivery stage.

The software product allows you to create a workplace for an employee who analyzes applications for transportation, forms tasks and develops an optimal delivery chain for each cargo.

Streamline Transportation Management

In the automated mode are carried out:

1. Supervision of issued flights with the possibility of canceling the route.
2. Monitoring delivery performance with tracking vehicle movement in transit.
3. Cancellation of tasks included in the flight.
4. Monitoring changes in the condition of the cargo (registration of losses, shortages).
5. Accounting for actual shipping costs.

Using the "1C: Logistics" system, you can create a workplace for an employee who is completing and routing flights.

Resource management

Using the program are carried out:

1. Monitoring applications for the allocation of resources for flights and their analysis.
2. Confirmation of applications and their execution.
3. Registration of refusal to provide TS for flights.

The program functions allow you to create a work area for the head of the transport unit or another employee authorized to distribute the vehicle and personnel for specific flights.

Analytical Reporting

The program can analyze:

1. Fulfillment of applications for the delivery of goods.
2. Fulfillment of tasks for transportation along the links of the logistics chains established in them.
3. Satisfaction of applications for the provision of vehicles.
4. Flight fulfillment.
5. Shipping costs.
6. Job Processing Time.

In the automated mode, the analysis of technological, technical, quality indicators of the efficiency of using the vehicle is carried out. These include the coefficients:

1. Use of carrying capacity. It is calculated by dividing the amount of cargo by the carrying capacity of the vehicle.
2. Volume utilization. It is determined by dividing the volume of cargo per flight by the volume of the vehicle.
3. Unit costs for own / hired transport. It is calculated by dividing the total costs by the amount of cargo delivered.
4. Transport efficiency. It is determined by dividing the amount of cargo transported by the number of machine hours (days).
5. Completed tasks. It is calculated by dividing the number of completed tasks by their total number.
6. Refusal to provide vehicle. It is calculated by dividing the number of failures by the total number of applications.

Visualization of information on electronic cards

This feature helps improve the efficiency of the dispatcher during routing. Cards are not included in the software package. At the same time, work with them will be supported if there are licenses acquired from copyright holders.

The company independently chooses the cards with which it will work, based on needs.