Intermodal transport management software

Monitor4000 provides tank container and box container operators, shipping companies, rail operators and freight forwarders with a leading edge management tool capable of integrating day-to-day operational needs with financial objectives, facilitating full cost control.

It is designed to automate business critical activities quickly, reducing the burden of administrative overheads with a single data source that can be accessed globally by sales, operations and finance teams. 

Monitor4000 manages every aspect of quotations, orders, operational logistics, sales and purchase invoicing, financial and profit control, equipment management and reporting.

Benefits

• A quotation template facility - used for particular trade routes, products and customers etc, reducing data entry and manual mistakes to a minimum. 
• A Vendor Tariffs Database - stores standard agreed rates and automatically updates quotations and orders.
• Automated transport plans - schedules to and from journey dates and maps pre-calculated costs to each trip.
• Cost and profit control - monitors actual costs against the transport plan.
• Automated generation of sales invoicing - using contract costs.
• EDI messaging and sales invoicing.
• Automated generation of sales invoicing - using contract costs.
• Unit allocation, management and tracking – optimises usage and identifies equipment imbalances.
• Remote access - agents/depots can update trips via the Internet.
• Multi-currency functionality - expenses are managed within each trip across a wide range of currencies.
• Tracking and allocation of all costs and charges.
• Purchase order validation - using a dispute and approval process.
• Comprehensive reporting and analysis  - highlights variances, recommends profit opportunities and cost savings.  Also prompts action for non-conformance.