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How new software is helping to revolutionise international freight services

Clients of an award-winning provider of international logistic and freight services can now book and track their shipments in real time, at the touch of a button, thanks to industry-leading new software.

Forward-thinking Award Winning Simarco Worldwide Logistics is driving ahead with digital innovation and partnered with logistics software provider, CocoonFMS® – an industry leader in supply chain digitalisation – to hugely speed up and streamline the freight process.

Customers now have much more control at their fingertips. They can easily book and track their own shipments with real-time tracking, print off labels, and upload/download important documents such as Customs Clearance (C88) and Proof of Delivery.

Simarco decided to partner with CocoonFMS® because of their extensive skills and experience in supply chain digitalisation. CocoonFMS®’s revolutionary logistics portal, CocoonTMP, easily integrated with the Simarco transport management and tracking solutions.

The portal was implemented in phases from soft launch through to full implementation and new features and functionality will continue to be added.

‘Industry leading portal’

Simarco Managing Director, Trevor Scott, said: “We have invested into this as we want to create an industry leading logistics portal as we continue to grow the business to a range of diverse customers.

“The portal helps streamline the processes and aligns to our systems, so we can track the job at every stage and share the milestones with our customers. The portal is well on the way to achieving this and we will continue to invest to broaden the use and value.”

For Simarco IT Director, Kevin Jezzard, the project was his first significant challenge since joining the company in April 2020. He said: “Finding the right partner for this project was critical; the solution and outcomes were imperative and finding people with industry experience who could understand and transform our vision was essential. From the first meeting to our soft launch, CocoonFMS have proved themselves as the right choice.

‘Increasing productivity and creating cost savings’

CocoonFMS® Managing Partner, James Blackman, said: “We were delighted to work with Simarco on this project and to deliver their vision of an improved, more responsive process for their customers. Our innovative software solutions are digitalising the supply chain in a way that increases productivity and creates cost savings and operating efficiencies for logistics companies and freight-forwarders. “This is at the same time as providing accurate data, such as real-time tracking, and greater connectivity for clients. The smart portal has a range of features all designed to speed up and simplify the often complex process of logistics management and is a real industry game-changer.”

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About Simarco

Simarco is an established, award winning provider of international road/air/sea freight forwarding and logistics services. The company can provide businesses with anything from ocean and airfreight services on all worldwide trade routes, to local UK distribution and European road network deliveries, as well as additional services including supply chain management and warehousing solutions.

Simarco’s worldwide network and long-established relationships with accredited partners and agents, coupled with years of experience enable the company to guarantee bespoke solutions that are quick, reliable and cost effective. Simarco has a strong presence across all major trade routes, and its specialist markets, including China, the Far East and the USA, provide an invaluable local knowledge and support to ensure the transit and security of cargo.

About CocoonFMS®

CocoonFMS® is a UK-based logistics software company providing a complete digital eco-system that increases productivity and creates cost savings and operating efficiencies to logistics companies and freight forwarders. This is as well as providing accurate data and greater connectivity to their clients.

The CocoonFMS® team is made up of digital and industry experts who bring over 60 years of experience within the logistics industry. This gives the company a unique and in-depth understanding of what the freight forwarding/logistics companies need and what their clients demand.

New Web App for CocoonTMP Customer visibility tool

CocoonFMS® Ltd has just extend the capabilities of their CocoonTMP product by enhancing the user experience to the next level by developing a web app developed by Cocoonfxmedia Ltd to allow the users of CocoonTMP to view their shipments on their mobile device.

The web app is a scaled down version for speed and ease of use. A full version of the product on your phone is not always of use but quickly getting the key information you need is. That old burning question “Where is my shipment?”

With this in mind the mobile version only shows “Urgent Shipments” plus the last 15 shipments by ETA data. Using a quick search facility based on the shipment number, shipper, consignee, or your customer reference,  or even a partial search of the shipment number. You can view your documents (C88,B/Lading,HAWB etc..) from the mobile app.

As it’s a scaled down version the speed of search doesn’t leave you hanging around but will find anything close to the result.

Once your shipment is found you can visually see the shipment timeline and then all the important shipment information like which vessel it is on, weight and volume, cargo description, C02 emissions are a lot more.

“We’re dedicated to our user center approach and because of this we’re getting some great feed back from users on how intuiative and easy to use our systems are, the mobile web app is another evolution of this approach. Looking forward to where it goes next!”– Design Partner Glen Tapper

“We decided to go down the web app route rather than an Apple and Andriod app for pure speed. The CocoonTMP product is being developed so quickly we need a way to make sure the end users don’t have to wait for the next update to be pushed through the various stores. It also means from a support side we don’t need to worry about the OS version or if a client hasn’t updated their apps. Our system detects the device, and then does it magic and knows which device you use.

