CarrierNetOnline (CNO) harnesses the power of the Internet to deliver cost effective logistics manage- ment and end-to-end visibility By providing a single source of information for customers, suppliers and partners, CNO allows collaboration between all players in the supply chain, improves logistics resource and people utilisation to bring real cost reductions, and delivers dramatic improvements which meet changing customer service expectations. This empowers management to focus their efforts on growing the business and improving profitability.

No capital expenditure

Let CNO carry the cost of development, deployment, maintenance and availability. Because you do not need an up-front investment in software, hardware, IT support and maintenance you can grow your business doing what you do best – running a first class logistics business and meeting your customers needs.

Pay for usage not infrastructure

The CNO model is simple – you pay only for what you need and use on a transaction basis. You are getting immediately the benefits of a solution which has cost many person-years and more than a million pounds to develop and the solution can be tailored to meet your specific needs so you take only the functionality that you need but can upgrade at any time.

Self-financing

The biggest investment problem with traditional software licences is that it is difficult to achieve or even measure the return on what is a major investment. Because there is no up-front capital expenditure or investment, you will find that CNO is effectively self-financing. The pay-as-you-use costs are usually covered within a short time by efficiency savings in operations and administration.

Measurable cost reduction

The reports generated by CNO will let you measure the cost reductions which you will achieve though greater efficiency and reduced administration costs. You will be able to compare sub-contractor performance; measure how you are doing against a set of pre-determined KPIs; and generate instant reports on financial performance.

Low and predictable costs

CNO has been developed as a multi-user software service. This means that the cost of on-going development, maintenance and deployment is shared across all CNO customers. This means that CNO can keep the transaction costs low and you are the beneficiary. Your costs increase only because your business grows and not because you need an upgrade.

Scalable to grow with business

As your business grows so does the need for more IT functionality and computing power. With CNO, this is not a problem. As you grow, you choose the additional functionality that you need and we provide more computing capability. If you have bought a licence or developed your own logistics solution, you will have to re-invest in software enhancements and additional hardware.

Immediate deployment

When your business needs powerful software, you are faced with delays in identifying and implementing it. Your operation can face significant disruption and overruns are commonplace. None of this happens with CNO – set up is a matter of a few weeks not many months and you are quickly on the market offering your customers improved service at a lower cost to you.

Free upgrades

There is no extra charge for upgrades. CNO avoids problems you face with traditional software solutions – the ‘big bang’ approach to upgrades. CNO upgrades are carried out by us on an ongoing basis to meet changing customer and legislative needs. There is no need to interrupt your business and management –you get immediate benefits from the upgrades.

No maintenance costs

Every feature of CNO is paid for in the pay-as-you-use model. This includes maintenance of the software. With traditional software solutions that are developed in house or by purchasing a licence there is always a significant on-going charge for maintenance.