Examples of Supply Chain missions | Transportation optimisation

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LUXURY GOODS - Optimisation of transportation costs/quality for articles in the collection

LUXURY GOODS

Optimisation of transportation costs/quality for articles in the collection


CONTEXT

  • Designer fashion house: management of collections, production and distribution of women’s ready-to-wear
  • Flows of collection articles from France, Europe and Overseas
  • Scope of transportation: Express, Courier, Dedicated, Shuttle and Freight services
  • Panel of 19 carriers

GOALS

  • Improvement of the shipments’ reliability
  • Optimisation of transportation costs
  • Simplification of transportation management

TRAKER APPROACH

TRAKER APPROACH

Diagnostic and
validation
of the
optimisation
plan

Review of
the service
offered

Review of
package
sizes

Call for bids
from carriers

Implementation
of tools
and training

Auditing
of savings

1,5 Month3 Months4 Months

KEY LEVERS

  • Simplification of services offered by carrier(Lead times & Schedules)
  • Review of package sizes
  • Call for bids from carriers
  • Implementation of a tool for selecting the best carrier for each flow
  • Implementation of a tool for monitoring transportation expenses

ZOOM

Review of carriers’ market
shares in the Express segment

Review of carriers’ market shares in the Express segment

Historical distributionTarget distribution

Implementation of a reporting
tool for expenses per service

Implementation of a reporting tool for expenses per service

RESULTS

SAVINGS

34%
savings on the initial budget

TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCY

58%
reduction in the number of carriers

  • Simplification of selection, ordering and invoice verification processes

  • Tool to monitor expenses per service