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The editor will share with you the differences between wms and tms. I hope you will get something after reading this article. Let's discuss it together.

Difference: WMS refers to the warehouse management system, which comprehensively applies the functions of batch management, material correspondence, inventory inventory, quality inspection management, virtual warehouse management and real-time inventory management through the functions of incoming business, outgoing business, warehouse allocation, inventory allocation and virtual warehouse management. TMS refers to the transportation management system, which is the specific management of the transportation link in the logistics link.

First of all, distinguish from the concept:

WMS Warehouse Management system:

WMS is the abbreviation of Warehouse Management system (Warehouse Management System). It is the software that manages the storage space of materials, which is different from inventory management. Its function mainly has two aspects, one is to locate the specific space position of materials by setting a certain warehouse structure in the system, and the other is to guide the operation process of materials in and out of warehouse by setting some strategies in the system.

Through the functions of incoming and outgoing business, warehouse allocation, inventory allocation and virtual warehouse management, the warehouse management system is a management system that comprehensively uses the functions of batch management, material correspondence, inventory counting, quality inspection management, virtual warehouse management and real-time inventory management to effectively control and track the whole process of logistics and cost management of warehouse business. realize or perfect enterprise warehousing information management. The system can not only perform inventory operation independently, but also can be used in combination with documents and vouchers of other systems, and can provide enterprises with more complete enterprise logistics management process and financial management information.

Many enterprises have realized the strategic significance of enterprise management information to enterprise development, from financial software, purchase, sale and storage software CIMS, from MRP, MRPII to ERP, represent the requirements of Chinese enterprises from extensive management to intensive management. the fierce competition and the requirement of cost make the management object: integrate the information and resources of upstream, enterprise itself and downstream integrated supply chain. The warehouse, especially the warehouse in the manufacturing industry, as the node of the chain, has different views on inventory. In the management of the logistics supply chain, inventory is no longer regarded as a measure to maintain production and sales, but as a balance mechanism of the supply chain, its main function is to coordinate the whole supply chain. But at the same time, modern enterprises are faced with many uncertain factors, whether they come from sub-suppliers or from production or customers, the only way for enterprises to deal with the relationship between inventory management and uncertainty is to strengthen the exchange and sharing of information among enterprises. increase the transparency, reliability and real-time of inventory decision-making information. And this is exactly the problem that WMS wants to help enterprises solve.

TMS Transportation Management system:

TMS is the abbreviation of TransportationManagementSystem, which means transportation management system. In the management software, the system name named by English acronym is not uncommon. Most of TMS is only used as one of the subsystems in a management system, mainly in the logistics management system. Its main function is the specific management of the transportation link in the logistics link, including vehicle management, the management of goods in transit and so on.

Logistics and transportation management system is suitable for transport companies and transport teams under various enterprises. It mainly includes order management, stowage operations, scheduling and distribution, traffic management, GPS vehicle positioning system, vehicle management, personnel management, data reports, basic information maintenance, system management and other modules. The system makes a comprehensive and detailed statistical assessment of vehicles, drivers, lines, etc., which can greatly improve the operation efficiency, reduce the transportation cost, and make you take the lead in the fierce market competition.

TMS can be regarded as a kind of SaaS software service in the comprehensive website of large-scale logistics portal. the main functions include: business process management (BPM), consignment bill management, order tracking, goods tracking, employee management, transportation customer management, visual monitoring of transportation business process, settlement management and so on.

TMS can track all the vehicles of logistics companies in real time (combined with GPS system) to maintain the smooth flow of information and logistics.

The fresh distribution management system we often say is also a kind of SaaS in a broad sense. Most of the goods in ordinary warehousing are ordinary 3C, clothing, home textiles, cosmetics and other products. Even if they are claimed to be food warehouses, the products inside are generally processed and durable goods, such as three squirrels and so on. And fresh products are non-standard. Therefore, if the companies in the fresh industry use the general purchase, sale and storage system, it is impossible to achieve fine management, and this kind of system has no outstanding function of the demand of the fresh distribution industry. Although it reduces a certain amount of labor intensity, it is not so easy to use, and it is far from the expectation of information management similar to that of Guanmai system. Perhaps the layman does not understand the difficulty of fresh, fresh compared with other categories, there is a great difference, can not be met by the general purchase, sale and storage system.

