March 16, 2012
Software Guide – About Us

Fargo Systems is a leading, specialised software provider to the intermodal transport industry, providing transport, fleet and logistics solutions.

Offering both off the shelf and bespoke products, Fargo Systems deliver effective business solutions by understanding and analysing its customers’ operations in order to help drive efficiency through improved management processes.

Its industry-specific range of groundbreaking technology is used by shipping lines, rail operators, road hauliers, 3PLs and many more businesses across the logistics industry.

Fargo Systems product range includes:

TOPS

The UK’s de-facto standard container transport management system, TOPS (Transport Operations and Processing System) goes far beyond intermodal, covering a whole range of distribution, full-load and network logistics scenarios. With sophisticated resource planning and efficiency-gaining tools, it additionally caters for web-based global real-time tracking visibility and automated status messaging.
The award-nominated management system has been designed to cater for diverse haulage activities, containers, general distribution, pallet loads, tankers and bulk, and for both full and part loads. The software incorporates the usual features of a fully scalable solution including multi-currency, multi-depot, multi-modal and multi-company.

TOPS…on the go

An extension to Fargo’s flagship TOPS system, ‘Tops…on the go’ is a fully integrated mobile telematics solution for smartphones, in cab tablet PCs and PDAs. With GPS tracking, job order despatch, electronic proof-of-deliveries, defect reporting and other admin features the system provides automatic updates and up-to-the-minute accuracy of data.

A feature-rich tool that is indispensable for the forward-thinking transport operator, in summary ‘TOPS… on the go’ provides:

• Vehicle tracking – integrated to the transport system, with geo-fencing (automatic status and waypoint time updates when a truck breaches a geofence around a delivery/collection point).

• Job Management Module – Featuring a transport job order on the device for the driver to view and update with container numbers, quantities of pallets and other essential collection information.

• Sign on Glass PoD – Automatically available in the transport system and can be sent on to customers.

• Driver Admin – For defect reporting, timesheets, holiday requests, expenses etc.

CYMAN

CYMAN is the ideal scalable solution for managing all aspects of a modern container yard or intermodal terminal, including M&R and in and out gate CODECO messaging.
The design of CYMAN makes it suitable in all scenarios, from smaller companies operating a single container haulage yard with a single area, to larger organisations needing to manage multiple container yards or terminals with designated areas and individual container locations in a single database.

Cargo/Container Central.co (CCC)

A collaborative online information and transaction exchange, Cargo/Container Central.co (CCC) is a completely managed ‘information broker’ service for companies requiring to send status and other job order information through the inter-modal supply chain.

Fargo Systems has also recently developed the Android OTG – a multi-lingual tool for companies operating across continents to improve driver communications.

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