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Transportation Management System Functions and Performance Amplifying the Span of Small Scale Firms

Journal of Supply Chain Management Systems

Volume 5 Issue 4

Published: 2016
Author(s) Name: Vipul Chalotra, Pradeep Kumar | Author(s) Affiliation: Asst Prof, Department of Commerce, University of Jammu, Udhampur Campus, Jammu & Kashmir, India
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Abstract

The modern world is largely encompassed with transportation management system as the world aspires newer and wider products and the business fulfills their aspirations with the assistance of effective transportation management system. The present research explicates some of the important functions performed by transportation management system. The research is carried out on small scale firms operating in District Udhampur of J&K State. The empirical analysis of the research is done on the basis of primary data gathered from small scale firms managers. The variables/functions taken into consideration for the research purpose are: Transportation cost and service quality, Routing and mapping, Carrier selection and management, and Real time Tracking. The results of the ranking table exposed that the variable Routing and mapping secured first rank, Transportation cost and service quality achieved rank second. Third rank is secured by the variable Carrier selection and management and Real time Tracking gained fourth rank. Further, the results of the linear hierarchal regression revealed that transportation management system ensures proper routing and mapping of the stock in small scale firms.

Keywords: Transportation Management System (TMS), Small Scale Firms, Functions, Performance

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