How to choose TMS in order to realize its value?

1. The matching of function and business

In the freight market, there are generally vertical chains such as shippers, three parties, special lines to drivers and even consignees. In this chain, each participant has the demand to use different functions of TMS from different levels, but the demands of each party are different. At present, there are many TMS specially used for one of them in the market.

Therefore, first of all, it is important to understand their own transport business, and then determine the basic functional modules that the target TMS should have based on the needs of business management, to frame the basic choice scope of TMS.

two。 The perfection of the solution

After framing TMS vendors in a certain area through functional matching, the next thing to consider is the completeness of the functional solution. Generally speaking, for the consignor enterprise, the core process of transportation management basically covers: logistics recruitment, contract execution, waybill management, scheduling, execution, tracking, settlement, audit, data analysis and so on.

When you choose TMS, you must make sure that the supplier can do the details of the solution. If a supplier can make a solution based on the real business scenario of the survey, it shows that the first supplier is confident of the integrity of its own system; the second is willing to be accountable to customers; and the third solution can be landed.

At present, in the field of shoes and clothing logistics, oTMS should be the one with the best function, the longest working time and the largest number of customers in the industry.

3. Technology and performance

Technology can mainly look at ease of use, difficulty and complexity of deployment, and data security. Basically, if a TMS supports APP, web side, and API at the same time, then we think it is easy to use.

4. User interface friendliness

A good interface allows users to concentrate on their work without having to open multiple software or windows frequently. The intuitive and concise design makes the learning cost of the system lower and the staff easier to use.

5. Customer support capability

This includes the implementation of services, training and maintenance, that is, what we often call "after-sales". Some cash-rich SaaS suppliers at home and abroad also have the practice of "customer success". In fact, it is easy to understand that TMS is different from general financial software and warehousing software, the number of users of the latter is often very small and fixed, coupled with fixed office space, through on site training, requirements, supervision, in fact, it is very difficult to "fail". However, the transportation business is the only place in the enterprise that is not fixed (it may occur in every part of the country, or even overseas), and the participants are not fixed (often subcontracted layer by layer). Therefore, it is very difficult to manage, but also very important (because it directly faces the customer, directly affects the customer experience, and because the transportation expenditure is often not small).

6. Market leadership

Market leadership includes market share and product foresight. Choosing a product with market share means that it is very likely that some carriers and drivers downstream and downstream are already using this product, or that it is likely to be used in other business in the future, so it greatly reduces the difficulty of promotion and improves the effect of use. At present, oTMS should not only lead the market share of TMS in the field of shoes and clothing, but also occupy the top position in the comprehensive fields of manufacturing, medicine, automobile, chemical industry, consumer goods and so on. From this point of view, the author thinks that there are additional items.

There are three main ways to integrate WMS and TMS:

Usually have integrated with OMS or enterprise ERP, OMS/ERP- > WMS- > TMS interaction sequence, but there are great differences in order processing and transportation planning, which is suitable for different application industries.

1. Basic integration

After the WMS picking is completed to the temporary storage area, send the order to TMS, advantages: simple, efficient and accurate, disadvantages: waste of sorting and STAGE time, occupation of STAGE site.

two。 Planning integration: pre-calculate shipments and send TMS,WMS and TMS synchronously.

Because the quantity, weight and volume of the shipment are calculated in advance, the freight capacity can be planned, the transportation plan can be carried out at the same time of allocating inventory and picking, and the transport capacity can be confirmed. When the goods are sorted, they can be loaded and shipped directly, which solves the shortcomings of the basic integration mode. However, when there is a big difference between the planned volume and the actual shipping volume, the disadvantage of this method is obvious.

3. Customer-oriented integration, shipment and delivery can be determined after the inventory is allocated. Usually after occupying the inventory, you can determine the appointment of the freight with the customer on the interactive page, and then confirm the transportation plan, which greatly enhances the customer experience and has the highest requirements for responsiveness and integration of the system.

After reading this article, I believe you have a certain understanding of "what's the difference between wms and tms". If you want to know more about it, you are welcome to follow the industry information channel. Thank you for your reading!

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