Logistics Cost-Out Consulting

Discovery

During the discovery phase, we review your company's processes and identify opportunities for improvement. Our consultants provide the following services:

• Detailed business-process mapping
• Generation of a logistics cost statement
• Analysis of as-is situation
• Identification of opportunities for process improvements, including:
  — Administrative
  — Physical Movements
  — Accessorial Costs
  — Network Analysis and Design
  
• Weekly reviews
• Two formal interim presentations
• Final discovery document delivery, including:
  — Executive Summary
  — Project Background
  — Methodology
  — Client Logistics Function – As-Is
  — High Level Process Maps – As-Is
  — As-Is Logistics Cost Statement
  — Client Logistics Function – To-Be
  — High Level Process Maps – To-Be
  — To-Be Estimated Logistics Cost Statement
  — Client Logistics Function – Process Improvement Suggestions
  — Network Analysis Recommendations
  

Execution

During the Execution phase, our consultants provide the following services:

• On-site “war room”
• Off-site support services
• Quick-hit procedural changes
• Structural process changes
• Systems implementation, if required
• Execution of projects, including:
  — Rate and carrier analytics.
  — TMS system/process implementation and utilization
           ◊ Least-cost carrier selection processes
           ◊ Proof-of-delivery obtainment
           ◊ Appointment scheduling
           ◊ Freight invoice auditing
  — Rail shipment management processes
  — Identification and implementation of modal conversion opportunities
  — Shuttle traffic move
  — Inbound shipment management
  — Fleet utilization analytics and process implementation
  — Network analysis and implementation
  — Port amd warehouse utilization
  
• Coordination with manufacturing, customer service, and logistics personnel

On-Going Support

To ensure that we deliver actual savings to your bottom line, our consultants provide on-going support, including:

• On-going monitoring of reports and alerts
• Continuous identification of new opportunities
• System implementation and support services
  — Dispatch process oversight
  — Asset distribution
  — Track, trace, and intervention
  — Freight invoice auditing and payment
  — Training, coaching, and mentoring
  
• Rate analysis
• Transportation RFQ support
• Publishing and distributing KPIs:
  — Least-cost carrier utilization
  — Mode utilization by weight and distance
  — Load factor trend analysis
  — Assessorial fees
  — Cost metrics
  — On-time delivery
  
• Carrier scorecard creation and distribution
• Ad-hoc reports and analytics

Benefits

• Improve least-cost carrier utilization reduces cost per shipment
• Carrier rationalization/diversification
• Increase load factor reduces number of annual shipments, or increases sales volume for same number of shipments
• Modal conversion to reduce freight costs
• Freight invoice auditing savings
• Improve asset utilization
• Improved on-time delivery / proactive customer communications
• Automated carrier scorecard creation
• Reduce accessorial fees:
  — Detention and demurrage
  — Storage fees
  — Fuel surcharges
  — Dead-head charges
  
• Reduce your overall logistics costs by 5-10%