ViewPoint: The System Built for Shippers, not IT teams.
ViewPoint is TLI’s TMS system. It gives shippers 24/7 access to freight quotes, booking, tracking, claims, and reporting in one place, powered by leading freight technology.
All Modes
Parcel, LTL, Truckload
24/7
Access to quotes and tracking
EDI/API
Automatic Carrier Updates
what is a TMS system?
A TMS system, or transportation management system, is software shippers use to quote, book, track, and manage freight shipments across carriers and modes. A TMS system centralizes carrier contracts, shipment records, proof of delivery, freight bills, and reporting in one platform.
Most TMS systems on the market are built for large enterprise teams with dedicated IT staff. ViewPoint is TLI’s TMS system built for the shipper. It gives your team access to the same carrier connections and data tools without the complexity or cost of an enterprise build.
ViewPoint connects to carrier systems using EDI and API, which means rates, bookings, and tracking updates move automatically. Your team books a shipment and the system handles the rest. ViewPoint TMS is proprietary software developed and operated by TLI, not a white-labeled third-party TMS. Because TLI controls the platform, ViewPoint can be configured and customized around your unique transportation processes and connected to your carrier network, ERP, and other systems while providing freight quoting, booking, tracking, reporting, and data visibility in one platform.
See the TMS system that runs your freight program
One system for every freight function
ViewPoint replaces the patchwork of carrier portals, spreadsheets, and email threads most shipping teams rely on. Your team quotes, books, tracks, and reports in one place. TLI manages the carrier relationships and exceptions in the background.
ViewPoint TMS is TLI’s proprietary software, developed and operated by TLI. Parts of the platform is integrated with MercuryGate TMS infrastructure and ViewPoint is also integrated with project44 for real-time visibility and connects to Microsoft Power BI for reporting.
What a TMS means for your shipping team
A transportation management system should do more than give your team another login. It should reduce the manual work required to quote and book freight, make shipment information easier to access, and give your team better visibility into transportation performance.
ViewPoint brings quoting, booking, tracking, claims, reporting, and transportation data into one shipper-facing platform. Behind the platform, TLI manages carrier connections, transportation technology, and freight activity so your team can focus on moving the business instead of administering a complicated TMS.
- Reduce manual work: Automate carrier communication, shipment updates, documents, and transportation data wherever integrations allow.
- Improve freight visibility: Centralize shipment tracking, carrier updates, shipment history, and reporting in one platform.
- Control transportation costs: Give your team access to freight rates, shipment data, carrier performance, and reporting needed to make better transportation decisions.
- Keep your team focused: TLI manages the technology connections, carrier relationships, and transportation exceptions behind ViewPoint.
Want to know what powers ViewPoint?
See TLI’s full freight technology stack including MercuryGate, Project44, Highway, and Power BI on the Freight Technology page.
What ViewPoint does for your freight program
Every TLI customer has access to ViewPoint. Here is what your team can do inside the TMS system from day one.
Quote shipments
Pull real-time LTL rates through carrier EDI/API connections and parcel rates through our parcel integration. Compare both modes against each other and book in the same screen.
Book shipments
Book LTL and volume shipments with EDI auto-tendering. Shipping documents such as the Bill of Lading and Pallet Labels generate automatically at booking.
Track shipments
Real-time carrier updates push directly into ViewPoint via API and EDI. TLI monitors exceptions and keeps your team updated.
Submit claims
File and track freight claim status directly in ViewPoint. TLI works the claim with the carrier while you monitor progress.
Run reports
Schedule automated tracking reports daily or weekly. Access full freight data in the business intelligence module powered by Microsoft Power BI1.
Add freight insurance
Add TLI Advantage+ coverage at booking by entering the declared shipment value. ViewPoint quotes and purchases the policy automatically.
How ViewPoint connects to your operation
ViewPoint is not a standalone tool. It connects to the systems your operation already runs and gives vendors controlled access so inbound freight stays inside your program.
Vendor routing portal
Give vendors access to book inbound shipments under your routing rules. You control the program. They handle the scheduling.
Business intelligence
Connect freight data to Microsoft 365 with Power BI. Your freight spend, carrier performance, and lane data available in everyday tools.
