Banyan Technology Features
Carrier Management (3)
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Carrier Information
Manage details about carriers such as the types of services they offer and pricing.
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Evaluation
Provide criteria to evaluate carriers such as on-time delivery or quality of service.
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Performance
Monitor carrier performance using historical data.
Freight Modes (3)
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Definitions
Define multiple types of freight such as air, road, or sea.
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Pricing
Track pricing per freight mode and carrier.
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Selection
Choose the optimal freight mode based on price and customer requirements.
Customer Management (6)
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Customer Portal
Deliver an online portal where customers can monitor shipments.
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Quotes
Create and manage personalized quotes for freight services.
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Documents
Provide customers with transportation documents required for shipping.
Customer Portal
Include a portal that customers can use to access information and documents
Visibility
Deliver visibility into the entire supply chain of a custome
Billing
Track invoices and payments per customer or type of activity
Analytics (6)
KPIs
Provide metrics for warehousing, transportation, and inventory management
Dashboards
Include dashboards to monitor supply chain performance
Custom Reports
Ability to customize reports on supply chain performance for each customer
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Performance
Monitor the performance of all transportation management operations
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Driver performance
Provide users with the ability to measure driver performance in the field
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Actionable insights
Provide users with actionable insights they can take in order to minimize logistical costs and reduce shipment delivery times.
Supply Chain Operations (3)
Warehousing
Manage warehousing operations across multiple locations for multiple customers
Transportation
Manage transportation activities such as shipping and freight forwarding
Inventory Management
Provide features to manage inventory on behalf of multiple customers
Fleet Optimization (4)
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Load Optimization
Provide users with the ability to optimize load and freight shipments
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Route Planning
Provide users with the ability to optimize shipment routes
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Carrier Selection
Provide users with the ability to arrange carriers for each shipment considering allocations, business shares, and costs.
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Tracking
Track the location of vehicles using GPS technology.
Visibility (3)
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Notifications
Provide customers with live notifications on their deliveries.
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ETAs
Allow users to calculate the estimated time of arrival (ETA) for each delivery.
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In Transit
Ability to track good in transit between origin and destination
Transportation (4)
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Modes
Support transportation modes such as air, ocean, or rail
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Yard Management
Provide features for yard management and dock scheduling
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Freight Invoice
Provide users with the ability to audit and pay freight invoices
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Planning
Schedule transportation activities based on demand and availability
Integrations (3)
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Warehouse management systems
Integration with warehouse management systems
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ERP Systems
Allow users to integrate thier TMS with an ERP system
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Accounting
Deliver integration with accounting software or financial systems
Labels (3)
Label Printing
Provide the ability to create and print domestic asnd international shipping labels for all orders with one solution.
Return labels
Provide the ability create and print return labels or email them to customers.
Bar codes
Provides users with auto-generated bar codes for products
Order management (4)
Order tracking
Automatically send tracking number emails to customers.
E-commerce integrations
Integrate the software with major ecommerce shopping carts and platforms
Manage orders
Allows users to split, combine and categorize orders for shipping.
Order Status
Update order statuses automatically once orders are fulfilled
Carrier and rate management (3)
Quick rate comparison
Allows users to compare real-time rates and delivery times for all carriers and automatically select the best carrier for each shipment based on cost and delivery time.
Vendor availability
Provides users with a wide selection of major carriers such a Fedex, UPS, and DHL
Flat rate services
Software detects which flat rate service qualifies with the customers order
Inventory management (3)
Low stock alerts
Software automatically notifies users when inventory is low.
Automated inventory orders
Users can set an automatic restock when the inventory levels reach a low number.
Assign suppliers
Users can assign suppliers to certain items, so shipment is quickly initiated
Reports (3)
Shipment reports
Provides users with a comprehensive report on shipment performance
Inventory reports
Provides users with a comprehensive report on inventory and stock levels.
Unshipped products
Provides users with a comprehensive overview of which products aren't shipping.


