FTL & LTL Case Study - A Transport Tendering Case (Bulk, Ocean and Packed)

"A common factor for all our FTL and LTL projects is the complexity of hundreds or

thousands of routes, many shipping points, many participating carriers. With LTL

projects the complexity is even increased by having each route split up in weight

classes and by having a more complex route structure and a different set of

carriers. We see a clear difference between the FTL and LTL carriers and we

therefore split these projects, so we can focus on the correct carrier groups for

each tender type. The transport tendering case below will give you a further idea of

our approach and capabilities."

- Traconi -

In 2001, one of Europe's largest Polymer producers for whom operational

excellence and innovation is as important to transport tendering as for any other

process, became a development customer of Traconi. They wanted to get its

specific needs for complex tender structures implemented.

The project involved the transport of packed goods from more than 25 shipping

points and to 2000 destinations, or put differently, more than 4000 lines. The

transport was divided in 3 categories; bulk, ocean and packed. In addition a

reduction of total transport cost, the customer was also looking for administrative

efficiency improvements and a faster sourcing process. No wonder this tender

project was an operational and management challenge.

"To be able to evaluate all tenders with its huge amount of data, we had to think

structure all the time. The system and supporting process helped us all the way."

Eighty carriers had been prequalified for a closed tender project. Most were bidding

for a few specific sub-tenders and only a handful for the entire project.

Because of the number of locations involved, a downloadable Excel bid form was

developed to the standard solution, so carriers could distribute its bidding work to

several resources. When bidding for only a few sub-tenders, the web application

was still a convenient tool.

"The size and complexity of this tender was a bit unusual to our carriers. After some

training and practice they all managed."

The tender project had a total lifecycle of 3 months from initiation to end with the

following results:

•Faster, easier and more structured tendering process

•Apple to Apple comparison for all carriers

•Transport cost saving reduction

•Time freed up to do other things

Our customer is a leading, innovative provider of plastics solutions. With EUR 4

billion revenue in sales and 5000 employees, They have more than 40 years of

experience as a reliable supplier of polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP). Its

technology shapes daily life products and forms the basis of next generation

innovation and creative product development in plastics

Dominic McGough 多米尼克 ·麦高Senior Vice President, Customer Solutions 

nVision Global – “Tomorrow’s Vision Today.”

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Dominic McGough 多米尼克 ·麦高Senior Vice President, Customer Solutions 

nVision Global – “Tomorrow’s Vision Today.”

Phone (uk): 0044 (0)151.324.3355. Phone Mobile

(uk):00447501224613

Phone (U.S.): 001.678.369.0654 . Skype :dominicofnvgts

Fax: 00044 (0) 207.691.9738 

www.nvisionglobal.com