Express (TOS) Benefits - Container Management Solutions System

Products

•	Speed up gate operations
•	Streamline customer communication
•	Deliver superior customer service
•	Improve cargo management
•	Automatically track billable services
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•	Maintains reference data for terminal transactions
•	Uses powerful Navis SPARCS/Navis Express interface
•	Enables user to define business rules
•	Tracks critical data changes
•	Provides database recovery
•	Supports online support sub-systems
•	Enables users to schedule routines
»	Detailed Features

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Navis Express® Terminal Operating System

Express Benefits
Speed up gate operations To save time and limit handling errors caused by erroneous data entry, Express TOS utilizes a broad range of electronic data interchange (EDI) formats, including pre-advise and booking capability, enabling gate clerks to simply confirm rather than create records for each new gate transaction. Express' task-specific data entry screens help speed processing and move trucks through the gate—fast. Streamline communication with your customers Express TOS can be linked with Navis™ WebAccess Terminal Community System to establish an Internet connection between your terminal and your customer community. Customers can place or modify bookings, inquire upon the status of containers, request service orders, and resolve issues. Customs officials can update release status. Line operators can transmit stowage plans via EDI. With everyone connected, there's no waiting, no hassles, and no costly data entry errors. You'll appreciate the greater efficiency, lower operating cost, and reduced staffing requirements. Your customers and business partners will appreciate the better timely information and service. Improve customer service To provide superior service, it's imperative that your terminal staff follow each customer's unique business procedures and rules. Express TOS makes it easy. Simply define each customer's handling preferences—from lists of authorized truckers to which containers to accept after cut-off times, and hundreds more. In addition, Express TOS tracks containers, chassis, and other accessories that alliance partners may be sharing in a pool. And since Express TOS supports the unique business rules of each customer, maintaining different demurrage rates, cut-off times, and prices isn't a problem. Improve cargo management Express TOS addresses the requirements of container freight station operators and port authorities too, with service functions such as berth management, and overall statistics collation. Whether you're dealing with break bulk, loose, or rolling cargo, the array of cargo tracking, handling, and reporting functions found in Express TOS, such as stuffing and stripping automation, bar code label printing and scanning, and tracking by ID/VIN numbers, can greatly improve the overall management of your entire cargo business. Automatically track billable services At even the most modern marine terminals, valuable services are often not billed because work instructions are handwritten, issued verbally, or because completed work orders fail to be posted to accounting. Express TOS puts an end to the paper shuffle and verbal orders by tracking billable services, then automatically sharing the data with your financial systems. Whether you're loading containers, delivering steel coils, pre-chilling reefers, or tracking electrical power usage by the hour, you need to keep an accurate account of the billable services you provide. With Express TOS, tracking and billing is done automatically, which means your profits won't slip through the cracks.

Express Benefits

Speed up gate operations
To save time and limit handling errors caused by erroneous data entry, Express TOS utilizes a broad range of electronic data interchange (EDI) formats, including pre-advise and booking capability, enabling gate clerks to simply confirm rather than create records for each new gate transaction. Express' task-specific data entry screens help speed processing and move trucks through the gate—fast.

Streamline communication with your customers
Express TOS can be linked with Navis™ WebAccess Terminal Community System to establish an Internet connection between your terminal and your customer community. Customers can place or modify bookings, inquire upon the status of containers, request service orders, and resolve issues. Customs officials can update release status. Line operators can transmit stowage plans via EDI. With everyone connected, there's no waiting, no hassles, and no costly data entry errors. You'll appreciate the greater efficiency, lower operating cost, and reduced staffing requirements. Your customers and business partners will appreciate the better timely information and service.

Improve customer service
To provide superior service, it's imperative that your terminal staff follow each customer's unique business procedures and rules. Express TOS makes it easy. Simply define each customer's handling preferences—from lists of authorized truckers to which containers to accept after cut-off times, and hundreds more. In addition, Express TOS tracks containers, chassis, and other accessories that alliance partners may be sharing in a pool. And since Express TOS supports the unique business rules of each customer, maintaining different demurrage rates, cut-off times, and prices isn't a problem.

Improve cargo management
Express TOS addresses the requirements of container freight station operators and port authorities too, with service functions such as berth management, and overall statistics collation. Whether you're dealing with break bulk, loose, or rolling cargo, the array of cargo tracking, handling, and reporting functions found in Express TOS, such as stuffing and stripping automation, bar code label printing and scanning, and tracking by ID/VIN numbers, can greatly improve the overall management of your entire cargo business.

Automatically track billable services
At even the most modern marine terminals, valuable services are often not billed because work instructions are handwritten, issued verbally, or because completed work orders fail to be posted to accounting. Express TOS puts an end to the paper shuffle and verbal orders by tracking billable services, then automatically sharing the data with your financial systems. Whether you're loading containers, delivering steel coils, pre-chilling reefers, or tracking electrical power usage by the hour, you need to keep an accurate account of the billable services you provide. With Express TOS, tracking and billing is done automatically, which means your profits won't slip through the cracks.