Order Taking and Planning Software for Bulk Goods

Order Taking and Planning Software for Bulk GoodsCut the Chaos: Control and plan every step - digitally

In theory, order taking and planning, especially for bulk goods sounds simple: the customer orders, the dispatcher plans, the truck delivers. In practice, things often look very different when time pressure, highly manual communication and changing requirements are part of everyday life:

Orders via phone, email, WhatsApp – no standard, no structure, miscommunications are waiting to happen.
Dispatchers constantly improvising under pressure and with lack of info – no standardized processes.
No central platform – no consistent interaction, no transparency.

But ist doesn´t have to be this way: VAS Cloud logistics, the platform for order taking and planning, helps you to cut the chaos:

VAS Cloud Logistics

One Platform. Total Control.

VAS Cloud Logistics is a fully digitalized platform, that centralizes and harmonizes all order taking and planning processes and can be individually tailored to fit your needs.

The platform consists of four coordinated modules, that map the entire workflow and can be either used as stand-alone solutions or together. The following three modules specifically target the task of order taking and planning for bulk goods:

Customer Portal

The 24/7 available online portal enables customers to place, manage and track their orders on independently – no need to call or mail the dispatcher

Order Planning Portal

The Order Planning Portal provides a central overview over all sales orders and their current status. The portal enables the dispatcher to flexibly assign and coordinate order-related loading plants and hauliers.

Freight Portal

The Freight Portal gives hauliers and fleet managers a full overview upon all planned deliveries assigned to them and allows for detailled transport planning and management.

Delivery information like electronic proof of delivery (ePOD) can be viewed in a fourth VAS Cloud logistics module, the delivery portal.

Order taking and planning for bulk goods

Your benefits with VAS Cloud Logistics

24/7 Online Availability

24/7 access due to web-based ordering and planning portals.

Efficiency and cost savings

Save up to 3 min in the order taking and planning process for each order.

Seamless integration

Seamless integration with VAS Yard Management: consistent order and planning data through the entire logistics workflow.

Customer and Carrier Empowerment

Empowers customers and hauliers with self-service for order placing, transport planning and optimization.

Boost of delivery performance

Higher delivery efficiency by smart pre-planning and automated info distribution.

Resource optimization

Ressource optimization for hauliers by accurate transport planning

With the VAS Cloud Logistics solution from Axians IAS, we have taken our order entry and planning workflow to a new level of automation and user-friendliness. Reduced effort, lower error rates, and significantly simplified integration between customers and carriers have greatly increased the efficiency of our logistics processes.

Rene Below

Managing Director Sand + Kies Union GmbH Berlin Brandenburg (SKBB)

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The three main modules for order taking and planning

for bulk and bagged goods, incoming and outgoing material

Online Ordering Portal (Customer Portal)

No more calls or mails to the dispatcher – this is bulk material ordering made simple: Using the web-based ordering portal, the customer can order all required materials based on his predefined contracts – independently and 24/7.

More flexibility and more transparency for your customers
The portal enables the customers to leave instructions for the haulier and even pre-select the vehicle-types. This feature is particularly beneficial for customers who wish to supply materials to construction sites that are difficult to access or have weight restrictions. The dispatcher will immediately receive the order, while the customer can keep track of any status updates as well as the full order history directly in the Customer Portal.

Customer driven Transport Planning
Your customer in charge: The customer can comfortably and directly assign hauliers directly in the customer portal for transports in his responsibility (e.g. EXW orders).

Order Planning Portal

The Order Planning Portal enables the efficient processing of cross-plant scheduling tasks.

All planning tasks – one portal
The order planning portal allows not only the confirmation (or rejection) of orders but also the management of available material sources and the assignment of one or multiple carriers for transporting the order.

Distribution of relevant information to all parties involved
Automated notifications with information on all pending orders and, if required, an order-specific TAN or QR-Code can be sent to the haulier. The latter can be used for easy check-in at the production plant.

Furthermore, all information regarding the order – material, quantity, haulier, etc. – can be automatically transmitted to the VAS Yard Management, simplifying the preparation and execution of deliveries at the production plant.

Freight Portal (Transport Planning)

The Freight Portal provides the haulier with an overview of all upcoming transports and the possibility to directly coordinate and optimize them:

Acceptance/rejection of assigned transports
Assignment of one or multiple trucks (by license plate) to one order plan
Generation of vehicle- or order-specific TAN/QR-Codes for comfortable driver check-in at the loading plant

Once the transport planning is complete, the info is automatically transmitted back to the order planning portal (dispatcher of material supplier) and other relevant systems, like the VAS Yard Management.

Order taking and planning for bulk goods

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Reiner Bachthaler
Senior Product Manager

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+49 731 1551526

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