We Do Software Consulting & Modernization For Our Transportation & Logistics Clients – From 3PL to 1PL
A Trusted Software Development Company – Since 1991
Stay on budget and schedule with Intertech Architecture and Software Consulting.
We Do Software Consulting & Modernization For Our Transportation & Logistics Clients – From 3PL to 1PL
A Trusted Software Development Company – Since 1991
Stay on budget and schedule with Intertech Architecture and Software Consulting.
A Proven Software Development Company For Your Industry
Turn-Key & Co-Development Teams Configured To Your Needs
Transportation & Logistics Software Consulting — Since 1991
At Intertech, we focus on providing onshore software consulting that helps assess deprecated software, provides proven technology directions to consider, and injects an outside perspective into your hybrid development team so you create the software systems and applications that you need, on schedule and on budget, the first time.
Transportation & Logistics Services
What Can You Automate?
Common Problems & Solutions!
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Software Consulting That Modernizes and Creates New Applications For The Transportation & Logistics Industry!
— Overview, Process & Tips —
Intertech consultants work to your needs, no matter the framework or technology you require. We help upgrade and create new solutions that impact efficiencies in operations and workflows to decisions in the boardroom based on better use of your proprietary data. The results are always clear; you stay competitive and retain customers and employees.
Some Areas That May Be Of Interest For Automation
- Efficient in-cab driver workflows (final-mile delivery, cargo handling, pallet barcodes, OS & D)
- Gain visibility to driver health & safety KPIs for effective management (examples: lost time injury frequency, reported incidents)
- Maintain Driver Qualification Files
- Seamless integration of your accounting/payroll with your existing TMS (Transportation Management Software)
- Equipment breakdowns and preventative maintenance (PMs)
- UI/Software that provides real-time communication & updates for both carriers and customers
- …and so much more.
If You Can Think It Up, We Can Help You Build It. If It’s Already In Place And Needs To Be Updated… We Can Do That Too!
Our software consulting team leaders listen to your ideas, identify solutions that fit your requirements, and propose technology upgrades or new technologies, toolsets, and libraries suited to your environment.
Intertech follows a proven process that ensures that all bases are covered, whether our consultants are taking on the project by themselves, we are working with someone else’s consultants, or teamed up with your employees. Next, we get to work using universally accepted development best practices and document each step so you realize an end product that does what you need and is maintainable. And finally, if requested, we can suggest ways to collect and filter your proprietary data so you put it to work through predictive modeling and process automation, reducing manual errors, increasing efficiency, and helping with more accurate forecasting.
If It Is Repetitive, We Can Probably Automate It.
Almost any area that is repetitive can be automated. These areas can fall under clerical tasks, customer service, global manufacturing, support services, data modeling, compliance, and just about anything you can think of that is repetitive, based on timing, or links to historical precedence.
For example, consider any high-volume area within your department or across the company that may have to follow compliance laws, is time-sensitive or generates recurring data. BPA can reduce the time related to these tasks. Moreover, personal expenses related to repetitive work can be eliminated, allowing for more satisfying and less stressful work conditions. As your business changes, the software can adjust, and this elasticity does not fight change. Well-developed software provides output immediately and links your entire company together, so everyone realizes the benefits discovered.
Determine Where Automation Fits Into Your Business Process.
Ask These Questions
Question #1 – Do you currently have a set of tasks that follow specific rules? Most repetitive tasks are based on a set of rules. When programmed into the software these rules allow the application to take over and increase efficiency while providing consistent data across the process, improving accuracy and efficiency.
Question #2 – Does the task have anticipated inputs and outputs? Even if the input and output have multiple options, it is still redundant. It can be designed to react specifically to each condition, eliminating time to respond and providing a seamless transition forward.
Question #3 – Does the task have multiple repetitive steps? Collecting and evaluating content can be laborious. By automating steps to react to specific responses, the data can be collected, evaluated, and calculated in a split second while instantaneously analyzed and stored for AI and decision-making later.
Determine Your Company's Appetite For Updates & Automated Improvements
Determine the mood of your organization toward upgrades and automation. Buy-in from key stakeholders is required. Software upgrades and process automation changes impact how work gets done and can generate fear that jobs will be eliminated rather than create a more efficient and enjoyable workplace. And when considering budget make sure to calculate ROI over a realistic period, understanding that your business will need to rely on automation to stay competitive.
Identify Processes That May Lend Themselves To Upgrades & Automation
There are two items to consider. The first one is which of your processes take up considerable time and are repetitive. The repetition can be spread over hours or days, but it is likely they can be eliminated. The second item to consider is what is being generated from the current process. If data is the result, stakes are higher because all data generated should allow your business leaders to peer into the future, helping steer the company based on accurate data.
Identify Specific Steps Within Each Application & Process For Update
Common Problems We Solve For The Transportation, Travel, & Logistics Industries.
Let Intertech Resolve Your Legacy and Business Automation Problems With A Custom Solution!
Problem – Many off-the-shelf products (separate solutions for accounting, payroll, Driver Qualification Files, maintenance, dispatch, and more) create silos of data and lack of communication between cross-functional teams
Solution – Systems Integration: Intertech will help you combine multiple pieces of your entire system, making your organization more efficient and your applications function as they should. When you are fully connected and all parts are integrated, the savings in productivity are far-reaching, from internal departments to third-party suppliers and customer satisfaction.
Problem – Legacy systems that do not provide data analytics/reporting necessary for educated business decisions create loss of competitiveness and stagnant growth
Solution – We will evaluate your platform and, together, determine which components should be kept, extended, or replaced based on your business goals and enterprise-level needs. Upgrading your platform opens the doors to valuable innovations in technology. You will gain efficiencies and value from your employees, data, and customers by converting, rewriting, or adapting your outdated software to current programming languages, libraries, protocols, and frameworks.
Problem – Too many manual/paper processes that are time-consuming, therefore expensive, and prone to human error
Solution – Our custom software development teams can streamline your business processes and eliminate human error in repetitive tasks by leveraging technology to automate recurring workflows. We make you and your business more efficient, productive, and able to collect real-time data that can be analyzed and used to improve services, decision-making, and profits. Set your company up for the future of AI and Machine Learning.
Problem – Need both a customer portal and driver intranet for self-help in real-time so we can eliminate the strain on Dispatch Dept resources
Solution – Intertech’s Agile-based software development consulting services combine everything you need to succeed the first time, including assessments, requirements gathering, design, development, testing, deployment, and training.
Tell us how we can help and we’ll provide you with a solution so you can make an educated decision on your next move.
“Intertech is different than other software consulting services firms!”
Why Are We Different? Because we ask the unexpected questions and listen. In our 30 years of software consulting, often, what you think you need is different than what you really need. This is how we help you!
Add the experience your team needs.
We Begin With Everything Necessary To Ensure The Project Team Is Complete
The discovery stage is crucial when setting up the correct team to deliver your project successfully. At times this has been completed before our introduction to the project. In these cases, you may have determined that you only need specific roles added to your project teams, and that is just one way we can help augment your team. Other times clients ask us to take on this role to get an expert outside perspective. Either way, this phase is essential and must be considered to be confident that you have the right talent in place and that what you are building or modifying integrates with your existing system.
Tools & Techniques We Employee:
- Scope Detailing
- Analysis
- Technical Evaluation
- Initial Requirements Defined
- Define Delivery Strategy and Roadmap
- Leveling Workshops (For Your FTE Team-Members – As Needed)
Intertech – Custom Software Development Done Right The First Time!
Building A Strong Foundation Is The Key To Success
Converting your vision into reality requires a clear picture of requirements and the experience necessary to set a strong foundation for your new reality. Using the Software Rrequirements Analysis, the design phase encompasses how the application and users interact with each other, with the current infrastructure, and with other applications. In addition, this phase deals with architecture and UI/UX, so all the elements come together seamlessly.
Areas Considered During The Design Phase:
- Infrastructure
- Architecture
- User Interface & Experience Design
- Usability Testing
Intertech – Custom Software Development Done Right The First Time!
We Ensure All The Pieces Are In Place For A Successful Composition
When selecting your team, we ensure it fits your needs, not ours. Of course, top talent is a key to our success, but a proper blend is a formula for project success. At Intertech, we specialize in talent that does more than heads-down programming, but we also understand not everyone on the team needs to be a senior or billing every hour of the day. So, using what we learned in stage one and how stage two comes together, we define your team and estimate the timeline, making sure to keep you updated every step, so there are no surprises.
Areas Considered In The Build Phase:
- Technical Requirements
- Timeline
- Development
- Quality Assurance (QA) and Testing
- Incrememntal Product Release (Faster to Market)
- Refinement & Deployment
Intertech – Custom Software Development Done Right The First Time!
We Make Sure You Are In Control
Following the final release, we make sure you are in control. Whether you keep us around as a trusted partner or have us hand it off to your team, we understand that a solid knowledge base is one of the most important aspects of a project. Therefore, following deployment and before we hand over the keys, we always include 30 days of monitoring and mentoring to ensure a smooth roll-off and that your internal team is in control.
Areas Considered In The Completion Phase:
- Support & Lifecycle
- Documentation
- Knowledge Base Retention
- Team Roll-Off
Intertech – Custom Software Development Done Right The First Time!
Our Dedicated IT Recruiting Department Augments Our Consulting Services Perfectly
If you trust your project and recruitment to someone, wouldn’t it be wise to select a firm with a proven record since 1991, helping major companies like GE Healthcare, NASA, Best Buy, and others modernize or pivot to new technologies? Utilizing a proven formula that combines world-class software development, hands-on education and mentoring, and dedicated IT recruiting, Intertech’s clients have found success building software while building their in-house team for the long haul.
