<s>
A	O
Transportation	B-Application
Management	I-Application
System	I-Application
(	O
TMS	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
subset	O
of	O
supply	O
chain	O
management	O
concerning	O
transportation	O
operations	O
,	O
which	O
may	O
be	O
part	O
of	O
an	O
Enterprise	O
Resource	O
Planning	O
(	O
ERP	O
)	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Links	O
back	O
to	O
ERP	O
systems	O
(	O
after	O
orders	O
turned	O
into	O
optimal	O
shipments	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
sometimes	O
secondarily	O
to	O
Warehouse	B-Device
Management	I-Device
System	I-Device
(	O
WMS	O
)	O
programs	O
are	O
also	O
linked	O
to	O
ERP	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
ERP	O
providers	O
are	O
moving	O
to	O
improve	O
their	O
on-premises	O
transportation	O
management	O
offerings	O
by	O
adding	O
TMS	O
modules	O
to	O
their	O
existing	O
,	O
implemented	O
base	O
,	O
the	O
advent	O
of	O
Software-as-a-Service	B-Architecture
or	O
"	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
"	O
delivery	O
resulted	O
in	O
a	O
surge	O
of	O
emerging	O
TMS	O
providers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Transportation	B-Application
management	I-Application
systems	I-Application
manage	O
four	O
key	O
processes	O
of	O
transportation	O
management	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Gartner	O
predicts	O
the	O
global	O
transportation	B-Application
management	I-Application
system	I-Application
market	O
to	O
grow	O
60%	O
from	O
$1.3	O
billion	O
in	O
2019	O
to	O
$2.1	O
billion	O
in	O
2024	O
.	O
</s>
