eMBS is a Web or LAN based application for the intermodal (IMC) and truck brokerage transportation industry. The system features dispatch, electronic rail billing, prenoting, tracing, customer reporting, customer invoicing, EDI and scores of other features that are unique to these modes of the transportation business. With eMBS you can deploy once and access worldwide via the Internet, or host the system on your existing LAN environment, you choose!
This product has been designed and developed by specialists in intermodal and direct truck shipping. The concepts and procedures applied throughout this product represent many years of systems and logistics experience. The primary goals in the development of this software were to provide users with an easy to use and efficient system. eMBS can handle your day to day operational tasks of managing your freight and billing your customers in a timely and accurate manner.
Unlike most of the transportation software available today, eMBS was designed from day one to run and operate in the Web or LAN environment.
System Features:
eTrace-It is an Internet based load tracing system developed by Butler & Associates.
This software interfaces to eMBS or your current freight management system. It provides
a seamless flow of trace data from your location to your customer's desktop PC, all via
the Internet. With eTrace-It, your customers can trace a specific load or trace all loads
that are currently moving under your control.
The reports provided by eTrace-It can be sorted and presented in various sequences. These
reports can be viewed or printed by clicking on your Browser's Print Button.
You do not need a Web site or server to run eTrace-It. B&A can host eTrace-It for you on one
of our dedicated Web servers. These servers are accessible on a 24/7 schedule for maximum
availability.
You run a daily extraction program from eMBS, or your freight management system, and an automatic
file transfer sends your data to the eTrace-It Web site via the Internet. You then log onto the
eTrace-It Web site and schedule an update to post your current tracing transactions. Its just that easy.
eTrace-It is priced as a monthly service. Your monthly fee includes your rights
to use the eTrace-It system, your customers rights to use the eTrace-It system,
unlimited 24/7 access, Web server file storage for your eTrace-It database plus
email technical support.
There is no software to purchase. You sign a Terms and Condition Agreement with
B&A (which has a 30 day written notice for cancellation) and we can have you up
and running within 24 hours.
FreightBooks is a transportation oriented accounting system. This system was designed
for IMC's, truck brokers, LTL carriers and air freight transportation companies.
With this system, you can manage your accounts payable, accounts receivable, vendors
and customers. The system also provides gross margin and sales commission reporting.
FreightBooks is a LAN based application that can be installed on your existing
in-house network. The system does not require special hardware or file servers.
The software is written in System Z and features a drop down menu system, click
buttons, mouse control, pick list and standard Windows print control functions.
System Features:
The FreightBooks accounts payable function allows your company to process and
maintain control of the vendor payment cash flow within your organization. This
system provides the tools to manage vendor administration, vendor freight bill entry,
vendor statements, check printing and aged A/P administration. The system can
also process and import EDI 410 freight bills from all of the major rail carriers
in the US and Canada. The system utilizies a bill exception process to audit and
approve the vendor payments based on accrued expense information. This built-in
auditing functions reduces the risk of over-payment of any vendor's freight bill.
System Features:
FreightBooks has a very comprehensive set of reports for accounts receivable,
accounts payable and sales management.
From the accounts receivable menu, the user can generate customer listings, cash
disbursement listings, customer activity reports, credit limit reports, detail
sales reports, traffic activity reports, revenue and expense adjustment reports and
accounts receivable ageing reports. Many of the accounts receivable reports allow
the user to create spreadsheet files in a .csv format.
From the accounts payable menu, the user can generate vendor listings, expense
distribution reports, expense accrual reports, vendor checks, check registers,
vendor statements, vendor activity reports, aged accounts payable reports, vendor
bill exception reports, 1099's and etc. Many of the accounts payable reports allow
the user to create spreadsheet files in a .csv format.
From the sales commission menu, the user can generate salesman listings, sales
commission reports, gross margin reports and salesman summary reports. Many of
the sales commission reports allow the user to create spreadsheet files in a
.csv format.
FreightBiller is a web based application that is used to translate flat file bills of
lading from any freight management system into the standard EDI 404 transaction
set (rev 5010). The EDI 404's are then transmitted to the railroads via FTP. Since
FreightBiller uses FTP as the communications tool, the 404 transactions can be sent
via the Internet and therefore, not require a VAN connection. This delivery method can
reduce your EDI 404 charges by 50%.
FreightBiller can be hosted on your web server or on our dedicated servers.
Our dedicated servers are managed 24/7 and provide on-demand bandwidth resources.
The system features error recovery, automated resends and event logging for
auditing and control. The system currently sends EDI 404's to all of the major
railroads in the US, Canada and Mexico.
FreightBiller features a web interface that allows the user to see the status
of the rail billing. When a 997 or 824 is received from the railroad, the status
is updated on the web interface.
User friendly screen panels for easy data entry
Keyboard and mouse friendly for easy screen navigation
Customer profile entry screens for quick repetitive billing
Dispatch documents for pickup instructions
Prenotification documents for delivery carriers
Electronic rail billing with all major carriers in the US, Canada and Mexico
Manages transborder shipments between the US, Canada and Mexico
Interfaces to rail carriers, SteelRoads and Kleinschmidt for 322 and CLM trace data
Email delivery of dispatches, prenotes and customer reports
Tracing & customer service reports
Customer invoices & customer manifest billing
Traffic activity reports
Outbound EDI transactions (204,210,214,404,990,Custom)
Inbound EDI transactions (204,301,404,Custom)
Unlimited customer reference numbers for shipment identification
Ability to enter 999 pickup stopoffs per load
Ability to enter 999 delivery stopoffs per load
Unlimited BOL and PO reference numbers at the stopoff level
Unlimited load notes per load
Unlimited additional contacts for shippers, consignees and billto parties
Single load reference number from dispatch to delivery
Automatic customer fuel surcharge calculations
Automatic vendor fuel surcharge calculations
Comma Delimited data extracts for external report generation
Custom interface to your existing A/R & A/P systems (included)
Automatic interface to eTrace-It (our Internet load tracking system)
On line system reference manual
The FreightBooks accounts receivable function allows your company to process and
maintain control of the receivable cash flow within your organization. This
system provides the tools to manage customer administration, cash receipts entry,
collections, ageing A/R administration and customer reporting.
Invoice Import/Interface from any Freight Management System
Cash Receipts Entry
Cash Receipts Deletion
Invoice Entry
Customer Management
Customer Number Reassignment
Customer Balance Inquiry
Accounts Receivable Ageing
Customer Activity Reporting
Expense Accrual Import/Interface from any Freight Management System
Vendor Invoice Entry
Draft Entry
Vendor Statement Processing
Vendor Administration
Vendor Check Printing
Vendor Check Voiding
Cleared Check Entry
Vendor Bill Exception Management
Accounts Payable Ageing
Vendor Activity Reporting