It then serves up the mobile version. This puts the User at the very center of our product. There is only a handful of Digital Logistics software providers which can offer a mobile version of their product. This is just the tip of the iceberg with our plans for our systems” – Managing Partner James Blackman

About CocoonFMS® Ltd 

CocoonFMS® Ltd is a Logistics software development company based in the UK with a global reach. Our mission is to be the software supplier of choice to the supply chain and logistics industry, with a vision to create standardisation in the Logistics and the Supply Chain space. 

New all-in-one digital ecosystem for supply chain management

Following its official company launch, CocoonFMS® Ltd is excited to announce an all-in-one digital ecosystem for the logistics and freight forwarding industry. This fully automated system provides the features modern logistics businesses need to improve accuracy, increase transparency, and boost productivity. An integrated, cost-effective solution, the ecosystem equips small and mid-size companies with the advanced technology needed to level the playing field with larger forwarders. The ecosystem combines the following best-of-breed solutions in an integrated suite:

  • Magaya Supply Chain solution, delivering an industry-leading freight forwarding, rate management, customs compliance, and warehouse management platform
  • CocoonTMP Freight forwarder/3PL customer portal
  • Shipamax Bill of Lading / Commercial Invoice Automated Scanning
  • CargoX Blockchain Document Transfer platform

Through a partnership with Magaya, its flagship solution, Magaya Supply Chain, can be used separately or in conjunction with CocoonTMP, providing a leading-edge logistics software platform for operations, accounting, tracking, connectivity, rate management, compliance, and more. The Magaya Supply Chain solution delivers unparalleled feature depth, enabling teams to work more collaboratively, cohesively, and efficiently and providing the rapid return on investment needed to thrive and grow in today’s competitive marketplace.

CocoonTMP can also scan and secure the Original Bill of Lading via our partner, Shipamax, to automatically create shipments within Magaya Supply Chain as well as any another logistics management solution or TMS. The solution is fully automated and uses artificial intelligence to continually improve scan accuracy. Plus, through a partnership with CargoX, users can opt to take advantage of Blockchain Document Transfer (BDT) for the gold standard in secure sending and receiving of documents of titles and other import documentation. Registering and transferring the Original Bill of Lading with the neutral, public blockchain means that users can the transfer the title with ease and never need to worry about the document being lost, stolen, or forged.

The CocoonFMS® ecosystem provides a fully-integrated service for pinpointing the location of shipments. Plus, the solution can also measure and track CO2 emissions for Air/Sea/Road, strengthening your sustainability credentials.

An added benefit is that users no longer need to juggle multiple suppliers; CocoonFMS® provides the total solution, delivering fast time to value.

For more information please contact us below.

About CocoonFMS®

CocoonFMS® Ltd is a Logistics software development company based in the UK with a global reach. Our mission is to be the software supplier of choice to the supply chain and logistics industry, with a vision to create standardisation in the Logistics and the Supply Chain space.

About Magaya

Magaya Corporation develops the leading platform in logistics and supply chain automation. Our Magaya Supply Chain solution, combined with our collection of apps and extensions, is a powerful ecosystem that enables logistics and supply chain businesses to streamline complex and redundant processes, optimize productivity, reduce costs, and grow revenue. At Magaya, we are passionately devoted to ensuring our customers’ success through our innovative solutions and comprehensive array of related professional services. We take great pride in our people, experts in the field of logistics automation, who are always willing to go the extra mile for our customers. Visit magaya.com to learn more.

CocoonFMS® Ltd Official Launch

We are delighted to announce the official launch of CocoonFMS® Limited.

CocoonFMS® is a UK based Logistics software company providing innovation, tools and systems that increase productivity, create cost savings and operating efficiencies to both logistics companies, freight forwarders, as well as providing accurate data and greater connectivity to their clients.

The CocoonFMS® team is made up by industry and digital experts who bring over 60 years of experience within logistics industry. The management team consists:

  • Glen Tapper – Managing Partner
  • Gareth Walrond – Technical Partner
  • James Blackman – Managing PartnerA
  • Anthony Quinn – Commercial Partner

CocoonFMS® products bring a range of partners together to form a one stop shop for Logistics software SMEs with our FMS portal at the very core of our product offering.

“CocoonFMS® presents an exciting proposition to the logistics industry.  Digitalising the supply chain by offering affordable software solutions which can allow the SME Logistics providers to compete with the larger freight forwarders.  Our expertise in Logistics is second to none and our ‘hands on’ knowledge of how clients interact with their data will be critical in providing the right software to enhance and improve our customers operations and customer loyalty”.   Said James Blackman.

About CocoonFMS®:

CocoonFMS® Ltd is a Logistics software development company based in the UK with a global reach. Our mission is to be the software supplier of choice to the supply chain and logistics industry, with a vision to create standardisation in the Logistics and the Supply Chain space.

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