Value Proposition

Transplace provides the right people, processes and technology to optimize logistics functions. Our powerful logistics and technology solutions provide our customers with exceptional financial, operational and business performance that improve their entire supply chain and add value to their organizations.

Transplace’s Value Added Features and Benefits

Shipment Visibility

The Transportation Execution Center (TEC) provides a supply chain collaboration tool for all participants to communicate and to have visibility to orders, shipments, inventory and information flow. Visibility to these supply chain details, and the timeliness with which they are provided, drive significant reductions in operational costs such as detention, expedite or premium service transportation and inventory carrying costs. The business intelligence that this visibility provides is a key driver to cost savings, exceptional customer service and improved financial performance.

Process Improvement and Automation

Significant cost savings result from implementing and standardizing work flow processes, coupled with appropriate measurement and control plans that facilitate discipline within those processes. Automating solutions with innovative technology further limits variations from an optimized process and work flow. Specific savings result from improvements such as reduction or redeployment of personnel, discipline to use of core carrier programs and routing guides and, reduction in expedited and premium costs.

Carrier Selection

Service improvements and savings result from implementing and standardizing the carrier evaluation and selection process at the strategic level. Transplace focuses on reducing the number of carriers to an optimal group, ensuring a balance of the key selection criteria of high-quality service, comprehensive information technology capabilities and low cost. With this strategy in place, at the execution level, shipments move through the cascade tender process where carrier and mode selection ensure fulfillment of service requirements at the lowest cost.

Load Optimization

Savings are realized by utilizing the cascade tender functionality within the transportation planning process in order to provide lower cost shipping solutions, such as evaluation of mode shifts, continuous moves, consolidation/pooled distribution, etc.

The Transplace Solution positively impacts the performance of the entire supply chain within an organization and adds operational and financial value in the following areas:

Financial Performance	Operational Performance	Business Performance
Rating Discipline: Automated process ensures discipline to utilize least cost provider Average Savings per Correctly Routed Shipment is 4-8%	Logistics Process Automation: Replacing manual processes with automated processes Elimination of errors and mistakes that may lead to service failures	Logistics Performance: Dashboard of the key supply chain metrics that are critical to business success
Optimization: Reduces LTL shipments through LTL consolidations and Multi Stop TL Routes Savings 5-10% off Total LTL/TL Freight Spend	Digital Process: Reduction in phone and facsimile utilization A permanent record of shipments history	Cost Savings Reports: Detailed monthly cost savings reports via audit quality, freight rating and optimization results
Increased Productivity: Process automation results in increased FTE productivity, as well as greater functional productivity	Capacity Management: Load coverage improves capacity, reduces expedites and increases service levels to customers.	Carrier Report Cards: Capturing carrier performance including tender accept/reject information by the carrier, on time pickups and deliveries by ship point, carrier and customer
Summary: Positive, Year One ROI	Shipment Visibility: Improves customer service and inventory management	Complete Cost Transparency: Provides improved business intelligence