Transportation Contract

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Modular Solutions Spanning the Transportation Modular Solutions Spanning the Transportation CycleCycle

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Freight Invoice Settlement and Contract Management Proactive approach to freight invoice settlement Multiple freight invoice settlement paradigms

—Pre-Invoice, Self-Invoice, Upload view & match Platform fosters communication & sharing w/ carriers

—Process to dynamically settle special charges / accessorial fees Contract details shared on-line

—“Collaborative” vs. “Adversarial” relationship Sophistication of twCost Engine

—Cost calculation base on combinations of 64 different data elements Transport Order / Load attributes Item / Packing List attributes

Flexibility of twCost configuration tools “On-Demand”, SaaS solution

—Rapid deployment—Rapid realization of ROI —Reduced Long-term Cost of Acquisition

No capital or support costs for infrastructure Minimization of services fees

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Reduce Costs:— Reduce processing costs per freight invoice

Reduce time & costs of freight bill reconciliation Reduce time & costs associated with freight bill disputes Reduce time & cost of payment process

— Eliminate hidden costs and improper accessorial fees— Eliminate over-payments

Increase Operational Efficiency: — Reduce the time & resources it takes to process a freight invoice from receipt to

payment— Automate & improve transportation spend control— Expedite communication & improve relationships with carriers through mutually

beneficial collaboration— Simplify transportation budgeting & forecasting processes

Increase Visibility: — Centralize storage & management of global transportation contract, rate & invoice data— Increase availability of transportation spend data for analysis, and contract negotiation— Leverage carrier contract compliance & performance metrics for tactical planning &

execution of shipments

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Creation and assignment of a Load Tender Load Tender availability

The Shipper checks the add. costs and accepts/rejects them

Pre-invoice Validation

Paper invoice

Comparison of invoice vs. pre-invoice

Payment validation

Pre-Invoice Generation

Execution

Accounting

Load Tender Acceptance

The carrier adds the additional costs

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Creation and assignment of a Load Tender

Load Tender availability

The Shipper checks the add. costs and accepts/rejects them

Invoice Validation (optional)

Payment validation

Invoice Generation

Execution

Accounting

Load Tender Acceptance

The carrier adds the additional costs

Paper invoice

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Cost Center Dispatch

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Calculate Cost of Base Services

FTL / LTL

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Global Presence— Serving customers across 5 continents— Offices in US and EU— Multilingual helpdesk support

Proven Solutions, Large Network— Over 70,000 users & more than 8,000 carriers worldwide

Independent, Carrier Neutral— Strong financial backing from parent company Wolters Kluwer— Not connected or affiliated to any carrier or transportation agency

On-Demand “Pay as you go…only for what you need” Solutions— Modular— Quick deployment, Rapid ROI

Pricing Model— Flexible, Affordable Pricing Models

Fixed or transactional fees based on modules & volume— Carriers can communicate free of charge, via web-access

Professional Services— IT Integration; Project Management; Carrier on-boarding; User Training; Helpdesk

Transwide Added ValueTranswide Added Value

For additional information

Please call (973) 731-3802

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