ERP and WMS integration
ViewPoint connects to your ERP or WMS system so freight data flows where your team already works. No manual exports.
Go Live With Your TMS Without a Long Implementation
Deploying a TMS shouldn’t ever become a six-month technology project. TLI is built to get shippers operational quickly, with a deployment process designed around your existing freight operation, not the other way around. The faster you go live, the faster you can start realizing ROI, improving freight performance and strengthening your P&L without the prolonged implementation timelines and complexity associated with clunky legacy systems.
ViewPoint can be configured and deployed quickly, whether you are a growing shipper or a complex enterprise organization. TLI handles the carrier connections, system configuration, data setup, and integration work while your team focuses on keeping freight moving.
For simpler operations, deployment can happen remarkably fast. Most mid-market shippers can quote and book in ViewPoint within 1–3 days. Enterprise shippers typically go live location by location, about 5–10 business days each. ERP integrations are scheduled separately and depend on your system.
The goal isn’t simply to implement another piece of software. It’s to get your team using a functional TMS, and realizing the benefits of better visibility, automation, and freight control, as quickly as possible.
A TMS You Can Actually Deploy Quickly
- Fast implementation: Get your freight operation live without an unnecessarily lengthy technology rollout.
- ERP & WMS integration: Connect ViewPoint with the ERP system your business already uses.
- Carrier connectivity: EDI and API connections automate rates, tenders, tracking, and shipment updates.
- TLI-managed setup: Our team handles the technical configuration and carrier connections.
- Built for shippers: Your team doesn’t need to become a team of TMS administrators or software engineers to use ViewPoint.
The objective is simple: get your TMS live, get your team using it, and start realizing the ROI as quickly as possible.
TMS vs. Traditional Freight Management
| TRADITIONAL APPROACH | VIEWPOINT TMS |
|---|---|
| Multiple carrier portals | One shipper-facing platform |
| Manual rate searches | Centralized freight quoting |
| Manual booking | Online booking and automated tendering |
| Separate tracking portals | Centralized shipment tracking |
| Spreadsheets for reporting | Centralized freight data and reporting |
| Manual carrier communication | EDI/API connectivity |
| Separate claims process | Claims submission and shipment tracking in ViewPoint |
| Multiple technology vendors | TLI-managed technology stack |
| Internal TMS administration | TLI-managed setup and connections |
See ViewPoint running your freight program
Schedule a 30-minute demo with a TLI specialist. We will show you ViewPoint using your lanes and freight modes so you can see exactly how it works for your operation.
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Other services from TLI
ViewPoint TMS is one part of TLI’s managed freight program. See all TLI freight services to understand how our services work alongside each other.
Freight Technology
Explore the technology stack behind ViewPoint, including integrations with Shiplify, Project44, Shippo, Highway, Power BI, and Redkik, and more.
Freight Audit
Shiplify reduces accessorial charges at booking, and TLI’s audit layer catches any billing errors that come through after delivery.
Freight Claims
ViewPoint’s technology gives you all you need to make claim submission easy. Then leave it up to our team to manage the claim on your behalf.
TLI Advantage+
TLI Advantage+ is built into the ViewPoint booking workflow. Coverage is quoted automatically and purchased before the shipment moves.
Common Questions About TMS Systems
A TMS system, or transportation management system, is software that shippers use to quote, book, track, and manage freight across carriers and transportation modes. A TMS centralizes freight rates, carrier information, shipment data, tracking updates, proof of delivery, and reporting in one platform.
For shippers, a TMS can reduce manual work, improve shipment visibility, automate carrier communication, and give transportation teams greater control over freight costs and performance. ViewPoint is TLI’s proprietary TMS system, giving TLI customers one place to manage freight while TLI handles carrier relationships, technology connections, and transportation support.
A TMS system is transportation software, while a freight broker is a transportation service provider that arranges freight with motor carriers. A TMS gives shippers the technology to quote, book, track, and report on shipments, while a freight broker manages carrier relationships, capacity, pricing, and shipment execution. ViewPoint is TLI’s proprietary TMS system, and TLI provides the freight services behind it. This allows shippers to use one platform for quoting, booking, tracking, claims, and reporting while TLI manages carrier relationships and transportation activity in the background.
