RateLinx has been fortunate to have a strong relationship with the Prophet 21 Worldwide User Group (P21WWUG) for several years, providing logistics software solutions for many of its members. This non-profit organization is comprised of more than 600 users that utilize the Prophet 21 ERP manufactured by Activant Solutions.
On July 28, 2009, the P21WWUG held a webinar in which RateLinx unveiled a special program designed specifically to leverage their members’ collective annual LTL freight activity to drive down pricing on LTL freight rates and provide other needed services (thus eliminating the need for LTL providers). Members choosing to enroll in this program receive reduced rates for LTL shipping, freight audit and payment services, as well as a whole suite of transportation technology at little to no up-front cost, including ShipLinx TMS, ShipLinx Customer Service Inquiry Module (CSI), and the RateLinx Dashboard. RateLinx also provides seamless integration to Prophet 21 for shipping and reconciling carrier invoices. With ShipLinx, members can enter or scan pick tickets and ship any mode (parcel, LTL, TL, etc.) or carrier of their choice for domestic and international shipments. Once the shipment is processed, ShipLinx generates carrier documentation, labels, packing list, and a file containing shipment information that is pulled into Prophet 21 to update the order and automatically confirm the shipment in a one-step process. Prior to RateLinx, shipment integration with Prophet 21 was done in a three-step process and was very time consuming and inefficient. The RateLinx Dashboard provides members with key performance indicator (KPI) tracking on their actual freight payment information with charts and graphics, helping to reduce, monitor, and control freight spending near real-time, a capability that is not available in most ERP systems.
With RateLinx, members can now get everything they need for shipping (transportation technology and logistics services) from a single provider – market-level carrier pricing, anywhere-to-anywhere electronic routing, shipment tendering, freight auditing, general ledger (GL) coding, freight payment, accurate reporting, and graphical KPI tracking.
