TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN

Context and objectives

Context:

In the light of a new centralized platform (scheduled for January 2020), a major player in the retail sector wants to analyze and model the transportation routing flows (outbound and inbound deliveries including returns) in order to consider all the hypotheses that will allow distribution platform to optimize its transportation performance and achieve the best “cost/service” balance

Objectives:

• Decrease shipping costs
• Set a transport purchasing strategy
• Ensure an outstanding service quality

Approach adopted by adameo

• Collection of existing data (transport plan, additional flows, loading/unloading times, map of distribution channels, filling rate, etc.)
• First phase of transport plan simulation and validation by the company
• Simulation-based of a new transport master plan guaranteeing an improved quality of service
• Development of a transport purchasing strategy
• Advice and support during the launching period

RESULTS

• 16% savings in transport costs
• Access to a Freight Exchange platform
• Customer service improvement
• Improved internal and external routing system
• 1.7 M€ budget for logistics in 2018
• 14 delivery regions
• More than 160 delivery points