Software provider goes global

Specialist logistics industry
software solutions provider,
‘We Think Software
Solutions’, recently launched
its first international solution for
a customer in
Miami.
“Because our
software is webbased
we can set
up their system
remotely and
even provide the
training and aftersales
care remotely
– and because we
communicate via
the world wide
web, we can be
available to our
global customers
at any time, regardless of time-zone
constraints,” said company managing
director, Werner Pretorius.
He told FTW that the new
software had been implemented
within a week – the standard
time for the ‘We Think’ software
implementation. “Our software
also integrates very well with
other regional and global systems,
which makes it that much easier to
implement,” said Pretorius.
He explained that the web-based
product had
significant benefits
for the customer.
“We host it all in
the cloud so that
it’s very secure, and
being web based,
the customer’s
customer also has
complete visibility,
and thus better
control over the
entire logistics
supply chain.”
The software
company will also be switching to
HTML5 – the latest evolution in
web-based coding language – which
makes the ‘We Think’ software even
easier to navigate and implement.
“It is the newest version of the
HTML language with new elements,
attributes and behaviours, and a
larger set of technologies that allow
more diverse and powerful websites
and applications,” Pretorius added.
He said there was a need in the
logistics industry for a flexible, stable
and affordable software solution that
could push optimisation and save
costs.
“The logistics industry already
runs on such tight margins that
cutting costs is a major challenge
and often means that sometimes
service-critical aspects are cut. We
believe the right software solutions,
utilised correctly, will help save
operational costs without sacrificing
any aspect of the service delivery,”
said Pretorius.
One major way in which costs can
be saved is for customers to have
complete visibility across the supply
chain – from port to depot to
delivery – because they can invoice
more accurately as well as pinpoint
where the operational logjams are
and address them immediately,
according to Pretorius.
“Furthermore, this visibility also
helps logistics service providers
to better understand the needs of
their customers, which helps them
optimise the
service,”
he said.
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The right software
solutions, utilised
correctly, will help save
operational costs without
sacrificing any aspect of
the service delivery.
– Werner Pretorius