The majority of vendors in this report fall into four types of categories - application megasuite vendors, supply chain management (SCM) suite vendors, specialist TMS vendors, and TMS service vendors. Some vendors are mature, while others have more recently entered the market. The current TMS market is highly fragmented due to the presence of many vendors in the U.S. This includes strategic planning, strategic freight sourcing and procurement, planning and execution, visibility and performance management, and freight payment and audit capabilities. TMS suites can include all transportation management functions across multiple modes, depending on the level of complexity. Gartner defines Transportation Management Systems (TMSs) as software that deals with the planning and execution of the physical movement of goods across the supply chain. recently released the 2020 version of its Magic Quadrant for Transportation Management Systems.
