Logistics and Transportation Projects
- Introduction of New Services
Situation:
Need for establishing 3 to 4 additional daily FTL carrying capacity for a specific Overnight Service Lane emerged. In-house Fleet capacities were over stretches already and availability of trained team drivers from within was also a constraint.
Benefits Delivered:
- Timely solution provided for dealing with the challenging business situation
- Cost savings achieved while using assured outsourced services
- Delivery of higher levels of service commitments made possible for that Lane
Logistics and Transportation Projects
- Consolidation and Optimization of Deliveries
Situation:
Multiple van deliveries through smaller vehicles were made to some destinations. There were occasional delivery failures due to unexpected absenteeism of some Drivers.
Benefits Delivered:
- Non-availability and absenteeism of Drivers were managed with better forward planning and dynamic route optimization initiatives
- Consolidations provided several solutions and cost saving opportunities with lesser strain due to changes and fluctuations in operating conditions
Logistics and Transportation Projects
- New Product Line Delivery Infrastructure
Situation:
Business volumes for Tires were growing steadily demanding need for specialized storage methods, delivery vehicles and movements to market through dedicated distribution networks for each major brands.
Benefits Delivered:
- Brand recognition created for each brand of tires
- Scheduled deliveries and coverage of customers offered potential for increased business volumes for tires
Logistics and Transportation Projects
- Setting up Dedicated Facilities
Situation:
High volume Export Orders required to be held within the DC for two to three weeks for facilitating customer inspection, completion of export documentation, customs inspection and LC clearances prior to their shipping. Frequent re-handling, mix-ups and damages to cases used to happen.
Benefits Delivered:
- Floor area congestions got completely eliminated
- Re-handling got minimized and hence damages and case mix-ups were largely contained
- Shipping activities got streamlined through this efficient process with 100% accuracy and traceability
- All pieces of any shipment could be handled and processed together, as required by customers
- Shipping volumes and load planning could be managed better with data and system support
Logistics and Transportation Projects
- Cross Docking and Consolidation
Situation:
Multiple Business Units were operating their own independent fleet vehicles for delivery of stock order and scheduled order material to Branch Outlets and major customers. There was immense scope for cost reduction and efficiency improvement though better levels of utilization of capacities.
Benefits Delivered:
- Cost savings through optimized resources utilization
- Efficiency improvement due to advantages of consolidation and scheduling of activities
- Facilitated improved service levels and customer satisfaction
