Logistics Tech Outlook

nVision Global
Streamlining Supply Chain Visibility

Stewart Dunsmore, Senior Vice President, nVision GlobalStewart Dunsmore, Senior Vice President
In today’s fast paced, ever increasingly complex supply chain, shipper’s lack of visibility to global shipment details is becoming a major issue. According to recent industry statistics, only six percent of companies have full visibility into their supply chains and truly understand where every shipment is at any given time and have visibility to all costs, for all shipments. For the most everyone else, they are faced with improper logistics planning, 'gut feel' decision-making, excessive expenditures, and delayed timelines. All this impact’s revenue, efficiency, productivity, and, ultimately, customer experience.

nVision Global, the leader in global freight management solutions and services, specializing in Freight Audit & Payment, Order Management, Supplier Management, Visibility, TMS and Freight Spend Analytics has the solutions and services to make freight data easily accessible to global shippers in any and all industries. But it all starts with nVision Global's Impact TMS.

“From order management to shipment creation, including spot auctioning, shipment tracking and tracing, event management, and freight invoice auditing, we assure optimization at every step,” says Stewart Dunsmore, Senior Vice president of Supply Chain at nVision Global.

Impact TMS is a cloud based TMS platform that helps shippers plan, execute, and optimize the movement of goods across their supply chain. Impact TMS will improve visibility to global shipments and help shippers easily plan and organize their shipments in a multitude of ways:

Centralized Information: Impact TMS provides a centralized platform for shippers to manage all their transportation-related activities, including transportation provider selection, routing, scheduling, and tracking.

This allows shippers to have a comprehensive view of their supply chain operations, including all inbound and outbound shipments, regardless of the mode of transportation used.

Real-time Tracking: Impact TMS enables shippers to track the movement of their shipments in real-time. With the help of GPS and other tracking technologies, shippers can monitor the location of their shipments and receive alerts if there are any delays or disruptions in the delivery process. This information can be used to make informed decisions and take corrective actions if necessary.


From order management to shipment creation, including spot auctioning, shipment tracking and tracing, event management, and freight invoice auditing, we assure optimization at every step

Analytics and Reporting: Impact TMS provides nSight Analytics that can be used to track and analyze shipment data over time. This enables shippers to identify trends, monitor performance, and optimize their transportation operations. With advanced analytics capabilities, shippers can identify cost-saving opportunities, negotiate better rates with carriers, and improve their overall supply chain efficiency.

Collaboration: Impact TMS allows shippers to collaborate with transportation providers, suppliers, and other partners in their supply chain. By sharing data and information in real-time, shippers can work together to streamline transportation operations, reduce costs, and improve delivery times.

In summary, Impact TMS will improve visibility to global shipments and help shippers easily plan and organize their shipments by providing a centralized platform for managing all transportation-related activities, real-time tracking of shipments, analytical tools for monitoring performance, and collaboration capabilities for working with partners in the supply chain.

Deep Dive

Freight Audit For Transportation Spend Control

Freight billing challenges are not always immediately visible. More often, the problems are subtle. A duplicate charge slips through approval, a fuel surcharge is applied using the wrong rule, a carrier invoice does not match the contracted terms, or an accessorial charge remains unresolved until paying it seems easier than disputing it. For enterprises running across more countries, currencies, carrier systems and invoice formats, freight audit and payment has moved well beyond clerical review. It now sits close to the finance controls that protect margin and the transportation data that shapes sourcing decisions. The buying problem starts with invoice complexity. Base rates, fuel, accessorial, duties, detention charges and modespecific rules do not arrive in a clean format. They come through various transportation methods, documents and regional billing practices. A good freight audit partner should do much more than just identify billing errors. They should collect data, structure it in a meaningful way, validate it against the contract, and route exceptions to ensure that weak charges don’t turn into paid charges. Speed is important, but speed without controls only causes leakage. Secondly, fragmented data brings up another point of pressure. Freight movement records will be part of the transport process, contracts in procurement documents, invoices in the finance queue and approvals in emails. Finance teams need to know how to manage their payments and accruals. The logistics teams need lane-level detail and carrier performance, while the procurement teams need data audit in order to negotiate prices instead of complaints. The stronger provider helps transform freight bills into a reliable record of what happened, what was charged and where attention is needed. Global operations add another layer of complexity. Regional freight auditing requires more than just access to the software. Tax rules, local billing practices, language requirements and e-invoicing mandates can alter how invoices should be read and processed. A centralized platform without strong regional expertise can still leave teams handling exceptions manually. A more effective approach combines consistent audit rules with local knowledge, allowing multinational shippers to maintain a unified view of transportation spend while accounting for the unique requirements of each market. “nVision Global gives finance and logistics teams a clearer, more effective way to see, validate and manage transportation spend before errors become embedded in the cost base.” The same logic applies before and after payment. Audit catches errors, but transportation spend control improves when estimated shipment cost, provider selection and invoice validation stay connected. Pre-shipment rating can show the financial implication of a routing choice before it becomes an invoice. The post-audit analysis uncovers where the exceptions persist. The claims process may regain value after service problems occur. None of these aspects should function outside of the audit trail if the goal is cost control and not invoicing. For enterprises evaluating this space, nVision Global stands out as a practical and well-rounded choice. It brings together freight audit and payment with IMPACT TMS, nSure AI, nSight Analytics and Business Intelligence, nConnect, freight claims, procurement tools and managed services in a single connected ecosystem. The platform is particularly well suited for global shippers that need invoice capture, duplicate detection, contract validation, exception workflows, e-invoicing support and audited freight data working together seamlessly. What makes nVision Global compelling is not simply the technology it offers, but how well those capabilities align with real operational processes. It gives finance and logistics teams a clearer, more effective way to see, validate and manage transportation spend before errors become embedded in the cost base. ...Read more
Top 10 TMS Solutions Companies - 2023

Company
nVision Global

Management
Stewart Dunsmore, Senior Vice President

Description
nVision Global is a supply chain solutions company that offers configurable technology solutions for shippers worldwide, enabling them to optimize their supply chains and gain access to critical data.