Considerable savings in freight costs will result from correctly aligning transportation capabilities to meet clearly defined customer service requirements.

Our experienced team of specialists work with you to segment the key transportation tasks required to meet customer service levels including detailed analysis of volumes, consignment profiles and current costs. Through deep understanding of transportation options, including modes and service capabilities, using sophisticated transport modelling tools we identify optimised transport arrangements.

Our capabilities include detailed transport master planning, route planning and fleet optimisation across all modes of transport.

When outsourcing to transport service providers we work through an in-depth freight optimisation process to identify and select the partners that best fit your transport requirements. Our team will then work with you to implement new partner arrangements and monitor service levesl and costs to ensure the benfits become embedded. Our team is also able to specifiy, select and implement latest transport management IT systems through which significant benefit can be gained.

Questions answered by our transport and freight optimisation services are:

> Which modes of transport and services should I be using?
> Are my current freight costs competitive with the market?
> How many carriers should I use to optimise my freight network?
> Which services and carriers are the most cost effective in meeting my service needs?
> Should I be implementing transport management systems?
> How should I be measuring the effectiveness of my transport strategy?

Outcomes delivered through optimising transport and freight are:

> Frieght cost reductions of between 10% to 40%
> Improved customer service performance
> Better fleet utilisation
> Improved visibility surrounding delivery performance
> Effective carrier management processes