Idalica Shipping and Logistics

Freight Shippers - Freight Brokerage - Logistics
Air, Land & Sea Cargo - Etc.
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3rd Party Brokerage, OTR and Local Transportation

• We have a custom module for booking and shipping 3rd party freights from all points of US, Canada and Mexico.
• Reporting capabilities to track profit margins by customer, consignee or sales representative. This module contains the following features:
• Full integration with accounting modules, AP, and AR.
• Generates Truck Transportation Order and Carrier Load Confirmation as soon as freight is booked and customer and carrier rates are entered.
• Customer Invoices can be generated immediately after Customer/Shipper and Carrier rates are entered. Full flexibility to mail, email or EDI invoices to Customers.
• Automatically generates Carrier's AP information into the System which ensures that Carriers are paid on time and with accuracy.
• Generates Delivery & Shipment - Status EDI Customers /Consignees.
• Fully tracks loads from origin to destination. Allows for analysis of “Top Carriers“ for a given route.
• Reporting capabilities to track equipment (trailers, trucks, flatbeds) usage and repair history.
• Reporting capabilities to track profit margins by customer, consignee or sales representative.

Business Process Improvements:

• Faster and more accurate billing
• Better management of payables
• Improved cash flow

Less Than Load Services

• Logistics module to track Less Than Load services and fully optimize load delivery.
• Automated delivery rate calculation - flat rate or variable rate based on weight and distance.

Additional Info...
This module contains the following features:

• Full integration with ADempiere accounting modules, AR and AP.
• Automated customer invoice generation. Full flexibility to mail, email or EDI invoices to Customers.
• Generates Inbound and Outbound Manifests.
• Inbound load tracking by PRO number and customer
• Provides logistic tool to optimize outbound creation based on cargo load, distribution route, and appointment date/time.
• Automated delivery rate calculation - flat rate or variable rate based on weight and distance.
• Reporting capabilities to track profit margins by customer, consignee or sales representative.

Business Process Improvements:

• Load delivery is planned as soon as inbound load is received.
• Many LTL loads are aggregated into one outbound load to maximize truckload
• Billing occurs as soon as driver confirms delivery.

Maintenance & Repair

• Implemented Maintenance & Repair module to support maintenance and repair services to external customers or company owned equipment.
• Ability to create Purchase Orders based on inventory levels and defined reorder points.

Additional Info...
This module contains the following features:

• Full integration with ADempiere accounting modules, AR and AP.
• Ability to generate Work Orders and Invoices for external customers.
• Ability to generate Work Orders for services on company owned equipment and appropriately allocate service costs to departments or cost centers.
• Inventory tracking
• Ability to create Purchase Orders based on inventory levels and defined reorder points.

Business Process Improvements:

• Shop manager enters the Work Order as it is being worked on with parts and labor.
• Shop manager processes billing as soon as work is complete.
• Shop manager manages inventory of truck parts and generates PO's.
• Service costs (parts and labor) are accurately calculated by the System.

Accounting Improvements: