Transportation Management System Market - Growth, Trends, COVID-19 Impact, and Forecasts (2021 - 2026)

Market Overview

Transportation Management System Market is expected to register a CAGR of over 10.85% during the forecast period (2021- 2026). According to a global survey by Smeal College of Business at Pennsylvania State University, 38 % of shippers and 67 % of 3PLs ( Third Party Logistics) stated that they were investing in a transportation management system in 2018.

• With the increasing trend for utilizing backhauls support services for reverse logistics, retailers, and logistics companies are looking forward to the TMS to use the entire process. TMS takes information from various providers, on several different routes, and organizes them into a simple to set of document. The shipping manager uses it to make a quick and effective decision on how to move their freight from one place to another and thus driving the TMS market.
• Further, nowadays, retailers are inclining towards omnichannel systems that incorporate brick-and-mortar, online, mobile, catalog, and other sales channels under a single umbrella. That increases freight transportation, and TMS helps in increasing visibility to all shipments under one user control. This visibility allows for better business decisions when making future business decisions involving transportation.
• However, due to the shortage of experienced professionals, and higher implementation cost with higher maintenance cost are few factors which are hindering the market from growing during the forecast period.

Scope of the Report

Transportation Management System (TMS) helps in making the shipping less expensive and more efficient by organizing everything into precise, easy to read lists that can then be used efficiently to make the best decision possible. That eliminates human error and increase the efficiency of the business. Apart from this, increase the requirement to control time-in-transit, advancements in freight security, safety, and transportation solutions, some other factors expected to offer a positively influence growth in the TMS during the coming future.

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Key Market Trends

Reverse Logistics Offers Potential Growth

• With liberal product return policies, rapid response times, and 24/7 customer service have placed a greater emphasis on the management of the return, refurbishment, and restocking of finished goods. Therefore, reverse logistics and closed-loop supply chain have become increasingly important in this era.
• A good reverse logistics program generates maximum value from each item returned. For example, consumers who order clothes online typically order several different sizes and colors of the same thing. Then, they’ll send back the inappropriate products. Good reverse logistics practices encourage future purchases. Therefore, executing TMS offers business efficiency, sophisticated process automation with greater management insight, detailed cost tracking, and robust load planning that makes the most of available resources.
• According to the National Retail Federation, the cost of retail items returned in the United States in 2018 was USD 369 billion while in 2017, it was  USD 351 billion.  With the implementation of TMS, it will help in tracking and analyzing shipping trends.  It will also help in preventing future supply chain disruptions and reduce transportation costs. 
• Therefore, TMS technology is the need for reverse logistics operation. This technology will measure and report detailed shipping records, monitor vendor and carrier performance, optimize routing and mode, and most importantly, will give end-to-end visibility of freight movement.

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