Transportation Management Systems

Services that help you manage transportation more efficiently.

Our experts can help you turn transportation management into a competitive advantage – quickly and without disrupting your business. You'll gain control of key transportation processes, dramatically improve your operating efficiency, enhance your profitability, and exceed your customers' expectations.

Regardless of your industry or the complexity of your transportation requirements, our dynamic and comprehensive Transportation Management service offering, including network strategy design, predictive modeling, shipment optimization, and execution tools, aligns your supply chain with strategic business objectives. Our experienced logistics professionals, operating with ISO 9001 certification, design innovative solutions to meet your unique needs and deliver results to drive your business.

Meridian IQ transportation management solutions include:

·         Carrier Management which assists with negotiation and the time-consuming administrative processes. Our comprehensive carrier management programs, backed by robust metrics and performance audits, ensure consistent, reliable, quality service.

·         Order Management which will convert any and all purchase order data into shipments and assign the best carrier to meet your specific requirements. By leveraging our purchasing volume, expertise, and relationships we are able to provide you with the benefits of reduced transportation and administrative costs, while allowing you to have a greater focus on your core business initiatives.

·         Shipment Planning manages shipment schedules, optimization planning, and carrier/mode selection. Fully integrated systems support enterprise initiatives by executing your customized solutions in a collaborative environment.

·         Shipment Execution communicates shipping information to the carrier and enables track and trace functionality. Web visibility enables timely and accurate shipment tracking, status monitoring, event management, and reporting to efficiently share information across your organization.

·         Financial Reconciliation monitors compliance, audits to increase rate and service accuracy, and arranges payment. Utilizing our proven technology and demonstrated ability to execute provides you with quicker access to advanced systems, and reduces your risk exposure and capital investment requirements.

Meridian IQ operates multiple Logistics Operations Centers serving our clients throughout the U.S. and around the world. Operations Centers are located in strategic field locations throughout the country, based on Meridian IQ client demand. These centers serve as the hub for all shipment management capabilities and support the daily operations of transportation planning and shipment execution for multi-modal forwarding and expedited services, as well as tracking. Meridian IQ can manage as many processes as you need, maximizing the efficiency and the value we deliver. It would be our intent to utilize a centralized operations team to bring the greatest
 

Major Logistics Operations Centers for Meridian IQ are located in Greenwood Indiana, Oakbrook Illinois and at our headquarters in Overland Park Kansas. In addition, we also deploy personnel on-site at client locations when the solution requires it. Utilizing a Logistics Operations Center allows clients to take advantage of proven processes and leverage resources in the most cost effective manner. Meridian IQ Logistics Operations Centers managed over 1.4 million shipments in 2005.