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                Cost Reduction for Transport & Distribution Logistics.
We provide a variety of opportunity assessment audit & reviews services geared toward ensuring that your company's transportation and logistics costs are the lowest possible, while delivering the correct service levels to customers.

Cost Reduction for:-

  • Own account in house fleets.
  • 3PL organisations.
  • Contractors.
  • Carriers.
  • Organisations that use any of the above for their distribution requirements.

Cost Reduction when making the following types of deliveries-

  • Direct.
  • Multi-drop and Groupage.
  • Pallet Networks.
  • Parcel Carriers.
  • Organisation that use any of the above delivery or collection methods.

A complete service to review and implement cost reduction change management for new and existing transport and and distribution systems:-                                                     

  • Enhanced productivity through better asset utilization
  • Enhanced productivity through greater employee efficiency
  • Cost reduction through improved back office functions
  • Cost reduction through better asset management
  • Greater customer satisfaction & cost reduction through better vehicle scheduling
  • More accurate billing through documentation of job-begin and job-end times
  • More accurate billing through documentation of trailer drop-off, loading/unloading, and pick-up times

Our Opportunity Audit Reviews Consist of 4 Steps:-             

  1. Current Condition Process Mapping and Costing.
  2. Analysis and Cost Reduction Solutions Design.
  3. Customer Feed Back Session.
  4. Cost Reduction Implementation Road Map.

We will present back to you a ready to go "Cost Reduction Road Map", all you will need to do is to add the implementation dates into it. We can also help you implement the changes.

How:-

We use a combination of our logistics experience and business analysis tools to clearly show you the cost reduction opportunities that exist in your business:

  • Delivery location advanced routing and scheduling technology, developed specifically for the transport industry and has been proven to help companies.

  • Centre of gravity analysis tools for customer & depot postcode locations.
  • Analysis of your customer delivery data using Cognos Power Play Business Intelligence Software.
  • We can also review the way in which your Customer interfaces with you, and show you ways of reducing operational cost and improving efficiencies. These types of projects usually deliver a shared financial benefit for all concerned. This could be your way of adding additional value to your contract with your customers, and at the same time you take part of the savings for being the facilitator.

Key Benefits:

  • Independent advice & improvement techniques.

  • We have managed fleets at the sharp end, and therefore we know what's realistic, achievable when running distribution operations.

  • Project management.

  • Real value for money and effective, with quick paybacks.

Our Solutions Design Capabilities are:

  • Capability to design or re-design your freight and distribution systems.
  • Freight and distribution contract negotiations with current and potential suppliers.
  • Review current systems and identify opportunities to reduce costs.
  • Design new systems or change existing systems to meet your changing customer needs.
  • Vehicle & routes efficiency audits, with recommended change solutions to reduce costs.
  • Cost to Serve analysis of your clients interfaces with your business, usually drives savings for you and your Customers
  • Delivery documents (POD) quick retrieval solution ideas.
  • Driver time efficiency reviews, with recommended change solutions and measurement systems.

Link to our: Distribution Cost Reduction Review

                                     Why not call us now to discuss how we can help.                                    

Supply Chain Logistics Consulting Ltd - The Chimes, 1 Park Rd, Congleton, Cheshire. CW12-1DS -01260-276469

Mobile 0777-1973782

For more information Email Us @:- info@supplychainlogistics-consulting.co.uk
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