Transport Management Solution (TMS)

The RIC Group brings a deep understanding of supply chain processes and customer needs, combined with extensive experience in deploying warehouse management solutions globally. We also understand that customer requirements differ significantly, depending on the size and complexity of their warehouse operations. 

Additional challenges vary by type of warehouse operation

Warehouses face constant pressure to optimise load execution and transport operations. Executives across manufacturing and distribution encounter challenges such as:

• Rising customer expectations for faster deliveries with accurate, damage-free shipments
• Increasing return volumes caused by poor load planning, transport errors, or delivery failures
• Labour shortages impacting loading, dispatch, and transport coordination during peak periods
• Expanding transport, safety, and compliance requirements across carriers and delivery networks
• Governing change as transport models, carrier strategies, and delivery processes evolve

Smaller warehouses with basic processes

• Limited visibility into transport operations and delivery performance
• Difficulty optimising routes, loads, and schedules with constrained resources
• Lack of integration between warehouse and transport systems, leading to errors and delays
• Inability to scale transport planning as order volumes fluctuate
• Manual or time-consuming processes that impact throughput and service levels

Large, complex warehouses

• Managing high volumes of orders and complex delivery schedules without bottlenecks
• Ensuring real-time visibility across multiple transport lanes and carriers
• Coordinating transport planning across multiple warehouses, zones, or business units
• Integrating seamlessly with ERP, WMS, and other logistics systems to maintain data accuracy
• Maintaining consistent service levels while scaling operations and handling seasonal peaks

Last Mile Delivery

• Supporting diverse warehouse and transport processes while maintaining high throughput and accuracy
• Quickly onboarding new product lines, delivery routes, or operational setups without disruption
• Minimising errors in inventory tracking, picking, dispatch, and last-mile delivery to protect revenue and service levels
• Standardising workflows where possible to reduce costs, improve consistency, and ensure reliable delivery performance

Tailored challenges across delivery operations

In the dynamic world of supply chain logistics, efficiency and precision are paramount. That's where our Transport Management Solution (TMS) steps in. It's not just a software platform; it's your strategic advantage for optimizing transportation and logistics within your supply chain. With our TMS, you can wave goodbye to the delivery tracking headache and customer call overload.

Here's what sets us apart:

Seamless Integration: Our TMS effortlessly integrates with our WMS and your ERP system, offering all the perks of a top-notch delivery system, but without the hefty costs and complexities.

Streamlined Operations: We've mastered the art of simplifying your logistics, ensuring you can deliver exceptional customer service and guarantee hassle-free deliveries, every single time.

ERP integrations - Your ERP system is the backbone of your business

Today's warehouses need to address complex challenges. Embrace digital transformation and revolutionise your warehouse by deploying a best in class Supply Chain Solution from The RIC Group. ​Our staged approach delivers value in each phase, accelerating time to value and optimizing ROI, so customers see tangible results quickly and can make informed adjustments.​

Flexible technology platform

Future-proof, flexible technology platform with features like:

• Cloud or on-premises deployment
• Fully mobile-enabled functionality
  
  

Integration of technologies like IoT-sensors, robotics, and augmented reality

Complete digitization of your warehouse

Ability to capture data across the warehouse provides complete transparency and optimizes planning and control of warehouse operations.

The available data also enables the use of ML and AI technology for predictive analytics and process optimization.

Adaptable solutions

Our warehouse solutions are highly adaptable, and add-ons provide incremental functionality.

This results in accurate, optimized processes that reduce effort and cost and increases productivity.

End-to-end functionality

Integration with ERPs, transportation and yard management, and other complementary IT systems optimizes end-to-end processes.

Additional challenges vary by type of warehouse operation

Irrespective of their scale and complexity of operations, warehouses need to run at peak efficiency. Major challenges for most manufacturing and distribution organizations include:

• Customers that mandate shorter delivery times and 100% accuracy
• Increasing customer return rates
• Hiring and retaining skilled labor, and the need to accommodate seasonal fluctuations
• Growing complexity of the regulatory environment
• Managing and governing change as business processes evolve