Transportation Management Report 2011 - Capgemini

Figure 18: Most important market trends (mentioned at least two times)
Trend Number of times mentioned
Consolidation of competitors 23
Threat of market players with full range packages (ERP/CRM) 18
Threat of market players with niche packages (APS/WMS) 12
Threat of new entrants 10
Figure 19: Most important vendors (mentioned more than two times by their competitors)
Vendor name Number of times mentioned as competitor
Oracle 12
i2 Technologies 7
SAP 7
Kewill 6
Four Soft 3
GreenCat 3
LeanLogistics 3
Manhattan Associates 3
Transics 3
Figure 20: Implementations per industry
Industry Type Percentage
Food & Beverage 12%
Other Industries 6%
Industrial Products 3%
Consumer Electronics 2%
Automotive 1%
Life Science 1%
Engineering & Construction 1%
Chemicals 1%
Fashion 1%
Logistics - Carrier (land) 61%
Logistics - Third Party Logistics Provider 6%
Logistics - Freight Forwarder 4%
Logistics - Express / Courier Services 1%
Logistics - Carrier (sea) ~ 0%
Logistics - Postal ~ 0%
Logistics - Carrier (air) ~ 0%
Total 100%
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Most important market
developments
Participating vendors were asked
what they saw as the most significant
development in the TMS market.
The category options were changes
from within, by consolidation of the
current players or from without, by
entrance of new players.
The results are very similar to
the 2007 report. It confirms that
suppliers recognize consolidation as
the most important development.
It also reflects the importance of
ERP vendors as they continue to
extend their offers with mature
transportation modules.
The threat of new entrants is
perceived as the least important
market trend (Figure 18).
Competitors/dominant players
in the market
Vendors were asked who they
considered their major competitors.
Oracle, i2 Technologies, SAP and
Kewill were mentioned most often
as main players in the global market.
There is a gap between these top
4 and the other players that were
mentioned (Figure 19).
Industries served
Transportation is a considerable part
of supply chain management costs.
For product-oriented companies
the costs are typically between 5
to 10% of revenue. For companies
that provide logistics services,
transportation is quite often part of
their core business. Part of the survey
investigated to which industries the
vendors sell their TMS products.
It does not come as a surprise that