Post on 28-Mar-2016
description
Optimize Shipping Costs and Improve your Services
ShipitSmarter.comA buyer centered portal
May 2010
Optimize Shipping Costs and Improve your Services
Do Do you ask yourself these questions?
How can I create and send shipments faster, easier, and with fewer mistakes? Faster, Easier, Fewer Mistakes
How can my customer and I see where my shipments are and if there are any delays?
Efficient Tracking and Alerts
How can I be sure I have selected the best price for each destination?Best contract prices
How can I get an overview of all our shipments? Complete spend management reporting
How can I simplify my freight audit? Self-billing and invoice analysis leading to cost decreases of 5-8%
Optimize Shipping Costs and Improve your Services
The concept
Leading to process control and optimization possibilities
An umbrella system for all your transportsShipitSmarter is a softwaresupplier and has no contracts with carriers
Optimize Shipping Costs and Improve your Services
Internet
Inbound suppliers
ShipitSmarter integrates
Customers Returns
Seamless Integration: > 250 Partner integrated
Characteristics
• Browser based
• Centric model
• Remote operations
• Pre-configured, template driven solutions
• One-stop-shopping
• “Tight” SLA’s to meet business needs
• Shared User
• “Pay-by-drink” vs. large upfront spending limited
customization
• Hides Complexity for user
Optimize Shipping Costs and Improve your Services
Shipping before ShipitSmarter
Pack and weigh ∨
Choose carrier ∨
Fill in label-form ∨
Pickup ∨
Email customer ∨
Track (web/phone) ∨
Customer receipt ∨
Match invoice ∨
Labor-intensive
Low added-value
High chance of errors
Sub-optimal Invoice matching
Metrics are difficult to collect / evaluate
Optimize Shipping Costs and Improve your Services
Shipping with ShipitSmarter
Pack and weight
Choose carrier
Print label
Pickup
Email customer (ASN)
Track (web)
Customer receipt
Match invoice
Your rates have all been loaded into ShipitSmarter. Cost is automatically calculated for each carrier. Lower cost alternatives are listed. User only has to choose and pick
Shipment status is constantly updated in ShipitSmarter
Self-billing automatically checks the invoices from the carrier with your reference-information as entered on the label.
Reports on performance and accuracy can be generated. All data can be exported to be used externally by operations or management
Optimize Shipping Costs and Improve your Services
Real benefits
Automation• Reduce human error • Less data entry time
• Quicker response time • Interface with ERP/Finance• Self-billing
Centralization• Multi-location support• Standardize practices• Optimize shipment planning
Visibilty• Quick proactive alerts• Daily reports• Cost-centre accountability• Metrics to drive your quality
Reduce rates• Optimal rate / service• Shipment Analysis• Consolidate contracts
Optimize Shipping Costs and Improve your Services
Initial Investment 10,000 USD
Fee-structure per-shipment ~1.2 USD
Time of implementation (Customization 1 month, Pilot 3 months)
Current Locations 20
On-site support 0
Users 150
Current volume > 20,000 shipments / month
Interfaces SAP
Carriers FedEx, TNT, DHL, UPS, Panalpina, local forwarders
1st year savings 10% of total shipping costs
ROI 100 – 10 – 1 ratio
Study: A Large Electronics Manufacturer
100% = total shipping cost > 10% = savings > 1% = variable fee
Optimize Shipping Costs and Improve your Services
• Automatic Invoice checking– Year 1 5-8%, year 2 1%
• Easy cost allocation to customers & departments
• Central Knowledge portal & usage of CTL contracts for all modes (Express, Air, Road)
• Customer Service improvement by pro-active tracking
• Less administration costs and workload in shipping departments
• No investments needed, move of IT investments from capital to
expense
– Carrier connectivity outsourced to ShipitSmarter
• No entry (high investments) and exit (systems to be depreciated)
thresholds
Your Business Case
SIS Enables you to focus on core competencies, not infrastructure
Optimize Shipping Costs and Improve your Services
How do we implement it?
1. Write project plan2. Start pilot with limited number of users and functionality 3. Evaluation and GO/ NO-GO decision4. Extent the user base and functionality and add specific software
where required (e.g. interfaces)5. Evaluation
What are the costs? 1. No software investments required, ShipitSmarter offers the system on
an SaaS (Software as a Service) basis2. Only variable costs have to be paid; a fixed amount per shipment3. Initial fees for project plan, implementation or custom-build software.
Optimize Shipping Costs and Improve your Services
Some of our References
Optimize Shipping Costs and Improve your Services
Thank you!
Please visitwww.shipitsmarter.cominfo@shipitsmarter.com
Pieter Nijman +31623269502 Peter Paul van Oosterhout + 31622693765