How Benjamin Obdyke Reclaimed 150+ Operations Hours a Year Using ERP to TMS Automation
A Building Products manufacturer connected its ERP directly to TLI’s ViewPoint TMS, allowing for ERP TMS Integration instead of manual shipment booking for its two-person logistics team.
A Two-Person Team, Doing Double Entry on Every Order
Benjamin Obdyke is a well-established manufacturer of residential roof and wall products, but its entire operation runs on just two people. Every shipment meant the same manual routine: an order was created in the ERP, then operations re-keyed the details into the TMS by hand, selected the carrier, and then tendered the pickup with a carrier. The double entry consumed the operations team’s day, leaving no time for higher-value work like analytics, forecasting, or sales support.
“When we come in the morning and see the shipments are booked, BOLs ready… I feel like we’ve got a head-start on each day.”
Chris Brown, Supply Chain Manager
Success by the Numbers
156-208
HOURS SAVED / YEAR
~48%
OF LTL AUTO-BOOKED
3-5%
FEWER SHIPMENT ERRORS
A Direct ERP TMS Integration
TLI connected its ViewPoint TMS directly into Benjamin Obdyke’s ERP environment, so shipments book themselves the moment an order is created. Kickoff to go-live took four months, with TLI’s software team working alongside Benjamin Obdyke’s third-party engineer and responding to most questions the same day they were asked.
Auto-Booking Recurring LTL
Recurring LTL shipments flow straight from the ERP into ViewPoint TMS and book automatically, eliminating the rekeying step entirely.
Least-Cost Carrier Selection
The system automatically selects the least-cost provider from an approved carrier network, so no one has to shop rates shipment by shipment.
Zero-Touch Tendering & Audit
Pickups are tendered with no manual work, and TLI catches billing discrepancies before they ever reach the accounting team.
What’s Inside the Complete Case Study?
The full PDF goes deeper than the highlights above. Download it to see exactly how a two-person logistics team automated order entry and load tendering without adding headcount. A useful read for any manufacturer whose operations team has run out of hours in the day.
The month-by-month climb in auto-booked LTL share, from 0% at go-live to 48.2% within a year.
How least-cost carrier selection runs automatically from an approved network, with no manual rate shopping.
How the ERP-to-TMS automation was scoped and built around Benjamin Obdyke’s ERP environment.
How TLI catches billing discrepancies before they reach Benjamin Obdyke’s accounting team.
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Frequently Asked Questions
ERP to TMS integration connects the order data already living in a manufacturer’s ERP, like Microsoft Dynamics GP, directly to a transportation management system, so a shipment is created and booked automatically the moment an order is placed. It typically includes automatic carrier selection, pickup tendering, and billing verification, removing the need to re-key the same order twice.
Manual double entry between an ERP and a TMS is where most shipment errors originate. By automating the hand-off, Benjamin Obdyke cut shipment-related errors by an estimated 3–5%, with mistakes now largely limited to complex, non-recurring shipments outside the automated workflow.
For Benjamin Obdyke, kickoff to go-live took about four months. TLI’s software team worked directly with Benjamin Obdyke’s third-party engineer throughout the build, typically responding to questions the same day they came in.
ViewPoint TMS can connect to any ERP using standard API webhooks. Benjamin Obdyke integrated its Microsoft Dynamics GP environment, and TLI’s team works directly with a client’s development team to make the setup straightforward regardless of which ERP is in place.
Yes. That was the entire point for Benjamin Obdyke. Auto-booking recurring LTL shipments freed roughly 156–208 hours a year for a two-person logistics team, time they redirected toward analytics, inventory forecasting, and sales support instead of manual order entry and BOL creation.
