Ches Beck, Vice President of Domestic Transportation at Kuehne + Nagel writes:

"As a Degama client since 2002, we have found their solution to be a very stable and robust application. Its smooth integration with our WMS and accounting systems realizes impressive manpower savings and increased data accuracy.

Degama's team approach has always focused on quickly addressing and solving unique Customer and In-House requirements. For example, as a 3PL, the multi-modal versatility of the systems' rating engine modified to work with Kuehne + Nagel's 60,000 point city/terminal/region table results in a 99.9 percent auto-rating efficiency on both bill and pay sides of an order be it parcel, LTL, TL, over-the-road, intermodal or air."

Kuehne & Nagel

 

Background:

Kuehne + Nagel delivers integrated solutions across the supply chain that turn companies' logistics challenges into real competitive advantages.

A global leader in international forwarding, Kuehne + Nagel also ranks among the top three worldwide contract logistics players following its 2006 acquisition of ACR Logistics. The company, founded in 1890, has more than 46,000 employees at 830 locations in more than 100 countries.

In offices across Canada, from coast to coast, Kuehne + Nagel's experts deliver service excellence in seafreight, airfreight, road, rail and contract logistics, with a clear focus on providing IT-based supply chain solutions.

The need to manage outside carriers with a unique need to auto rate for thousands of points within Canada.

Approach:

  • Implemented the standard DTMS solution with extensive point-to-point customizations to the auto-rating engine

  • Use DTMS Carrier Management to manage agents, the work they perform and the payments they receive

  • Implemented DTMS' EDI solution for communications with agents and brokers

  • Integrated into K&N warehousing solution

Result:

  • 99.9% of the Pro-bills are automatically rated resulting in huge labor savings

  • Agents are paid on time and accurately

  • Seamless integration between the transportation management solution and the warehousing solution.