ViewPoint supports multiple transportation modes, including parcel, LTL, partial truckload, truckload, and intermodal. International shipment data can also be retrieved from the TMS system. This gives shippers a single platform to quote, book, track, and manage freight instead of switching between separate carrier portals and systems.
Because TLI manages the transportation program behind ViewPoint, your team can use the same platform while TLI manages carrier relationships, transportation activity, and exceptions across the modes included in your program.
ViewPoint is designed for shipping and transportation teams rather than requiring a dedicated TMS administrator or software engineering team. TLI handles the system setup, carrier connections, data configuration, and ongoing technology management.
ViewPoint can also connect with your ERP or WMS, allowing transportation data to flow into the systems your business already uses. Your shipping team can access quoting, booking, tracking, reporting, and other freight functions without having to manage the underlying technology stack.
ViewPoint access is included with every TLI service program from Standard through Enterprise, with available features depending on the program tier. Your TLI team manages the underlying technology, carrier connections, and transportation processes, so you get access to a shipper-facing TMS without having to purchase, implement, and administer a standalone TMS platform yourself.
Most mid-market shippers can go live with ViewPoint TMS in 1–3 days. TLI handles the implementation and can load addresses, commodities, carriers, and other transportation data for you.
Enterprise shippers are typically implemented location by location, with each location going live in approximately 5–10 business days. ERP and other system integrations may follow their own timeline and can run alongside the initial TMS deployment.
A transportation management system helps shippers manage the day-to-day movement of freight from one platform. Depending on the system, this can include freight quoting, shipment booking, carrier selection, tendering, tracking, proof of delivery, claims, reporting, and transportation data management.
ViewPoint brings these functions together for TLI customers. Shippers can quote and book freight, track shipments, submit claims, access reporting, and manage transportation data while TLI handles carrier connections and transportation support behind the platform.
A transportation management system can help shippers improve freight visibility, automate manual transportation tasks, centralize shipment data, simplify carrier management, and gain better control over freight costs. A TMS can also connect transportation data with ERP, WMS, and business intelligence systems.
For TLI customers, ViewPoint combines these capabilities with TLI’s managed transportation services. Your team gets one platform for quoting, booking, tracking, reporting, and other freight functions while TLI manages carrier relationships, system connections, and transportation activity.
ViewPoint helps shippers control freight costs by centralizing transportation data, carrier rates, shipment activity, and reporting in one platform. Shippers can compare available transportation options, automate booking and tendering, monitor carrier performance, and use freight data to identify opportunities for better transportation decisions.
Because ViewPoint is part of TLI’s managed transportation services, technology is only one part of the cost-management process. TLI can also manage carrier relationships, transportation RFPs, freight consolidation, invoice auditing, claims, and other freight-management functions that affect a shipper’s total transportation spend.
ViewPoint can connect with a shipper’s ERP or WMS so transportation data can flow between systems. TLI also supports EDI and API connections for carrier communication, rates, tenders, tracking updates, and other transportation data.
The goal is to reduce manual data entry and keep freight information connected to the systems your team already uses. TLI manages the technical configuration and carrier connections as part of the implementation process.
ViewPoint receives carrier tracking updates through API and EDI connections, giving shippers shipment visibility within the TMS. TLI also monitors transportation exceptions and keeps your team informed when issues require attention.
This eliminates the need for shipping teams to repeatedly check individual carrier portals for shipment updates and helps keep tracking information centralized across the freight program.
ViewPoint includes a vendor routing portal that allows approved vendors to book inbound shipments according to your routing rules. The shipper maintains control of the routing program while vendors handle their own shipment scheduling.
This can help shippers standardize inbound transportation, improve routing compliance, and keep vendor freight activity within the same transportation management system.
ViewPoint is TLI’s proprietary transportation management system, developed and operated by TLI. It is not simply a white-labeled third-party TMS. ViewPoint also connects with third-party freight technology platforms for functions such as transportation visibility, address intelligence, parcel shipping, carrier vetting, and business intelligence. TLI manages these connections so shippers can access the technology through one platform.
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