Four Soft renews deal with AFS Transport B.V.

HYDERABAD, INDIA: Four Soft, a provider of IT solutions for Logistics and Transportation industry, today announced that it has renewed its deal with AFS Transport (Rotterdam) B.V, a logistics company based in Netherlands.

As per the contract, Four Soft will be implementing its global freight management solution 4S eTrans and its customs compliance solution 4S eCustoms across its locations of AFS. AFS Transport is an existing customer of Four soft, said a press release.

Easy Shipping (Rotterdam) B.V. will implement 4S-eTRANS/ OCEAN for their FCL business. Easy Shipping (Rotterdam) B.V. is AFS newest subsidiary focusing on Full Sea Containers only. Easy Shipping will be live with this eTrans module by end of December 2010 and ready for their new financial year using eTrans.

Hans Boer, managing director, AFS Transport Rotterdam B.V., said, “We have had a long and fruitful relationship with Four Soft. We know from experience that they have the right functional expertise and technology to suit our current and future business requirements. They also provide good customer service to optimize our logistics operation efforts.”

He added that the unified approach from Four Soft would help them save significant costs. It also enables effective communication and collaboration with their logistics partners.

Richard Gralike, managing director, Four Soft Netherlands B.V., said, “Our long-term relationship with AFS has given us a broad understanding of their way of working and their opportunities and challenges. With this understanding and confidence in place, we are confident that we will be able to deliver more than expected on this new engagement.

He added that they are sure and they would be able to cater to the day requirements and the future challenges of their International commitments.

4S eTrans is designed and developed on modern J2EE technology, 4S eTrans is a multi modal transport management system with built in accounting and external interface. While 4SeCustoms is an anytime, anywhere global customs compliance solution, with plug and play modules for different countries, designed to work in a multicultural, multilingual environment, as one package with interface capabilities with all Four Soft enterprise products and other standard ERP applications, the release added.