“The Supply Chain Suite helped us optimize our transportation efficiencies. One way we did this was to consolidate partial loads from various suppliers into a single full load and integrate the return of empty containers into our rounds. This allowed us to better utilize our capacities and maximize payloads. This is how logistics becomes a datadriven business.”
Katja Gerads
Team Lead, Transport Logistics
Tender Management,
REICHHART Logistik
REICHHART Logistik easily integrated the SCS
into its existing IT infrastructure in just a few
weeks, then optimized its routes and transport intervals. LTLs are automatically
combined, resulting in significantly fewer
empty runs. Many half-empty single trips
were consolidated into efficient round trips
using smart loads that combined outbound
and inbound runs. Transparent communications and a seamless digital datastream also
helped achieve end-to-end efficiency in
managing both transports and empty
containers. This means fewer vehicles and
drivers to move the same volume of cargo.
In one specific scenario, REICHHART
managed to improve capacity utilization by
18%, cut transport costs by 13%, and
reduce emissions by 22%. Overall efficiency gains totaled 10% when time savings
and other factors were included.
