Transportation Management Report 2011 - Capgemini
Transportation Management Report 2011 - Capgemini
Transportation Management Report 2011 - Capgemini
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Contents<br />
Preface 1<br />
Executive Summary 2<br />
Part I: Business Insights<br />
Cost Cutting in Distribution 5<br />
The customer service dimension 5<br />
Reduce costs with centralized planning and execution of logistics activities 6<br />
Distribution network planning 6<br />
Selecting the appropriate mode of transport 7<br />
Outsourcing 8<br />
3PL agreements 8<br />
Where to start cutting 8<br />
Considerations for Distribution Network Optimization 9<br />
Introduction 12<br />
Trends in transportation planning 12<br />
Beating the Crisis by Better Planning 12<br />
Past (through the mid 90’s) 13<br />
Present 13<br />
Future 14<br />
Planning through the crisis 14<br />
Conclusion 16<br />
How to Manage Your LSP 17<br />
Outsourcing of logistics services 17<br />
What goes wrong in your LSP relationship? 17<br />
Why LSP relationships cause headaches 18<br />
Creating a partnership improves performance 20<br />
A successful LSP partnership needs IT support 20<br />
Reducing CO 2 by a Modal Shift to Rail <strong>Transportation</strong> 22<br />
External pressures: Terrorism and security requirements 24<br />
Driving Compliance and Efficiency with a Freight Control Tower 24<br />
Internal pressures: Standardization, export & import documentations 25<br />
Solution: Freight Control Towers 25<br />
Conclusion 26<br />
The TMS Legacy Dilemma 28<br />
Strategy for change 29<br />
Standardization versus differentiation 30<br />
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