Areas Considered In The Recruit & Hire Phase:
- Ad Placement
- Technical Testing
- Personality Assessment
- Technical Team Interview
- Hand-off To You For Internal Assessment
Intertech – Custom Software Development Done Right The First Time!
No matter the size of your project, Intertech brings together the experience and soft skills you need in a single turn-key package, whether you need one person or an entire team. Our full-time scalable application development, software modernization, and cloud migration teams are selected from a base of trust and experience so you have the right dev-team for the right dev-task.
Consider These Intertech Software Consulting Services Today!
Custom Software Development
Intertech’s custom CI/CD, Agile & DevOps-based software development services combine everything you need, including assessments, design, architecture, development, testing, delivery, and deployment.
Application Modernization & API Customization
Whether evaluating your platform and determining if it should be kept, extended, or replaced… or diving right in to update and customize, we spool up quickly.
Front End (Client-Side) Development
Your front end is where the user gets to know you, from the graphical user interface to everything that makes up the experience. Our consultants specialize in the tools and techniques required to ensure you create an application your employees and customers love to use with the functionality you expect.
Back End (Server-Side) Development
Your front end may be what everyone sees and interacts with, but your back end is doing all the work. Let Intertech’s consultants help you get every response served up quickly and accurately while injecting the experience you need so the tough questions are asked.
Web Framework: 2-Tier or 3-Tier & API-Driven
Whether you have decided on a more traditional 2-tier framework (Client Side & Server-Side), a more independently tiered (3-tier) framework (Client-Side, Processing-Logic-Side, & Data-Side), or an API-Driven | Microservices architecture, our experts can help you create what you need or assist your team with design and development.
Microservices and Architecture-Driven Solutions
Let us help your team convert your monolith to a manageable micros-sized, microservices, service-based suite solution with proven system and application architecture expertise.
Intelligent Business Process Automation (BPA) & Optimization
Whether it is part of the modernization process or a completely new solution, automating and optimizing your workflows to eliminate manual tasks is what we do. Let’s implement technology-based solutions that retain your best talent, eliminate manual errors, and make your job easier.
Azure & AWS Cloud Application Migration & Integration Services
Integration onto the cloud and away from existing infrastructure can take many forms, whether you have selected a multi, hybrid, or a single-service solution. We create and integrate your applications no matter which option you have chosen. As a Microsoft Gold Partner and AWS development partner, we bring incites that can help from start to finish.
Agile, CI/CD & DevOps Resource Library
We don’t just consult companies on Agile; we live Agile and the various forms of development agility. It’s how we run our business, manage our day-to-day operations, and drive the faster deployment of the necessities.
Decision-Makers Corner
Tips and tricks to help you succeed as an IT manager and thought leader!
Enterprise Software Successes For The Transportation And Logistics Industry Is Important To Intertech!
Real-Time Remote Diagnostics and Troubleshooting
Business Process Automation In-order To Streamline Complex and Time-Consuming Business Processes
Server Modernization & Proprietary Data Valuation
Three Great Reasons To Let Intertech Build Your Software Independently Or In Co-Development With Your Team!
To understand why so many companies rely on Intertech for their software consulting and software education needs, you must understand the importance we place on staying up-to-date with the most current technologies and methodologies.
“When an outside firm asked over 4000 of our customers these questions, we immediately understood why they trusted Intertech!”
Say “Yes” To Intertech!
- Would you use Intertech again? 99.55%
99.55% of customers answered YES!
- Are you happy with Intertech? 99.55%
99.55% of customers answered YES!
- Would you refer Intertech to others? 99.70%
99.70% of customers answered YES!
Director of Operations
Tom Helvick
Experience and success typically go together. Add in curiosity, commitment to excellence, and a genuine concern for clients, and you’ll understand why Tom Helvick excels as Director of Operations at Intertech. Tom brings years of top-tier experience—and results—to his role leading our operational team. After years spent working for Deloitte as a Practitioner Support consultant (Tom was dispatched around the world to help correct distressed projects), creating a framework called ITASCA that is still in use today, and serving on the primary Microsoft team that vetted C# during the “C” development process, Tom moved to Intertech. He makes sure every project is matched with the most appropriate Intertech talent, so your project team is the right team.
“We are recognized and respected for how we use technology to build solutions for our clients. But at the heart of it, we are in a relationship business. Success isn’t just writing code. Success is understanding and caring about our clients’ business needs and delivering solutions that help them succeed.”
Why Did You Choose Consulting And Operations?
Consulting allows you to move outside your comfort zone and forge new relationships. I enjoy being in an almost continuous discovery phase where I’m learning about new clients and asking lots of questions. I quickly learn so much about people and companies, which ensures that I can connect the right Intertech team members to every client project.
Sideline
Tom was nominated by one of his players and received the Minnesota Hockey Coaching Excellence award while coaching the Edina girls’ U15 “A” traveling team. He is currently a coach for Lakeville South’s Girls Varsity hockey team.
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