Full direction
About all your shipments and rides
The DireXtion programme offers support in directing journeys in which the consignment is central. With DireXtion you keep full control during the execution of a journey.Het programma DireXtion biedt ondersteuning in het voeren van de regie over ritten waarbij de zending centraal staat. Met DireXtion houdt u de volledige controle tijdens de uitvoering van een rit.
As a Distribution Management System, DireXtion takes care of the management, planning and monitoring of transport trips and shipments with a focus on maximum effectiveness and efficiency. The software is suitable for various users, can easily be positioned next to existing (ERP) systems and offers an interface to which transport orders can be sent. DireXtion processes these orders, distributes them – based on postcode, business rules and different distribution layers – over journeys and calculates the most optimal order in which the journey should be carried out. DireXtion also offers you full insight into (the progress of) your process and monitors the completeness and timeliness of your shipments, as well as extensive communication options to clients and recipients.
Continuously up to date
DireXtion constantly provides you and your clients’ OrderEntry or CustomerService departments with information about relevant data in the transport process. As a result, the status of shipments can be discussed directly with every customer contact. Urgent or return shipments can be entered into the system directly at customer contact by these departments. This saves an enormous amount of ‘noise’ on the communication lines. When working with multiple depots, dispatchers at those depots can gain access to the system. This gives them direct insight into planned journeys and enables them to check on the spot and, where necessary, make adjustments or take action. They can also print shipping labels directly, easily indicate the status of parcels and add other relevant information.
Extensive problem registration
DireXtion has an extensive problem registration system that allows you to register problems at different levels (parcel, shipment, journey). Actions with business rules can then be linked to pre-defined problem codes. This makes it possible, for example, to schedule shipments where the addressee is not at home for the next day or to automatically transfer these to a return shipment back to the client.
Everyone the same information
With DireXtion you have a complete package in which everyone who has to deal with the transport process in the same application, but with different rights, has the same information. CustomerService at the customers/shippers has the same information as the employee at a distribution depot. This offers enormous advantages and minimizes reporting back and forth, thus reducing the risk of errors and miscommunication.
Distribution management
With DireXtion you are able to support complex distribution processes. Different distribution scenarios are supported side-by-side or integrated. Both 1-man and 2-man operation, B2B or B2C, whether or not distributed over multiple types of networks can be configured within the system. The choice can be made whether the last-mile is executed from a single hub or from regional hubs. In the latter case, the line-hauls between the different hubs are also supported.
DireXtion supports all phases of the Plan-Do-Check-Act-circle.
Order management
Collect, enter and manage orders. Distributing orders across depots, fixed routes and/or postal code areas.
Planning
Sequence optimization within a route or full tour planning based on capacity. Supported with map material.
DireXtion supports different planning scenarios. Planning can be based on fixed journeys and/or postal code areas (or combinations thereof). Planning can also be based on weight and volume of the shipment taking into account the available amount of vehicles. All scenarios always take into account any time agreements that apply to the orders.
The planning algorithm and map material are provided by PTV’s xServer components and are fully integrated into DireXtion and hosted within our own private cloud.
Track & Trace
The execution of tours is visible on the map.
Exceptions in the transport process are shown.
DireXtion offers various possibilities to monitor goods, shipments and/or journeys. During the execution, the status is kept up to date and with every status change stakeholders can be informed by SMS or email, or certain actions are automatically executed by the system.
This way you will always have track on all events, you will get insight in the execution and you can share the progress of the execution with, for example, principals and/or receivers of the goods.
Scanning
Full control over all goods movement in and between hubs. Inbound and outbound scans and storage registration.
DireXtion offers the possibility to register and possibly validate all transhipment moments of the goods.
Inbound and outbound scans, linehaul scans loaded and unloaded, goods (temporarily) stored in sections or conditioned rooms, loaded vehicles for the last-mile and registration of the goods upon delivery. At all these times a barcode scan can be recorded and an indication can be given whether the correct goods are being processed.
Loading errors are a thing of the past!
Scans can be recorded by the app for the logistics employee or the app for the driver. But also a registration of a scan by an external system via our public api is possible.
Control tower
Track & Trace of goods, shipments and rides.
DireXtion’s Controltower functionality gives you insight into all goods movements, whether it concerns transport that you carry out yourself or transport that is outsourced. The DireXtion Controltower not only provides insight but also the possibilities to alarm and make automated adjustments.
Information about trips and statuses of goods are provided by the mobile applications DireXtion Mobile (for the driver) or DireXtion Dispatch for wharehouse staff. Data can also be accessed from 3rd party systems of other carriers.
Track & Trace
DireXtion provides a total T&T overview for all stake-holders, whether they are principals, exporters or recipients, of the status of the goods or shipment and the conditions of the shipment, regardless of who is in charge of the execution.
Vehicles are visible on the map, ETA are calculated and shown and it is visible whether the execution is going according to plan. Including the temperature conditions that the shipment must comply with.
Deviations in the process can be registered and shared directly with all stakeholders. Based on events, automated actions can be configured.
Read more if you are intrested in our dedicated Control tower DireXtion CT
Temperature monitoring
DireXtion’s Temperature module gives you insight into the transport conditions of your shipments. The complete temperature history of a journey, shipment, pallet or parcel can be called up with a single click thanks to full integration with DireXtion.
DireXtion can be connected to multiple temperature systems. This eliminates the need to consult different systems to check that your shipments have been transported under the right conditions. You can react quickly and adequately to alerts so that the quality of the products transported is guaranteed.
With DireXtion you are also fully in control for temperature monitoring!
Real-time insight into temperature progression
DireXtion offers real-time insight into the temperature progression of all your conditioned shipments. It records the temperature of all your vehicles or depots and triggers an alarm as soon as the limit values you have set are exceeded, regardless of which system is connected. This provides you and your customers with watertight proof that each shipment has been transported under the right conditions.
For the complete logistics chain
Stricter regulations on temperature registration, customers who want guarantees on transport conditions and discussions in the chain about liability. The pressure on shippers and transporters to measure the temperature throughout the logistics chain is increasing. DireXtion offers you the possibility to fully comply with the GDP regulations.
Link with rides and shipments
What makes the temperature module unique is the linking of data from one or more validated temperature recording systems to the information from the transport management system. The result is that you get real-time insight into the temperature progress per journey, shipment, pallet or parcel. If you extend the temperature registration system to all storage and transshipment centres, an undisturbed temperature registration throughout the entire chain is created.
Full accountability
Temperature registration alone is obviously not enough. If the temperature exceeds an upper or lower limit set by you, you want to be able to take immediate action to prevent worse calamities. In such cases, DireXtion will sound the alarm and show your employees the procedure they need to carry out. Each alarm and its follow-up is meticulously recorded so that it can be fully reproduced during an audit. Because the system also stores the calibration reports of each sensor and monitors the expiry of calibration periods, DireXtion allows you to be fully accountable at any time.
Proof of delivery
Not only can you benefit from the insight into the temperature progression, but also the receiver and the client. With DireXtion, a digital proof including a graph with the temperature history can be sent to all stakeholders immediately after delivery.
Advantages
- No data loggers read out manually
- Multiple systems can be linked
- Alarms apply to all connected systems
- No errors during manual registration
- No more searching which ride or shipment was driven by which vehicle
- No more receipts with temperature on delivery
- No alarm when the vehicle is not in use
- Less labour-intensive and therefore cost-saving
- Higher quality and reliability