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Sentry
Sentry
Success in the freight transportation business today lies in effective fleet management to ensure prompt deliveries, thus helping customers meet their business objectives. Effective management of the cargo transportation activity translates to
- Tracking & Optimum Fleet Utilization
- Ability to predict truck availability
- Order pickup / delivery as committed
Hexaware's Sentry is a business solution accelerator that provides smart logistics solution for key players in the transportation and distribution domain that includes 3PL and 4PL service providers who manage owned or leased fleet. It is an easy-to-use order tracking and fleet management solution that enables businesses to reduce costs and improve productivity through visibility, resulting in operational efficiency.
While fleet managers can handle order scheduling and tracking from a central location, the drivers will be able to receive orders on the move through onboard / handheld devices. Shippers and Consignees can view shipment status through web access and also get updates through messaging.
Sentry helps transportation agencies to effectively deploy its fleet through transmission of orders to the truck on the field, while the driver responds with his consent or passes it back to control centre for re-assignment to other trucks floating around the neighborhood and this forms an effective communication chain for a clear understanding of the status of an order.
Functional Architecture
Features
- Central Server based Scheduler component for order tracking and scheduler functions
- Trucker component compatible with handheld devices for order status tracking and navigation functions
- Capability for advance order delivery planning from a central hub
- Quick search in identification of the choice of trucks / trailers available for order(s) on hand and assign them depending on location and capacity requirements
- Load balancing function to graphically view & ensure fitment to the chosen truck / trailer's specifications
- Interface with third-party navigation tool for automatic mapping of the optimal order route and delivery calculation of the distance & time using the GPS device
- Ability to receive periodical updates on the current location and the balance time to destination helping the fleet manager to rework the assignment
Key Benefits
- Ability to receive periodical updates on the current location and the balance time to destination helping the fleet manager to rework the assignment
- Trucker can accept / reject the order after graphically visualizing the load balance
- Advance visibility into completion of order dispatches and subsequent availability of truckers for continuous scheduling to optimize utilization
- Seamless interface with third-party navigation tool that helps map the order route quickly
- Prediction of order delivery time through calculation of distance & time using the GPS device
- The driver benefits includes:
- Acceptance of order when he is on the road
- Saving the trip for collection of the order
- Simulation of the truck load with its existing load and the load to be picked-up to know the capacity and be sure about the safety and stability of the vehicle if he accepts a new order
- Proof of Delivery or transmission of information about an event such as pick-up or delivery
- Road Matching to know current position. Make use of navigation tools through the aid of GIS systems for shortest route or optimum route that requires multiple pickups
- Know beforehand about the estimated distance, remaining distance en-route, estimated time and the approximate deviation from the original time
- Messaging and Alerts - Advance information to customer about the possible delay so that he is not in trouble when he reaches the customer place
- Effective deployment of resource - Assured load through the use of onboard system that gets flagged as open at the Server end for the controller to make use of the resource
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