FreightSupplyChainTrinity Business Solutions Limited

International Freight Consolidators

March 2001

Trinity Business Solutions Limited

International Freight Consolidators

March 2001

Freight Supply Chain

Overview

• FreightSupplyChain provides quantifiable business benefits to Importers and Freight Forwarders.

• Internet based Business to Business system• Low cost of entry • Better management of logistics from Freight

Forwarder perspective

System Context

ImporterFreight Supply Chain

TransportAgencies

QuarantineService

CustomsAgents

FumigationAgents

OverseasAgents

OverseasSupplierFreight

Forwarder

Features & Benefits (Importer)

• Order Management– Negotiate and finalise Orders with suppliers in real

time. No paper work involved, reduced time.

– On finalisation, automatic routing of Orders to supplier and Freight Forwarder.

– Re ordering based on historic orders and quantities unable to be shipped.

– Status of Order available at any time.

Features & Benefits (Importer)

• Order Tracking– Importer defined tracking dates. Importer can be

automatically advised of a change in ETA.

• Customs and Duties– Customs Tariffs are stored against all products.

– Landed costs for individual line items is available in real time, once the customs agent’s exchange rates are entered

Features & Benefits (Importer)

• Low Cost of Ownership– FSC can be hosted on secure Internet servers. No

software needs to be installed on your computer servers

– A user only needs a standard Web Browser and Internet connection to access the system. No installation or maintenance is required on users PC’s

Features & Benefits (Importer)

• Inventory Management.– Quantity shipped and to be shipped are available in real

time for all products. Critical information for your inventory management systems

• Warehouse receival planning– View expected orders to be received over a nominated

period . Can be used to trigger the appropriate warehouse receival processes.

Features & Benefits (Importer)

• Interfacing with other systems– Custom Interfaces can be written to interface your

Inventory and ERP systems with FSC. Trinity can cost-effectively deliver such solutions

Features & Benefits (Forwarder)

• Manage business in real time– FSC is a real time system with system generated E-mail

notifications to the relevant external parties.

• Purchase orders are Visible– See finalised Purchase Orders immediately they are

finalised by the client - no longer have to wait for faxed copies.

Features & Benefits (Forwarder)

• Customer Loyalty– By providing FSC to your Importer Clients, you can

add value to your customer relationships and build market share

• Reduce data entry– Overseas Agents can now directly enter shipment

information into the system , rather than it being sent via Fax or E-mail and then re-entered by the Freight Forwarder

Features & Benefits (Forwarder)

• Cost effective solution for Freight Forwarders– Software and support can be leased on a monthly basis

or can be licenced.

– Can be hosted on a secure site. No capital costs in purchasing, installing and maintaining hardware and software on your site

– Can be installed on a Forwarders site. Software is compatible with all major hardware and software platforms - low cost of support for your IT staff.

Specifications (User machines)

• User requirements:– PC or Macintosh running

• Internet Explorer version 4.x or above

• Netscape Navigator version 4.x or above

– SMTP Email server access

Specifications (Server)

• Server requirements (if installed on site)– Web/Application Server

• Unix running Apache, Web Sphere

• NT running IIS4

– Database Server (if applicable)

• OEM ODBC database

• Oracle, SQL Server, UDB etc

• Server requirements (if hosted externally)– None

Pricing (Services)

• Configuration and Training• Licensing Options include:

– Software Licence fee

– Monthly Software Lease agreement

– Transaction Fee per finalised purchase order

• Additional Consulting services

Pricing (Hosted & on Site)

• Installed on your site– Server Hardware cost

– Server System Software cost

– Software Installation fee

• Hosted at Tele-housing site– Monthly Hosting fee only

Availability

• Version 1– Controlled availability March 2001

– General availability July 2001

• Version 1.1– General availability Oct 2001

• Hosted services– Available from July 2001

– Using purpose built tele-housing facilities