TRAFFIC/CIS operates in a distributed processing or client/server environment interfaced with your downloaded mid-range or mainframe computer records. As monthly accounting closings occur, appropriate unit costs are developed through interface with the general ledger. These unit costs are applied to the freight bills of the month, utilizing the Cost Information System, to create a costed database of the month's activity.
Accurate application of costs is greatly enhanced by the interface of TRAFFIC/CIS with any or all of the following data sets:
Pickup and delivery Driver Trip Data
Monthly Costing
After each monthly accounting period, all shipment records for the month are downloaded from your system into a standard text file. General ledger and payroll data can also be downloaded or entered manually using various menu options in TRAFFIC/CIS. The probill data is costed with LTL/CIS utilizing the customer and interline profiles to enhance the data, and using actual P&D data when available.
The result is a costed traffic database (or data mart), fully reconciled to both the general ledger and payroll hours, by freight terminal, for each month.
Reports
The costing process creates many Standard Month-End Reports, and the system also includes the TRAFFIC/CIS Report Writer that allows users to design their own reports on the costed database. Reports sort and display summaries by a variety of selected breakdowns, including weight group, length of haul, origins, destinations, freight terminals, and even day of the week, from any available costed databases. Reports can be run on a wide range of data sets, for one or more periods:
Customer data sets include both individual shipping locations and master accounts.
Customer summary reports can be designed with the Report Writer as well, such as:
The Report Writer provides an analysis tool with virtually no limit on the data breakdowns available, enabling you to use the system to solve problems rather than just get rid of unprofitable customers.
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