Transport Concepts
Transport cost-effectively – deliver on time
Even though Germany has long been regarded as a world champion in logistics, transport is still perceived by many consumers as an environmental issue – and from an industrial perspective as a (permanent) cost factor.
Three questions – one answer
- How do you live up to your responsibility as a shipper or carrier? With a transport concept!
- How do you respond to rising customer requirements for transport quality and cost efficiency? With a transport concept!
- How do you safeguard your company’s delivery capability in times of fluctuating order volumes or growth? With a transport concept!
A transport concept must fit the company like a tailored suit. Depending on the objectives, LogistikPlan consulting therefore follows an individual project approach. We support you in analyzing freight costs as well as in redesigning your transport network, selecting logistics service providers and organizing freight management.
► Your objectives: growth, cost savings or optimization?
- Expansion of market coverage, transport volumes and distances
- Optimal processes for transport planning, execution and control
- Low costs for packaging, transport and handling
- Low environmental impact and high vehicle utilization
- Best possible technical and organizational delivery quality
► Our approach: which consulting focus areas do we set?
- LogistikPlan services in the concept phase:
- Data collection and analysis of existing freight costs and relations
- Creation of the freight volume model with business and geographic scenarios
- Design of transport-related variants with specific solutions for packaging, transport equipment and labeling
- Cost calculation and quality- and environment-related evaluation of variants
- Geographic and temporal route optimization on a conceptual basis
- LogistikPlan services in the planning phase:
- Specification and tendering of logistics services
- Review of offers, support in contract award decisions (bidder negotiations) and transition to new service providers
- Measurement of transport quality and implementation of controlling systems
► Results of the transport concept
- Transport strategy for different business units or markets of the company
- Transport concept for the organizational, geographic and technical design of the transport network
- Design of quality-compliant, cost-efficient transport solutions, taking innovations and current standards into account
- Initiation of technical, organizational or personnel-related improvements
- Transparency of freight rates and optimization of transport costs
