Ramco Systems, a leading provider of Software products & services, today announced a breakthrough order-win from Continental Carriers Pvt Ltd (CCPL), one of the India's leading Shipping & Transportation logistics service providers for Integrated Freight Management System (IFMS) and the fully integrated financial management accounting package.

Ramco will offer its Integrated Freight Management System (IFMS) that caters to the requirements of NVOCCs (Non Vessel Operating Common Carriers) Freight Forwarders, Consolidators & Groupage providers, for both sea and air cargo. The solution will help CCPL more efficiently manage the nuances of freight forwarding business, such as planning and consolidation, cargo clearance, EDI, transportation, documentation, collaboration & finance.

“With the existing conventional and inherited legacy systems, CCPL is looking for updation and modernization of its operational and customer support systems with a view to augment its capabilities in view of growing customer expectations, and requires an integrated, scalable solution that would comprehensively support our development plans and enable us to service the customer needs more efficiently. We chose Ramco because of its in-depth understanding of our requirements, proven track record and comprehensiveness of the solution” – Mr. Vaibhav Vohra, Director, Continental Carriers Pvt Ltd,

Speaking on the order win, Mr. Chetan Pathak, VP Enterprise Solutions, Ramco Systems said, “We are happy to work with Continental and implement Ramco’s Shipping & Transportation Solutions suite. Our solutions have the ability to simplify and structure the flow of Freight Forwarding and NVOCC businesses and well appreciated by our logistics customers worldwide. Ramco is increasingly being favored by organizations who wish to make an impact in the market place through innovative business processes and Continental is a good example of such a customer.”

Some of the key functions that Ramco IFMS will address for CCPL include Forwarding (full container load & less than container load) Freight consolidation (air & sea Cargo), cargo load planning, Tariff management, Advanced manifest system (AMS), Transhipments, Customs clearance and a few more.

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About Continental Carriers Pvt Ltd

Continental Carriers Pvt Ltd is part of the prestigious Continental Group and is one of India's oldest freight forwarding and logistics company and is in the business of Freight Forwarding, Transportation & Warehousing for the past more than 50 years. It is a member of Federation of International Freight Forwarders Association and has its own branches all across India and business associates all over the world (and, in particular, in Europe, US and Far East).

Mr Vaibhav Vohra, Director, Continental Carriers Pvt Ltd, who joined the Company last year after graduating from Babson’s College, Boston (USA), stressed the need for modernizing the infrastructure to cope with the enhanced expectations of the customers. The Company aims to harness the benefits IT would provide in achieving the goal of complete customer satisfaction through the Company’s global network.

About Ramco Systems:

Ramco Systems, part of the USD 600+ million Ramco Group, has delivered enterprise software and services since 1989. Today, Ramco is a global provider serving over 100,000 users with more than 1,800 employees operating out of 18 offices in 9 countries.

Ramco Systems develops cost effective, flexible and innovative enterprise applications that can be deployed fast. It helps businesses respond to change swiftly. The company provides solutions to multiple verticals including banking, insurance, manufacturing, supply chain, aviation, transportation and logistics, healthcare, governance, retail and more. Ramco’s collaborative solution innovation platform - Ramco VirtualWorks ensures that when your business changes, your system changes too.

Ramco Systems has been certified for ISO 9001:2000 quality standards, ISO 27001 security standards and assessed at SEI CMMi - SW Level 5. For more information, please visit www.ramco.com