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A POWERFUL CHANGE IN YOUR SUPPLY CHAIN
Collaboration Gives You
the Upper Hand
Time slot booking applications are used for capacity and operational planning at warehouses, container terminals, ports, manufacturing sites, etc. to address one of the largest unplanned costs in transportation: detention.
In case no time slot booking system is used, carriers’ random arrival to load/unload generates bottlenecks with no ETA or OTD. In case a phone-and-paper or Excel-based time slot booking system is in place time slots are negotiated with (heavy workload) or imposed on (no flexibility) carriers.
In case of collaborative time slot booking systems, schedules reflecting the operational capacities and availabilities of the site are shared with your partners (carriers, clients, suppliers) who can book time slots, taking into account their own preferences.
Timestamps help assess the scheduling efficiency, drivers’ waiting times, productivity of loading/unloading, late arrivals and demurrage cost calculations.
visibility on in/outbound movements
no congestion
no detention charges
no peaks
no overtime
timely deliveries
Higher efficiency
complete visibility for all supply chain actors
outsourced bookings
no congestion
no detention charges
no peaks
no overtime
timely deliveries
standardized processes
measurable results
No
bookings
Non-collaborative
booking
Collaborative
booking
More problems
no visibility on in/outbound movements
no visibility on site scheduling
congestion
detention charges
peaks
overtime
late deliveries
no standardized processes
hard to measure
no visibility on site scheduling
no outsourced bookings
no standardized processes
hard to measure
ALL ABOARD
Supporting Everyone
> Customer Service and Procurement (shipment status)
> Dock managers (planning and prioritization)
> Loading/unloading teams and Commissioning teams (planning
and proactiveness)
> Transport managers (carrier performance)
> Warehouse managers (resource/capacity management,
process improvement)
> Compliance department (contract compliance)
The Benefits of Collaboration
Partnership. Offering options to and empowering your partners.
Full visibility. Complete overview of resources, real-time information about changes, better workload planning.
Improved communications. A single source of truth, better site-carrier relationship.
Excellence. Measure to improve processes.
Savings. Outsourced booking process, virtually zero demurrage fees, less overtime, less infrastructure, higher ROI.
Improved experience. Balanced operations, better working conditions and customer satisfaction.
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