Supply chain management solutions and their applications

• for transport managers and hauliers
• chiefly in the following areas : car distribution, distribution and supply of spare-parts, container pool management and light urban delivery

Supply Chain Management Solutions in car distribution

For new vehicles this activity encompasses the whole supply chain from manufacturing plant or platforms to end user and includes undertaking value added operations in designated centres. Different modes of transport are used: road, rail, river and sea. Transport resources can be part owned vehicles and part sub-contracted. The complexity of this activity comes from the importance of the volume to be transported, variability of forecasts, density of network and the constraints of time limits. The Transept supply chain management software solutions are used to optimize the flow-plan, evaluate the purchasing budget and plan the transport capacity needs mid term (a few weeks) or short-term (a few days).

Supply Chain Management Solutions in road transport

The transportation of vehicles is achieved with a fleet of owned trucks. The haulier undertakes the transport of loads point to point or as final destination trips. The objective is to minimize empty running on the basis of regular contracts and on-time demands. Variability in demand, the impact of gain or loss of commercial contracts on reloading trips, the need to abide by the delivery time limits and to adhere to regulations regarding driving hours are the principle stakes of this activity. The supply chain management software solutions by Transept offer mainly the assistance to commercial quotation and analysis of the contributory margins for regular contracts, the assistance to weekly planning of rotations, the transport service invoicing and analysis of drivers and trucks activity

Supply Chain Management Solutions in pallet pooling

This activity consists in collecting pallets from delivery points, processing them (cleaning, repairing or scrapping) and returning them to the place of manufacture. It is necessary to introduce new containers into the supply chain when the contract portfolio evolves or when the time limit of the reprocessing is not in line with the production requirements. By applying our supply chain management software solutions to this situation you can :

• define the optimum transfer plan with reference to the haulier quotations
• evaluate the impact of the addition or withdrawal of a new flow
• plan the needs / resources of the containers in order to optimize decisions and planning for the integration of new containers

Supply Chain Management Solutions in urban transport of commodities

In this area several types of activities co-exist : 1 pick – 1 drop, regular trips to fixed points and occasional trips to variable points. These different activities need applications covering the following main functions : taking transport orders into account, planning of assignments, real-time and post-operational analysis of driving times and missions profitability.
The supply chain management software solutions designed with our ROUTE application meets these needs by making maximum use of the continuous connections with data of ordering customers, web technology, optimization engines and cartographic components.